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What's one thing Indio High gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,962
High
DISTRICT 1,225 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESERT SANDS UNIFIED·NCES 061111001226
Indio High
81-750 Avenue 46, Indio, CA 92201 · (760) 775-3550 · Riverside County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,962 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
1,841 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 503 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 473 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 504 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 482 | 25% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
37.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.2pp since 2014
Math
10.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.2% | 25.7% | 28.9% | 33.3% |
| Math | 3.0% | 7.3% | 14.8% | 74.9% |
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 | 37.8% | 10.3% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 7.3% |
| 2022-23 | 35.2% | 5.1% |
| 2021-22 | 27.5% | 6.7% |
| 2020-21 | 42.1% | 14.9% |
| 2018-19 | 39.7% | 11.8% |
| 2017-18 | 40.6% | 12.1% |
| 2016-17 | 48.2% | 17.2% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
22.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Indio High
Indio High's state test result (22.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indio High this school | 1,962 | 93.8% | 22.8% |
| North Salinas High Salinas | 2,106 | 93.5% | 31.8% |
| South East High South Gate | 1,990 | 92.1% | 34.9% |
| Everett Alvarez High Salinas | 1,978 | 92.7% | 32.3% |
| Madera South High Madera | 1,859 | 95.2% | 28.4% |
| South Gate Senior High South Gate | 1,681 | 93.8% | 35.6% |
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 Indio High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #963 of 1,052 | #56 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #956 of 1,056 ▲ 34 | #53 of 60 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #921 of 1,056 ▲ 13 | #56 of 60 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #268 of 1,044 | #14 of 59 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,962 | #308 of 2,093 | #33 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #1,067 of 1,352 | #48 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.4% | #1,208 of 1,351 | #70 of 75 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.8% | #170 of 1,575 | #13 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #761 of 802 | #44 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
1,962
-112 (-5%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 2,271
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 28.0:1
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 | 1,962 | 83.2 | 23.6:1 | 94% (1,841) |
| 2023-24 | 2,027 | 85 | 23.8:1 | 93% (1,890) |
| 2022-23 | 2,143 | 84.3 | 25.4:1 | 92% (1,968) |
| 2020-21 | 2,074 | 74 | 28.0:1 | 90% (1,875) |
| 2017-18 | 1,986 | 76.7 | 25.9:1 | 89% (1,760) |
| 2015-16 | 1,910 | 71 | 26.9:1 | 83% (1,593) |
| 2010-11 | 2,297 | N/A | N/A | 72% (1,649) |
| 2000-01 | 2,405 | 102 | 23.6:1 | 66% (1,599) |
| 1990-91 | 2,271 | 90 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indio High.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,986 to 1,962); teachers up 8% (76.7 to 83.2).
About Indio High
A large high school in Indio, California, Indio High is part of Desert Sands Unified. Enrollment stands at 1,962 students, covering grades 9 through 12. It has 134% more students than the average for high schools in California (about 838).
Desert Sands Unified runs 34 schools with a combined 25,613 students. Indio High is one of them.
Roughly 94% of students at Indio High are Hispanic. The remaining students are 3% White. Among people living in Riverside County, the Hispanic share is about 51%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Indio High scores 12%.
For every teacher at Indio High, there are about 23.6 students; the school has 83.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in California is 18.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 1,841 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 94% of enrollment. It compares with 74% for public schools in Riverside County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Indio High falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 22.8% actual against 24.6% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Riverside County show that the median household earns about $93,074 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Riverside County has 543 public schools with about 424,872 students, including Indio High.
The closest school to Indio High is John F. Kennedy Elementary, located about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Indio High is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Indio High the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,962, compared with 2,074 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 28.0:1 to 23.6:1.
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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 Desert Sands Unified
- La Quinta HighHigh · 2,425 students
- Palm Desert HighHigh · 2,079 students
- Shadow Hills HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Palm Desert Charter MiddleMiddle · 1,298 students
- John Glenn Middle School of International StudiesMiddle · 1,099 students
- Desert Ridge AcademyMiddle · 962 students
Other schools in Indio
- Shadow Hills HighHigh · 1,650 students
- John Glenn Middle School of International StudiesMiddle · 1,099 students
- Desert Ridge AcademyMiddle · 962 students
- Indio MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Andrew Jackson ElementaryElementary · 750 students
- Amelia Earhart Elementary School of International StudiesElementary · 748 students
Nearby schools
- John F. Kennedy Elementary0.5 mi · 390
- Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy0.7 mi · 592
- Indio Middle0.8 mi · 768
- Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary0.8 mi · 560
- James Madison Elementary0.9 mi · 403
- Herbert Hoover Elementary0.9 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Indio HighHow large is Indio High?
Indio High enrolls approximately 1,962 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Indio High serve?
Indio High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Indio High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Indio High is approximately 23.6:1 (83 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Indio High?
At Indio High, the student body is approximately 3% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Indio High?
Indio High is overseen by Desert Sands Unified in Riverside County.
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