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Palm Springs Unified

Palm Springs, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

20,008
Students enrolled
28
Public schools
1,002
Classroom teachers (FTE)
20.0:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 1,684
  • Grade 1 1,365
  • Grade 2 1,424
  • Grade 3 1,463
  • Grade 4 1,544
  • Grade 5 1,575
  • Grade 6 1,570
  • Grade 7 1,485
  • Grade 8 1,494
  • Grade 9 1,547
  • Grade 10 1,546
  • Grade 11 1,583
  • Grade 12 1,728

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 82%
  • White 8%
  • Black or African American 4%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • Asian 3%
  • 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

94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 18,895 of 20,007 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 94%
  • Reduced-price lunch <1%

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

$22,792 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $13,842
  • Support services $8,025
  • Other (food service, etc.) $925

Where the money comes from

  • Local 38%
  • State 50%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $656.1 milliontotal spending $574.4 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: 69% suburb, 31% town

Total staff (FTE)

2,298

District office

150 District Center Dr., Palm Springs CA 92264

County

Riverside County

Official website

NCES District ID

629550

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About Palm Springs Unified

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Mission Students will graduate prepared and motivated to succeed in their choice of career and higher education and to contribute to the common good.
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Public Schools in Palm Springs Unified (30)

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Desert Hot Springs High

Desert Hot Springs, CA · Grades 09–12 · 1,687 students · High

Palm Springs High

Palm Springs, CA · Grades 09–12 · 1,497 students · High

Rancho Mirage High

Rancho Mirage, CA · Grades 09–12 · 1,401 students · High

Cathedral City High

Cathedral City, CA · Grades 09–12 · 1,334 students · High

James Workman Middle

Cathedral City, CA · Grades 06–08 · 1,020 students · Middle

Nellie N. Coffman Middle

Cathedral City, CA · Grades 06–08 · 914 students · Middle

Cielo Vista Charter

Palm Springs, CA · Grades KG–08 · 824 students · Elementary

Bella Vista Elementary

Desert Hot Springs, CA · Grades KG–05 · 779 students · Elementary

Desert Springs Middle

Desert Hot Springs, CA · Grades 06–08 · 749 students · Middle

Painted Hills Middle

Desert Hot Springs, CA · Grades 06–08 · 722 students · Middle

Raymond Cree Middle

Palm Springs, CA · Grades 06–08 · 721 students · Middle

Two Bunch Palms Elementary

Desert Hot Springs, CA · Grades KG–05 · 717 students · Elementary

Sunny Sands Elementary

Cathedral City, CA · Grades KG–05 · 692 students · Elementary

Cabot Yerxa Elementary

Desert Hot Springs, CA · Grades KG–05 · 664 students · Elementary

Agua Caliente Elementary

Cathedral City, CA · Grades KG–05 · 645 students · Elementary

Rio Vista Elementary

Cathedral City, CA · Grades KG–05 · 637 students · Elementary

Cathedral City Elementary

Cathedral City, CA · Grades KG–05 · 606 students · Elementary

Bubbling Wells Elementary

Desert Hot Springs, CA · Grades KG–05 · 581 students · Elementary

Landau Elementary

Cathedral City, CA · Grades KG–05 · 579 students · Elementary

Della S. Lindley Elementary

Thousand Palms, CA · Grades KG–05 · 552 students · Elementary

Katherine Finchy Elementary

Palm Springs, CA · Grades KG–05 · 464 students · Elementary

Vista del Monte Elementary

Palm Springs, CA · Grades KG–05 · 435 students · Elementary

Cahuilla Elementary

Palm Springs, CA · Grades KG–05 · 399 students · Elementary

Julius Corsini Elementary

Desert Hot Springs, CA · Grades KG–05 · 397 students · Elementary