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Desert Mirage High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
86150 Ave. 66
Thermal, CA 92274
Phone
(760) 397-2255
District
Coachella Valley Unified
County
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2018
Classroom Teachers
96

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

2

(10 is best)

Better than 11.3% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Desert Mirage High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
14%
41%
25%
55%
3%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
21
21
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 488 24.2%
Grade 10 510 25.3%
Grade 11 541 26.8%
Grade 12 479 23.7%
Total 2018 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 0.2% 0.8% 23.2%
Black 0.0% 0.2% 5.1%
Hispanic 98.9% 98.5% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.1% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 0.4% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 95.9% 91.2% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 91.7% 85.3% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.2% 5.9% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 79,605 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 77.1 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.0% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.8% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.2% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.3% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 16.7% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 29,200 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 5.7% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 59.0% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 10.6% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.0% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.3% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.7% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.8% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.7% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 20.3% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 10.2% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,973 $180,560,000 56.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $794 $13,071,000 4.1%
Staff $316 $5,208,000 1.6%
General Administration $166 $2,738,000 0.9%
School Administration $1,080 $17,778,000 5.5%
Operation $1,215 $19,998,000 6.2%
Transportation $589 $9,698,000 3.0%
Other $1,006 $16,548,000 5.1%
Total Support $5,168 $85,039,000 26.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,396 $55,879,000 17.4%
Total Expenditures $19,537 $321,478,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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