Middle · California

Palm Desert Charter Middle

CharterFree meals for all

Palm Desert Charter Middle, a public middle school in Palm Desert, California: grades 6–8, 1,298 students, 27.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Desert Sands Unified.

Size and class size

Compared with middle 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
1,298
Teachers (FTE)
47.0
Students per teacher
27.6
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 98% of middle schools in California

Median 21.0 · 1,371 schools compared

More students per teacher than 99% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 96% of middle schools in California

Median 644 · 1,373 schools compared

Larger than 98% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 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%

58%proficient

+3.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 72% of middle schools in California

Median 43% · 1,351 middle schools compared

1,274 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

39%proficient

−1.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 67% of middle schools in California

Median 29% · 1,351 middle schools compared

1,269 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

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
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Small city
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
74-200 Rutledge Way, Palm Desert, CA 92260
Phone
(760)862-4320
City or town
Palm Desert
County
Riverside County
WebsiteQuality of life in Palm DesertSchools in Palm Desert

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Colonel Mitchell Paige MiddleFree meals for all
6–843920.730%12%
John Glenn Middle School of International StudiesFree meals for all
6–81,09924.444%40%
La Quinta MiddleFree meals for all
6–870923.436%23%
Desert Ridge AcademyFree meals for all
6–896223.634%17%
Nellie N. Coffman MiddleFree meals for all
6–891420.034%16%
Indio MiddleFree meals for all
6–876822.418%6.3%

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

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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