Education
Indio is served by two public school districts: Desert Sands Unified and on the city's south eastern corner, Coachella Valley Unified. Desert Sands' headquarters is located in La Quinta.
Indio's six elementary and two middle schools are highly rated under the California Distinguished Schools program. Because of Indio's growing population and above-average number of young people with families, the two school districts are expanding, with plans on building more schools, along with remodeling the older ones with new buildings and designs.
Schools in or near Indio:
Desert Sands Unified
- ELEMENTARY (grades K-5): Carrillo Ranch, Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy, Amelia Earhart (Int'l studies),John Adams, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover, Andrew Jackson, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, James Madison, James Monroe (in Bermuda Dunes), Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren, Woodrow Wilson, and Horizon Elementary (independent studies) in La Quinta.
- MIDDLE/JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS (grades 6-8): La Quinta middle Desert Ridge Academy (Fall 2009); Thomas Jefferson; Indio Middle; John Glenn (Int'l studies) (California Distinguished School); and Horizon Middle (independent studies) in La Quinta.
- HIGH SCHOOLS (grades 9-12): Indio High; La Quinta High in La Quinta; Shadow Hills (Fall 2009); Amistad High, a continuation high school; and Horizon High (independent studies) in La Quinta.
- ADULT SCHOOL: Courses include: GED TEST preparation, ESL Beg/Int/Adv classes, Citizenship classes, a RossettaStone Language lab, and more.
Coachella Valley Unified schools
- ELEMENTARY (grades K-5): Mountain Vista Elementary.
- MIDDLE/JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS (grades 6-8): Cahuilla Desert Academy.
- HIGH SCHOOLS (grades 9-12): Coachella Valley High and Desert Mirage High, both in Thermal.
Private schools
Grace Academy (K-8), Indio Christian Center (1-12), River Springs Charter School (K-12), Our Lady of Perpetual Help (PK-8), Trinity Lutheran Child Development Center (PK, K) and Christian School of the Desert (PK-12), located in nearby Bermuda Dunes.
Higher Education
In 2002, College of the Desert, or C.O.D., the valley's community college, opened an East valley campus facility in the Riverside County Employment Developmental Center located on Monroe Street. Recently, it has expanded its classes to a new "East Valley" Educational center in Mecca.
Riverside County has a Regional Occupational Program facility in Indio that provides vocational educational courses in the Coachella valley's job market.
The California Desert Trial Academy School of Law was approved by the California State Bar as an unaccredited fixed facility law school in Indio and is expected to open for classes in September 2012.
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