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Alumni: what's one memory from Coachella Valley High that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
2,300
High
DISTRICT 1,233 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060907000920
Coachella Valley High
83-800 Airport Blvd., Thermal, CA 92274 · (760) 399-5183 · Riverside County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,300 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of California public high schools
- DTest 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.
- A-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
111 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
2,078 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 622 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 568 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 553 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 557 | 24% |
Student demographics
2%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
40.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.8pp since 2014
Math
14.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.8% | 28.9% | 26.0% | 33.3% |
| Math | 3.6% | 11.3% | 18.3% | 66.8% |
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 | 40.8% | 14.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 10.3% |
| 2022-23 | 29.4% | 9.7% |
| 2021-22 | 27.2% | 13.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.1% | 18.1% |
| 2018-19 | 35.7% | 18.5% |
| 2017-18 | 35.0% | 16.6% |
| 2016-17 | 44.0% | 15.2% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Coachella Valley High
Coachella Valley High's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coachella Valley High this school | 2,300 | 90.3% | 25.6% |
| Santa Ana High Santa Ana | 2,505 | 90.6% | 27.5% |
| Watsonville High Watsonville | 2,215 | 91.1% | 25.4% |
| James A. Garfield Senior High Los Angeles | 2,237 | 92.8% | 44.8% |
| Montebello High Montebello | 1,907 | 89.0% | 28.8% |
| Valley High Santa Ana | 1,908 | 91.4% | 23.6% |
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 Coachella Valley High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #909 of 1,052 | #53 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #836 of 1,056 ▲ 72 | #45 of 60 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #886 of 1,056 ▲ 40 | #54 of 60 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #231 of 1,044 | #10 of 59 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,300 | #162 of 2,093 | #22 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #641 of 1,352 | #18 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.9% | #1,342 of 1,351 | #74 of 75 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #280 of 1,575 | #24 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #316 of 802 | #19 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
2,300
-445 (-16%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 2,007
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 2,300 | 111.4 | 20.6:1 | 90% (2,078) |
| 2023-24 | 2,345 | 121.6 | 19.3:1 | 90% (2,118) |
| 2022-23 | 2,657 | 126.4 | 21.0:1 | 88% (2,331) |
| 2020-21 | 2,745 | 112 | 24.5:1 | 91% (2,502) |
| 2017-18 | 2,684 | 109.2 | 24.6:1 | 86% (2,307) |
| 2015-16 | 2,619 | 100 | 26.2:1 | 90% (2,363) |
| 2010-11 | 2,722 | N/A | N/A | 91% (2,474) |
| 2000-01 | 2,849 | 108 | 26.4:1 | 74% (2,116) |
| 1990-91 | 2,007 | 86 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coachella Valley High.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (2,684 to 2,300); teachers up 2% (109.2 to 111.4).
About Coachella Valley High
Coachella Valley High is a large high school. Its address is in Thermal, California. The latest federal count shows 2,300 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in California is about 838 students, so this school is 174% larger than average.
Coachella Valley High belongs to Coachella Valley Unified, a district of 21 schools and 15,817 students.
Coachella Valley High's enrollment is 99% Hispanic. The county population is about 51% Hispanic. Coachella Valley High's diversity index is 2%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Coachella Valley High is 111.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 20.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. About 90% of students, or 2,078, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Riverside County average 74%.
allk12 grades Coachella Valley High a C. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Coachella Valley High would be expected to post about 26.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.6%.
Census estimates describe Riverside County this way: the median household income is $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Riverside County has 543 public schools and roughly 424,872 students.
The next-closest public school is NOVA Academy - Coachella, about 1.7 miles away. Coachella Valley High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Coachella Valley High ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 25.6% against a local average of 30.4%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Coachella Valley High's enrollment declined 16%, to 2,300. The school's ratio fell from 24.5:1 to 20.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Desert Mirage HighHigh · 1,875 students
- Toro Canyon MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- Saul Martinez ElementaryElementary · 961 students
- Coral Mountain AcademyElementary · 815 students
- Sea View ElementaryElementary · 682 students
- Mecca ElementaryElementary · 677 students
Other schools in Thermal
- Desert Mirage HighHigh · 1,875 students
- Toro Canyon MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- Las Palmitas ElementaryElementary · 570 students
- John Kelley ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Oasis ElementaryElementary · 488 students
- Westside ElementaryElementary · 349 students
Nearby schools
- NOVA Academy - Coachella1.7 mi · 235
- Westside Elementary1.7 mi · 349
- Peter Pendleton Elementary1.9 mi · 499
- Valley View Elementary2.0 mi · 603
- Coral Mountain Academy2.2 mi · 815
- Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High2.3 mi · 668
Frequently asked questions
About Coachella Valley HighHow large is Coachella Valley High?
Coachella Valley High enrolls approximately 2,300 students in grades 09-12.
Is Coachella Valley High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coachella Valley High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Coachella Valley High have?
Coachella Valley High employs 111 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Coachella Valley High?
At Coachella Valley High, the student body is approximately 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Coachella Valley High public or private?
Coachella Valley 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.