Andrew Jackson Elementary

Set in Indio, California, Andrew Jackson Elementary is a sizable elementary campus, run under Desert Sands Unified. It educates 750 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Andrew Jackson Elementary sits 61% bigger than that benchmark.

Desert Sands Unified runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 25,613 students. Andrew Jackson Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Andrew Jackson Elementary reports that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 3% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Andrew Jackson Elementary has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Riverside County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Andrew Jackson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.6%; this one delivers 19.0%.

In the area at large, Riverside County reports that the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Andrew Jackson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Desert Sands A.T.L.A.S., around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Andrew Jackson Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Andrew Jackson Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 19.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Andrew Jackson Elementary has grew 24%, going from 606 students in 2018 to 750 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 25.3:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 in 2025.

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