Type Public Principal Robert Hicks Newspaper Spear Phone +1 760-862-4300 Number of students 1,980 Highest grade Twelfth grade | Established 1986 Enrollment 1,980 (2011) Information (760) 862-4300 Founded 1986 Lowest grade Ninth grade | |
Address 74910 Aztec Rd, Palm Desert, CA 92260, USA District Desert Sands Unified School District Profiles | ||
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Palm Desert High School is a secondary school located in Palm Desert, California. The school is a part of the Desert Sands Unified School District.
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Palm Desert High School was founded in 1986. For the 2010-2011 year the enrollment was 1,980. Many of Palm Desert High School students come from feeder schools Palm Desert Charter Middle School and Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle School.
Academics
Palm Desert offers an array of Advanced Placement and Honors courses. In 2009, PDHS reached the standardized testing score of 810. In 2012 Palm Desert High School achieved a standardized testing score of 818. In 2013 Palm Desert High School achieved a standardized testing score of 825. Palm Desert High School is ranked 9 out of 10 when compared to similar schools by the Academic Performance Index. Palm Desert High School is ranked 260th within California. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement course work and exams. The AP participation rate at Palm Desert High School is 42 percent.
Sports
Palm Desert's mascot is the Aztec. The school has tennis, cross country, soccer, track, golf, swimming, baseball, softball, volleyball, basketball, football, wrestling, water polo and equestrian teams. Their main rival is the La Quinta High School Blackhawks.
Reconstruction
Palm Desert High School was reconstructed as part of the District's $100 million bond used for PDHS, Lincoln, Kennedy, and Eisenhower schools. The new campus has been built to the north of the old campus using the former sports fields for land. The project was completely finished by the beginning of the 2011-12 school year. The new fields opened by the following year.. The new classrooms have state-of-the-art facilities. Classrooms have a capacity for 10 or more computers. A new gymnasium has been built to seat approximately 2000 students.