📍 74-200 Rutledge Way, Palm Desert, Riverside County, 92260
Palm Desert Charter Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Palm Desert, Riverside County. The school has 1,347 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Joshua Austad. It is part of the Desert Sands Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 27.0:1. It operates as a public charter school.
Palm Desert Charter Middle enrolls 1,347 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 27.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 36% White and 7% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 670 | 50% |
| White | 482 | 36% |
| Asian | 94 | 7% |
| Two or more races | 69 | 5.1% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
812 of the school's 1,347 students (60%) 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.
Palm Desert Charter Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Palm Desert Charter 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 1,347 students, Palm Desert Charter Middle is larger than the district average of about 732 students per school.
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