Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 439 students
Palm Desert Charter Middle
74-200 Rutledge Way, Palm Desert, CA 92260
Grades
6–8
Middle
Students
1,298
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
27.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Desert Sands Unified
Riverside County
Schola Grade B · Above 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 Palm Desert Charter Middle
Palm Desert Charter Middle is a charter middle school in Palm Desert, California, serving grades 6–8. It is part of Desert Sands Unified. The school is located in a small city in Riverside County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 1,298 students were enrolled, with about 27.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical California middle school (21.0 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Desert Sands Unified. Its Schola Grade is B (above average), compared with 1,332 California middle schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 6–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 1,298 students
- Students per teacher
- 27.6 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Desert Sands Unified
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Small
- School district
- Desert Sands Unified
- County
- Riverside County
- NCES school ID
- 061111001231
Schools near Palm Desert Charter Middle
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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.