Desert Sands Unified
Key statistics
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.
Students
By grade
- Kindergarten 2,075
- Grade 1 1,545
- Grade 2 1,754
- Grade 3 1,856
- Grade 4 1,858
- Grade 5 1,845
- Grade 6 1,855
- Grade 7 1,957
- Grade 8 2,099
- Grade 9 2,193
- Grade 10 2,085
- Grade 11 2,203
- Grade 12 2,290
By race/ethnicity
- Hispanic/Latino 76%
- White 15%
- Two or more races 4%
- Asian 3%
- Black or African American 1%
- American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
- Race not reported <1%
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.
Free and reduced-price lunch
- Free lunch 64%
- Reduced-price lunch 14%
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.
Spending and revenue
Spending per student
- Instruction $11,438
- Support services $7,392
- Other (food service, etc.) $770
Where the money comes from
- Local 40%
- State 49%
- Federal 10%
Total revenue $675.8 milliontotal spending $554.7 million
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.
District details
Grades served
KG to 12
Locale (NCES)
Suburb: LargeStudents: 66% suburb, 24% city, 10% rural
Total staff (FTE)
2,529
District office
47-950 Dune Palms Rd., La Quinta CA 92253
Phone
County
Riverside County
Official website
NCES District ID
611110
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About Desert Sands Unified
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