📍 81-195 Miles Ave., Indio, Riverside County, 92201
Indio Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Indio, Riverside County. The school has 784 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Robert Cullinan. It is part of the Desert Sands Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
Indio Middle enrolls 784 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% White and 2.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 723 | 92% |
| White | 23 | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 2.7% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
698 of the school's 784 students (89%) 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.
Indio 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.
Indio 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 784 students, Indio Middle is close to the district average of about 732 students per school.