Palm Springs High

Palm Springs High operates as an expansive 9-12 campus in Palm Springs, California, overseen by Palm Springs Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,497 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Palm Springs High sits 79% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Palm Springs Unified, which oversees 27 schools and 20,007 students, Palm Springs High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Palm Springs High shows that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 12% White, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the resource side, Palm Springs High shows 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.0:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, Palm Springs High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.5%; this one delivers 36.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, 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), Palm Springs High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Desert Learning Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Palm Springs High at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 34.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palm Springs High has contracted 15%, going from 1,755 students in 2018 to 1,497 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 61% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

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