Rancho Mirage Elementary

Set in Rancho Mirage, California, Rancho Mirage Elementary is a cozy elementary-level community, run under Palm Springs Unified. It teaches 349 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Rancho Mirage Elementary sits 25% smaller than that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Rancho Mirage Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school reports 26% White, 3% Asian, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Rancho Mirage Elementary records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 82% of students at Rancho Mirage Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Riverside County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rancho Mirage Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 30.8%; this one delivers 45.3%, a residual of +14.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Riverside County) records that median household income runs about $93,074, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Rancho Mirage Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Abraham Lincoln Elementary, around 2.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rancho Mirage Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Rancho Mirage Elementary's enrollment has contracted 23% since 2018, when it stood at 455 (now 349). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.