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Palm Desert High

Palm Desert, CA, 92260 — Desert Sands Unified

Overview

Enrollment
2,079
Teachers (FTE)
84.0
Student-Teacher Ratio
24.4:1
Free Lunch Eligible
42.1%
NCES ID
061111008819

Student Ethnicity

White 35.3%
African American 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino 48.5%
Asian 8.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More 5.2%

Programs & Staff

AP Courses Offered
21
AP Enrollment
680
Gifted & Talented
151 students
Counselors (FTE)
2.2
Students per Counselor
928:1
Nurses (FTE)
0.4
Psychologists (FTE)
1.1

Discipline & Special Education

Other Schools in This District

La Quinta High
high — regular
2,425 students
Indio High
high — regular
1,962 students
Shadow Hills High
high — regular
1,650 students
Palm Desert Charter Middle
middle — regular
1,298 students
John Glenn Middle School of International Studies
middle — regular
1,099 students

Data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Common Core of Data (CCD) 2022-23, School Membership 2024-25, and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.