John Glenn Middle School of International Studies

John Glenn Middle School of International Studies, a high-enrollment intermediate school in Indio, California, overseen by Desert Sands Unified, teaches 1,099 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 67% bigger than the state mean of about 659.

Desert Sands Unified runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 25,613 students. John Glenn Middle School of International Studies is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, John Glenn Middle School of International Studies lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 16% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.4:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 67% of students at John Glenn Middle School of International Studies qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), John Glenn Middle School of International Studies performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 38.4%, a residual of -1.2 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), John Glenn Middle School of International Studies is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Amelia Earhart Elementary School of International Studies, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John Glenn Middle School of International Studies ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 26.9%.

John Glenn Middle School of International Studies operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 1,300 students in 2018 compared to 1,099 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 70% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 today.

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