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What do students at Cathedral City High actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
1,334
High
DISTRICT 1,249 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM SPRINGS UNIFIED·NCES 062955010279
Cathedral City High
69250 Dinah Shore Dr., Cathedral City, CA 92234 · (760) 770-0100 · Riverside County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,334 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of California public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
1,274 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 329 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 345 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 314 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 346 | 26% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
48.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.3pp since 2014
Math
13.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.4% | 32.4% | 20.6% | 30.6% |
| Math | 5.4% | 8.2% | 21.5% | 64.9% |
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 | 48.8% | 13.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.1% | 26.5% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 23.3% |
| 2021-22 | 57.9% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 61.3% | 25.5% |
| 2018-19 | 58.3% | 24.7% |
| 2017-18 | 66.6% | 27.0% |
| 2016-17 | 69.8% | 23.7% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Cathedral City High
Cathedral City High's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral City High this school | 1,334 | 95.5% | 37.2% |
| Woodrow Wilson Senior High Los Angeles | 1,260 | 94.0% | 41.6% |
| Panorama High Panorama City | 1,316 | 97.6% | 28.1% |
| Granite Hills High Porterville | 1,206 | 95.6% | 35.4% |
| Robert Fulton College Preparatory Van Nuys | 1,229 | 95.7% | 20.0% |
| Saddleback High Santa Ana | 1,451 | 94.0% | 32.0% |
Matched among California high 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 Cathedral City High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #605 of 1,052 | #25 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #875 of 1,056 ▼ 441 | #48 of 60 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #729 of 1,056 ▼ 292 | #39 of 60 ▼ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.7pp | #58 of 1,044 | #3 of 59 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,334 | #628 of 2,093 | #50 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #557 of 1,352 | #14 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #1,129 of 1,351 | #64 of 75 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #113 of 1,575 | #6 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #230 of 802 | #13 of 48 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,334
-273 (-17%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 2,263
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 1,334 | 66.6 | 20.1:1 | 96% (1,274) |
| 2023-24 | 1,370 | 69.6 | 19.7:1 | 96% (1,315) |
| 2022-23 | 1,395 | 69.2 | 20.2:1 | 98% (1,374) |
| 2020-21 | 1,607 | 73 | 22.0:1 | 95% (1,531) |
| 2017-18 | 1,618 | 73.7 | 21.9:1 | 87% (1,402) |
| 2015-16 | 1,623 | 74 | 21.9:1 | 83% (1,347) |
| 2010-11 | 2,810 | N/A | N/A | 73% (2,059) |
| 2000-01 | 2,263 | 90 | 25.1:1 | 47% (1,063) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cathedral City High.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,618 to 1,334); teachers down 10% (73.7 to 66.6).
About Cathedral City High
Cathedral City High is a large high school that serves part of Cathedral City, California. A federal count lists 1,334 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in California) has about 838 students.
The district, Palm Springs Unified, has 20,007 students enrolled across 27 schools.
At Cathedral City High, Hispanic students make up 90% of the student body. It is also 4% White and 3% Asian. Riverside County's residents are about 51% Hispanic, 39 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Cathedral City High comes in at 18%.
The teaching staff at Cathedral City High is 66.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 20.1:1. That ratio is over the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 96%. On average, public schools in Riverside County report 74%.
Cathedral City High is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 53% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Cathedral City High would score about 23.6%. It scores 37.2%, 13.7 points above that figure.
Federal survey data for Riverside County show that median household income is about $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 543 public schools operate in Riverside County, serving about 424,872 students.
The shortest distance from Cathedral City High to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Nellie N. Coffman Middle. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Cathedral City High places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place Cathedral City High in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 1,607 to 1,334 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 22.0 to 20.1 over 4 years.
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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 Palm Springs Unified
- Desert Hot Springs HighHigh · 1,687 students
- Palm Springs HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Rancho Mirage HighHigh · 1,401 students
- James Workman MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
- Nellie N. Coffman MiddleMiddle · 914 students
- Cielo Vista CharterElementary · 824 students
Other schools in Cathedral City
- James Workman MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
- Nellie N. Coffman MiddleMiddle · 914 students
- Sunny Sands ElementaryElementary · 692 students
- Agua Caliente ElementaryElementary · 645 students
- Rio Vista ElementaryElementary · 637 students
- Cathedral City ElementaryElementary · 606 students
Nearby schools
- Nellie N. Coffman Middle0.5 mi · 914
- Cathedral City Elementary0.9 mi · 606
- Sunny Sands Elementary1.4 mi · 692
- Rancho Mirage High1.5 mi · 1,401
- James Workman Middle1.9 mi · 1,020
- Mt. San Jacinto High2.0 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Cathedral City HighHow many students attend Cathedral City High?
Cathedral City High enrolls approximately 1,334 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Cathedral City High serve?
Cathedral City High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Cathedral City High?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at Cathedral City High.
What is the student diversity at Cathedral City High?
Student demographics at Cathedral City High are roughly 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Cathedral City High in?
Cathedral City High is part of Palm Springs Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.