Photo: Squelle · CC BY-SA 3.0Desert Shores’s public schools
Coachella Valley Unified School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Desert Shores. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 95% of students in California’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Desert Shores’s schools, in brief
School by school
0 of Desert Shores’s 20 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s 3,615 public schools. Desert Mirage High places highest (better than 48%); Oasis Elementary lowest (2%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
14 elementary schools serve Desert Shores, graded from D− to C−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then four middle schools and three high schools: Coachella Valley High, Desert Mirage High and West Shores High. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Desert Shores, with each school’s own grade.
9th grade in Desert Shores · depends on your address
Coachella Valley High
Grades 9–12 · 2,300 students · 21:1 students per teacher · in Thermal
Desert Mirage High
Grades 9–12 · 1,875 students · 22:1 students per teacher · in Thermal
West Shores High
Grades 7–12 · 503 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Salton City
10th grade in Desert Shores · depends on your address
Coachella Valley High
Grades 9–12 · 2,300 students · 21:1 students per teacher · in Thermal
Desert Mirage High
Grades 9–12 · 1,875 students · 22:1 students per teacher · in Thermal
West Shores High
Grades 7–12 · 503 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Salton City
11th grade in Desert Shores · depends on your address
Coachella Valley High
Grades 9–12 · 2,300 students · 21:1 students per teacher · in Thermal
Desert Mirage High
Grades 9–12 · 1,875 students · 22:1 students per teacher · in Thermal
West Shores High
Grades 7–12 · 503 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Salton City
12th grade in Desert Shores · depends on your address
Coachella Valley High
Grades 9–12 · 2,300 students · 21:1 students per teacher · in Thermal
Desert Mirage High
Grades 9–12 · 1,875 students · 22:1 students per teacher · in Thermal
West Shores High
Grades 7–12 · 503 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Salton City
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Coachella Valley Unified School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Desert Shores vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the California towns that share Desert Shores’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Desert Shores | — | Coachella Valley Unified |
Every school in Desert Shores
20 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Desert Shores’s schools
Are Desert Shores’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Desert Shores. Coachella Valley Unified School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Desert Shores. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 20 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Desert Shores in?
Coachella Valley Unified School District.
Where do Desert Shores kids go to high school?
One of three high schools, depending on your address: Coachella Valley High, Desert Mirage High and West Shores High.
Parents talk
What Desert Shores families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Desert Shores → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.