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Enrollment
768
Middle
DISTRICT 838 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESERT SANDS UNIFIED·NCES 061111010275
Indio Middle
81-195 Miles Ave., Indio, CA 92201 · (760) 775-3800 · Riverside County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
712 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 247 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 255 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 266 | 35% |
Student demographics
17%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
17.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.4pp since 2014
Math
6.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.8% | 14.8% | 22.3% | 60.1% |
| Math | 1.5% | 4.8% | 19.6% | 74.2% |
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 | 17.6% | 6.3% |
| 2023-24 | 18.2% | 5.5% |
| 2022-23 | 24.2% | 8.6% |
| 2021-22 | 20.8% | 8.0% |
| 2018-19 | 28.5% | 12.2% |
| 2017-18 | 28.7% | 14.4% |
| 2016-17 | 30.1% | 15.0% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 11.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
11.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 Middle
Indio Middle's state test result (11.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indio Middle this school | 768 | 92.7% | 11.9% |
| Mulcahy Middle Tulare | 745 | 92.6% | 14.9% |
| John Muir Middle Corcoran | 754 | 90.7% | 20.4% |
| Roy Romer Middle North Hollywood | 707 | 94.1% | 26.5% |
| Sequoia Middle Fontana | 791 | 93.8% | 28.1% |
| Pacoima Middle Pacoima | 823 | 91.9% | 31.2% |
Matched among California middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #1,191 of 1,224 | #77 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.3% | #1,202 of 1,227 ▲ 4 | #77 of 78 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #1,190 of 1,227 ▼ 24 | #77 of 78 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #171 of 1,214 | #9 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #477 of 1,377 | #55 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #873 of 1,279 | #41 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #1,089 of 1,278 | #66 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.7% | #192 of 1,329 | #14 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #847 of 930 | #54 of 61 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
768
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 1,237
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 768 | 34.3 | 22.4:1 | 93% (712) |
| 2023-24 | 780 | 31.3 | 24.9:1 | 96% (745) |
| 2022-23 | 784 | 35.3 | 22.2:1 | 89% (698) |
| 2020-21 | 772 | 32 | 24.1:1 | 97% (748) |
| 2017-18 | 795 | 29.2 | 27.2:1 | 94% (747) |
| 2015-16 | 785 | 31 | 25.3:1 | 91% (714) |
| 2010-11 | 906 | N/A | N/A | 83% (754) |
| 2000-01 | 1,237 | 53 | 23.3:1 | 62% (773) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indio Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (795 to 768); teachers up 17% (29.2 to 34.3).
About Indio Middle
Indio Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Indio, California, under Desert Sands Unified. It teaches 768 students in grades 6 through 8.
Indio Middle is run by Desert Sands Unified, whose 34 schools enroll 25,613 students.
By race and ethnicity, Indio Middle is 91% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 4% White and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 39 points above the 51% share among Riverside County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.4:1. The school has 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is 20.7:1. Federal data show 93% of students (712) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Riverside County is 74%.
The model predicts 25.2% for a school in California with Indio Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Indio Middle posts 11.9%.
Riverside County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $93,074 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Indio Middle shares Riverside County with 542 other public schools.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, John F. Kennedy Elementary, is the closest to Indio Middle. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 23.7%, higher than Indio Middle's 11.9%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 768, starting from 772. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 24.1:1 in 2020-21 to 22.4:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Indio Middle can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Indio HighHigh · 1,962 students
- Shadow Hills HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Palm Desert Charter MiddleMiddle · 1,298 students
- John Glenn Middle School of International StudiesMiddle · 1,099 students
Other schools in Indio
- Indio HighHigh · 1,962 students
- Shadow Hills HighHigh · 1,650 students
- John Glenn Middle School of International StudiesMiddle · 1,099 students
- Desert Ridge AcademyMiddle · 962 students
- Andrew Jackson ElementaryElementary · 750 students
- Amelia Earhart Elementary School of International StudiesElementary · 748 students
Nearby schools
- John F. Kennedy Elementary0.4 mi · 390
- Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary0.5 mi · 560
- James Madison Elementary0.6 mi · 403
- Carrillo Ranch Elementary0.8 mi · 459
- Indio High0.8 mi · 1,962
- Herbert Hoover Elementary1.0 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Indio MiddleHow large is Indio Middle?
Indio Middle enrolls approximately 768 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Indio Middle serve?
Indio Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Indio Middle have?
Indio Middle employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Indio Middle?
Student demographics at Indio Middle are roughly 4% White, 91% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Indio Middle in?
Indio Middle is part of Desert Sands Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.