Desert Sands A.T.L.A.S.

Desert Sands A.T.L.A.S. is one of the minimally staffed senior highs in Indio, California, overseen by Desert Sands Unified, with 69 students on its rolls from grade 12. Enrollment runs roughly 92% leaner than the state mean of about 838.

Desert Sands Unified runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 25,613 students. Desert Sands A.T.L.A.S. is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Desert Sands A.T.L.A.S. logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school shows 20% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Desert Sands A.T.L.A.S. shows 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

In the broader community, census data for Riverside County shows median household income runs about $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Desert Sands A.T.L.A.S. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Amistad High (Continuation), around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Desert Sands A.T.L.A.S..

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Desert Sands A.T.L.A.S. community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.