Total enrollment
20,007
-1,691 (-8%) vs SY 2020-21
28 schools in Palm Springs Unified
California · 20,007 students · 5 cities
Palm Springs Unified runs 28 public K-12 schools per the latest NCES counts, with total enrollment near 20,007 (17 elementary, 5 middle, and 5 high).
4-year change in Palm Springs Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
27
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Palm Springs Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #395 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 20,007 | #57 of 587 | #402 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 27 | #61 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #148 of 587 | #8,366 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 94.4% | #11 of 587 | #562 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.2% | #424 of 530 | #4,717 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Palm Springs Unified
State test results across the district's 25 scored schools run from Cielo Vista Charter at 50.7% proficient to Julius Corsini Elementary at 15.2%, a gap of 35.6 points. That is the 174th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 27 district schools that reported both years went from 23,097 to 20,007 students (down 13%) and from 1,004 to 1,002 full-time teachers (unchanged), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Palm Springs Unified
Palm Springs Unified is a small California school district running 28 schools with combined enrollment near 20,007.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Palm Springs Unified is built around 17 elementary, 5 middle, 5 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 715 in this district, higher than the California typical of 578.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 8%: 21,698 students in SY 2020-21 versus 20,007 in SY 2024-25.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Palm Springs Unified discusses school events, board meetings, and seasonal calendars. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.