📍 69-310 McCallum Way, Cathedral City, Riverside County, 92234
Sunny Sands Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cathedral City, Riverside County. The school has 721 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Pam Horton. It is part of the Palm Springs Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
Sunny Sands Elementary enrolls 721 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 6.7% White and 4% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 619 | 86% |
| White | 48 | 6.7% |
| Asian | 29 | 4% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 1.8% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
707 of the school's 721 students (98%) 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.
Sunny Sands 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.
Sunny Sands Elementary 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 721 students, Sunny Sands Elementary is close to the district average of about 715 students per school.
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