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Enrollment
668
Middle
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060907005008
Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High
82-489 Avenue 52, Coachella, CA 92236 · (760) 398-0097 · Riverside County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL668 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of California public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
560 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 306 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 362 | 54% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
33.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.5pp since 2014
Math
22.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.5% | 27.1% | 31.5% | 34.9% |
| Math | 9.5% | 13.3% | 24.7% | 52.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.5% | 22.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 20.3% |
| 2022-23 | 28.8% | 17.6% |
| 2021-22 | 32.7% | 14.7% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 18.4% |
| 2018-19 | 33.4% | 23.1% |
| 2017-18 | 31.7% | 17.9% |
| 2016-17 | 28.1% | 16.2% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 12.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High
Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High's state test result (26.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High this school | 668 | 83.8% | 26.6% |
| Isbell Middle Santa Paula | 634 | 83.8% | 24.1% |
| Vista Verde Middle Greenfield | 727 | 80.5% | 16.6% |
| Mountain View Middle Bakersfield | 594 | 80.8% | 18.1% |
| Walter F. Dexter Middle Whittier | 610 | 86.7% | 25.6% |
| Mira Loma Middle Jurupa Valley | 711 | 84.2% | 23.0% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #838 of 1,224 | #46 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #770 of 1,227 ▲ 17 | #36 of 78 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #894 of 1,227 ▲ 36 | #52 of 78 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #348 of 1,214 | #18 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 668 | #653 of 1,377 | #69 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #487 of 1,279 | #11 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.7% | #1,258 of 1,278 | #77 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #437 of 1,329 | #40 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.8% | #118 of 930 | #5 of 61 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
668
-129 (-16%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 1,008
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 21.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 668 | 33.2 | 20.1:1 | 84% (560) |
| 2023-24 | 706 | 33.5 | 21.1:1 | 84% (592) |
| 2022-23 | 669 | 33.4 | 20.1:1 | 79% (531) |
| 2020-21 | 797 | 38 | 21.0:1 | 88% (701) |
| 2017-18 | 966 | 42.8 | 22.6:1 | 86% (826) |
| 2015-16 | 978 | 44 | 22.2:1 | 89% (871) |
| 2010-11 | 868 | N/A | N/A | 90% (782) |
| 2000-01 | 1,008 | 39 | 25.9:1 | 75% (756) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (966 to 668); teachers down 22% (42.8 to 33.2).
About Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High
Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High sits in Coachella, California, and is classified as a middle school. The school serves 668 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25.
Coachella Valley Unified is made up of 21 schools with 15,817 students in all.
Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High's enrollment is 99% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Riverside County is roughly 51% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 3% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 20.1:1 comes from the school's 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. The lunch program counts 84% of students at Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Riverside County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 40% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High would score about 30.4%. It scores 26.6%, 3.8 points below that figure.
In Riverside County (population about 2,478,600), the median household income is $93,074, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. There are 543 public schools in Riverside County, enrolling about 424,872 students in all.
Nearest public school: Imagine Schools Riverside County, about 1.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High's average proficiency of 26.6% compares with 31.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school enrolled 668 students in 2024-25, 129 fewer than the 797 it had in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coachella Valley Unified
- Coachella Valley HighHigh · 2,300 students
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- Saul Martinez ElementaryElementary · 961 students
- Coral Mountain AcademyElementary · 815 students
- Sea View ElementaryElementary · 682 students
Other schools in Coachella
- Imagine Schools Riverside CountyElementary · 1,454 students
- Coral Mountain AcademyElementary · 815 students
- Valle del Sol ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Bobby Duke MiddleMiddle · 648 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 622 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 603 students
Nearby schools
- Imagine Schools Riverside County1.2 mi · 1,454
- Coral Mountain Academy1.5 mi · 815
- Mountain Vista Elementary1.8 mi · 599
- Westside Elementary2.0 mi · 349
- NOVA Academy - Coachella2.0 mi · 235
- Peter Pendleton Elementary2.1 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior HighHow many students attend Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High?
Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High enrolls approximately 668 students in grades 07-08.
Is Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High?
At Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High, the student body is approximately 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High public or private?
Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Coachella Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.