📍 83-089 Highway 111, Indio, Riverside County, 92201
Thomas Jefferson Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Indio, Riverside County. The school has 538 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Catherine Burling. It is part of the Desert Sands Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
Thomas Jefferson Middle enrolls 538 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Hispanic or Latino, 3% White and 2.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 497 | 92% |
| White | 16 | 3% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.3% |
| Black or African American | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
498 of the school's 538 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Thomas Jefferson Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Thomas Jefferson Middle is one of 35 schools in Desert Sands Unified, based in La Quinta, California. The district serves 25,615 students district-wide and employs 1,103 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 538 students, Thomas Jefferson Middle is smaller than the district average of about 732 students per school.
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