Other · California
Horizon
AlternativeMostly virtualHorizon, a public other school in La Quinta, California: grades k–12, 286 students, 22.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Desert Sands Unified.
Size and class size
Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 286
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.8
- Students per teacher
- 22.3
- Grades
- K–12
- Other
More students per teacher than 71% of schools in California
Median 18.0 · 539 schools compared
More students per teacher than 85% of schools in the US
Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared
Larger than 55% of schools in California
Median 234 · 541 schools compared
Larger than 59% of schools in the US
Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%34%proficient
−0.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 62% of schools in California
Median 39% · 344 schools compared
80 students tested, grades 3, 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
California: 38%24%proficient
+7.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 58% of schools in California
Median 28% · 344 schools compared
82 students tested, grades 3, 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Other · Grades K–12
- Type
- District school · Alternative
- Instruction
- Mostly virtual
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Desert Sands Unified
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Desert Sands Unified.
Location
- Address
- 43-330 Palm Royale Dr., La Quinta, CA 92253
- Phone
- (760)238-9720
- City or town
- La Quinta
- County
- Riverside County
Nearby schools
The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Desert Learning AcademyAlternative | K–12 | 317 | 15.6 | 39% | 18% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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