📍 66-755 Two Bunch Palms Trail, Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, 92240
Desert Springs Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County. The school has 803 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Joseph Krska. It is part of the Palm Springs Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
Desert Springs Middle enrolls 803 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Hispanic or Latino, 7.6% White and 5.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 668 | 83% |
| White | 61 | 7.6% |
| Black or African American | 45 | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
795 of the school's 803 students (99%) 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.
Desert Springs Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Desert Springs Middle is one of 28 schools in Palm Springs Unified, based in Palm Springs, California. The district serves 20,008 students district-wide and employs 993 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 803 students, Desert Springs Middle is close to the district average of about 715 students per school.
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