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Desert Sands Unified

La Quinta Middle

78-900 Avenue 50, La Quinta, CA 92253-2400

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Summary

La Quinta Middle is badly underperforming.

Reading and math results average to the 37th percentile among comparable California schools.

Only 36.0% of students met California's reading standard, but it is slowly trending up.Trending up

Math is weaker: 22.8% of students met California's math standard, and it is trending down slightly.Trending down

Proficiency Stats
Current Reading Proficiency36.0%
Current Math Proficiency22.8%
Reading State Rank797/1211 (34th percentile)
Math State Rank741/1211 (39th percentile)
Other Stats
Student / Teacher Ratio23:1
Student Enrollment709
Low-Income Students606 (85.5%)
English Learners108 (15.2%)
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2-Year Trends
2023 - 2025
Reading +3.6%Trend up•Math -0.7%Trend down
Showing school-level proficiency for the last three years

Reading Proficiency Scores

Race, economic status, English learner status, and distribution of scores by grade.

Race and Ethnicity
Distribution of Scores by Grade
Low-Income vs Non-Low-Income
Low-Income
Non-Low-Income
Low-Income +4.7%Trend up•
Non-Low-Income +2.8%Trend up
English Learners vs English Native
English Learners
English Native
English Learners +2.4%Trend up•
English Native +4.5%Trend up

Math Proficiency Scores

Race, economic status, English learner status, and distribution of scores by grade.

Race and Ethnicity
Distribution of Scores by Grade
Low-Income vs Non-Low-Income
Low-Income
Non-Low-Income
Low-Income -2.0%Trend down•
Non-Low-Income +11.9%Trend up
English Learners vs English Native
English Learners
English Native
English Learners -0.7%Trend down•
English Native -0.7%Trend down
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