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| Desert Sands Unified School District | |
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| Address | |
47-950 Dune Palms Road
La Quinta , California, 92253United States | |
| Coordinates | 33°42′08″N 116°16′35″W / 33.70222°N 116.27639°W |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Mottoes | The Future is Here |
| Grades | K–12[1] |
| Established | 1964 |
| Superintendent | Kelly May-Vollmar, Ed.D (as of 2022) |
| Schools | 20 elementary schools, 8 middle schools, 4 high schools, 2 continuation high schools, an alternative education school, and 2 preschool programs. |
| NCES District ID | 0611110 [1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 26,982 (2020–2021)[1] |
| Teachers | 1,090.02 (FTE)[1] |
| Staff | 1,288.62 (FTE)[1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 24.75:1[1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | Official website |
The Desert Sands Unified School District (DSUSD) is a public school district with main offices located in La Quinta, California. The district was founded in 1964, after the California Department of Education consolidated all Indio public schools. As of 2017, DSUSD serves 28,958 students in Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, Bermuda Dunes, and parts of Rancho Mirage and Coachella.[2]
- ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Desert Sands Unified". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ^ Perry, Mary (May 30, 2017). "New Desert Sands school to be completed in 2018". azcentral. Retrieved August 28, 2017.