Raymond Cree Middle

Raymond Cree Middle is one of the moderately sized middle schools in Palm Springs, California, one of the schools within Palm Springs Unified, with 721 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

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

Looking at the student body, Raymond Cree Middle records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%; the rest breaks down as 11% White, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Raymond Cree Middle has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Raymond Cree Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Raymond Cree Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.6%, the actual is 32.0%, a residual of +10.3 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Riverside County put the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Raymond Cree Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Katherine Finchy Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Raymond Cree Middle comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 34.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 826 students in 2018 compared to 721 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 69% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Raymond Cree Middle typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.