Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 439 students
Desert Ridge Academy
79-767 Avenue 39, Indio, CA 92203
Grades
6–8
Middle
Students
962
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
23.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Desert Sands Unified
Riverside County
Schola Grade D · Below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,332 California middle schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California middle schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Desert Ridge Academy
Desert Ridge Academy is a public middle school in Indio, California, serving grades 6–8. It is part of Desert Sands Unified. The school is located in a rural area near a town in Riverside County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 962 students were enrolled, with about 23.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical California middle school (21.0 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is D (below average), compared with 1,332 California middle schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 6–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 962 students
- Students per teacher
- 23.6 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Fringe
- School district
- Desert Sands Unified
- County
- Riverside County
- NCES school ID
- 061111012396
Schools near Desert Ridge Academy
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La Quinta Middle
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Palm Desert Charter Middle
Charter · Grades 6–8 · 1,298 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.