📍 39-225 Jefferson St., Indio, Riverside County, 92201
Shadow Hills High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Indio, Riverside County. The school has 1,751 pupils enrolled. The Principal is David Dunn. It is part of the Desert Sands Unified school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 77.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
Shadow Hills High enrolls 1,751 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 77.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% White and 3.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,473 | 84% |
| White | 165 | 9.4% |
| Two or more races | 69 | 3.9% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 17 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,341 of the school's 1,751 students (77%) 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.
Shadow Hills High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Shadow Hills High 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 1,751 students, Shadow Hills High is larger than the district average of about 732 students per school.