📍 50-800 Desert Club Dr., La Quinta, Riverside County, 92253
James Madison Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in La Quinta, Riverside County. The school has 377 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Desert Sands Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
James Madison Elementary enrolls 377 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% Two or more races and 2.9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 332 | 88% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 7.2% |
| White | 11 | 2.9% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
322 of the school's 377 students (85%) 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.
James Madison Elementary 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.
James Madison Elementary 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 377 students, James Madison Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 732 students per school.
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