Is Cahuilla Elementary a good school?

Cahuilla Elementary ranks 3766 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Cahuilla Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 421 students attended Cahuilla Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Cahuilla Elementary?

Students at Cahuilla Elementary are 71% Hispanic, 12% White, 9% African American, 6% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Cahuilla Elementary attend?

Students who attend Cahuilla Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Raymond Cree Middle High : Palm Springs High

Cahuilla Elementary

Summary:

Cahuilla Elementary is a public elementary school located in Palm Springs, California, serving 421 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Palm Springs Unified School District, which is ranked 1055 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Cahuilla Elementary faces several challenges compared to nearby schools. The school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 11.0% in 2018-2019 to 43.6% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the 28.0% to 38.9% range at nearby schools. Academically, Cahuilla Elementary's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are lower than the district and state averages. For example, the school's 5th-grade proficiency rate in 2023-2024 was 46.77% in ELA, 17.74% in Math, and 25.81% in Science, compared to state averages of 47.37%, 35.02%, and 32.68%, respectively. Additionally, Cahuilla Elementary has an extremely high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 91.24% to 96.03% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the 85.76% to 98.47% range at nearby schools.

These challenges suggest that Cahuilla Elementary may require additional resources, support, and targeted interventions to address the high chronic absenteeism, lower academic proficiency, and significant socioeconomic factors that its students face. The school and district should prioritize these areas to improve student outcomes and ensure that all students at Cahuilla Elementary have the opportunity to succeed.

Detail:

Public K-5

833 East Mesquite Ave.
Palm Springs, CA 92264-8414

(760) 416-8161

District: Palm Springs Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3766^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,996

Students who attend Cahuilla Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Raymond Cree Middle
High:	Palm Springs High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.3

Number of students: 421

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

70.8%

White:

11.6%

African American:

9.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 93.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Cahuilla Elementary ranks worse than 64.2% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 7^th among 16 ranked elementary schools in the Palm Springs Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 32.16. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (70.8%), White (11.6%), African American (9.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 93.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cahuilla Elementary is 20.3, which is the 5^th best among 16 elementary schools in the Palm Springs Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Cahuilla Elementary employs 20.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cahuilla Elementary is $12,996, which is the 7^th highest among 16 elementary schools in the Palm Springs Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cahuilla Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Cahuilla Elementary 3766^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Cahuilla Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Palm Springs Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Palm Springs Unified 1055^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cahuilla Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Cahuilla Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	35.46	2916^th	4809	39.4%
2005	37.62	2857^th	4822	40.8%
2006	34.89	3003^rd	4818	37.7%
2007	43.72	2692^nd	5113	47.3%
2008	38.92	3001^st	5113	41.3%
2009	28.14	3836^th	5193	26.1%
2010	46.12	2790^th	5314	47.5%
2011	44.61	2918^th	5377	45.7%
2012	51.64	2516^th	5390	53.3%
2013	38.22	3442^nd	5530	37.8%
2015	30.57	3665^th	5611	34.7%
2016	40.92	3019^th	5614	46.2%
2017	32.00	3679^th	5692	35.4%
2018	37.95	3279^th	5662	42.1%
2019	40.29	3172^nd	5789	45.2%
2022	31.96	3708^th	5883	37.0%
2023	34.39	3547^th	5874	39.6%
2024	32.16	3766^th	5862	35.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Cahuilla Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	53.49	1099^th	3246	66.1%
2019	63.51	717^th	3275	78.1%
2022	38.64	1904^th	3311	42.5%
2023	53.21	1041^st	3250	68.0%
2024	53.56	996^th	3160	68.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cahuilla Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	45.99	2612^th	5084	48.6%
2019	52.77	2219^th	5173	57.1%
2022	45.92	2541^st	5264	51.7%
2023	45.73	2655^th	5374	50.6%
2024	42.58	2938^th	5511	46.7%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Cahuilla Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	29.70	278^th	356	21.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Cahuilla Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.16	3011^th	5413	44.4%
2019	50.37	2474^th	5492	55.0%
2022	29.96	3737^th	5635	33.7%
2023	35.49	3326^th	5617	40.8%
2024	32.26	3621^st	5605	35.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Cahuilla Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.55	1360^th	2128	36.1%
2019	54.60	852^nd	2585	67.0%
2022	18.67	2063^rd	2227	7.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Cahuilla Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.60	3368^th	5431	38.0%
2019	29.65	3821^st	5510	30.7%
2022	35.02	3370^th	5663	40.5%
2023	33.07	3531^st	5650	37.5%
2024	32.78	3578^th	5636	36.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Cahuilla Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	43.19	357^th	700	49.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cahuilla Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	44.63	2576^th	4830	46.7%
2019	51.83	2168^th	4963	56.3%
2022	40.36	2876^th	5084	43.4%
2023	36.45	3189^th	5098	37.4%
2024	38.00	3115^th	5102	38.9%

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Rank History for White students at Cahuilla Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	33.53	1992^nd	2737	27.2%
2019	23.28	2315^th	2834	18.3%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Cahuilla Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	210	57	17	244	11	n/a	n/a	0	539
1989	224	68	7	167	3	n/a	n/a	0	469
1990	246	75	8	218	5	n/a	n/a	0	552
1991	229	81	21	224	4	n/a	n/a	0	559
1992	224	72	8	232	2	n/a	n/a	0	538
1993	231	55	11	237	3	n/a	n/a	0	537
1994	230	60	15	234	6	n/a	n/a	0	545
1995	181	55	12	298	11	n/a	n/a	0	557
1996	181	55	12	298	11	n/a	n/a	0	557
1997	178	63	15	298	9	n/a	n/a	0	563
1998	161	51	11	278	12	n/a	n/a	0	513
1999	166	61	12	310	16	n/a	n/a	1	566
2000	162	61	10	308	11	n/a	n/a	0	552
2001	170	73	13	327	7	n/a	n/a	0	590
2002	172	71	21	345	13	n/a	n/a	0	622
2003	172	71	21	345	13	n/a	n/a	0	622
2004	135	73	14	346	6	n/a	n/a	0	574
2005	122	83	18	359	8	n/a	n/a	0	590
2006	129	95	20	380	5	n/a	n/a	0	629
2007	128	86	11	336	8	n/a	n/a	1	570
2008	132	86	14	327	6	n/a	n/a	0	565
2009	137	91	19	336	10	2	2	0	597
2010	127	83	15	332	12	2	7	0	578
2011	96	74	19	355	3	1	10	0	558
2012	103	56	26	347	2	0	11	0	545
2013	112	58	27	373	3	0	11	0	584
2014	101	60	29	373	2	1	13	0	579
2015	86	48	20	358	3	1	19	0	535
2016	81	54	16	404	2	1	13	0	571
2017	73	43	24	380	2	0	16	0	538
2018	80	58	17	365	4	0	22	0	546
2019	67	51	19	360	3	0	25	0	525
2020	51	42	19	346	3	0	22	0	483
2021	45	41	13	301	4	0	24	0	428
2022	41	38	10	287	7	0	28	0	411
2023	49	39	10	298	1	0	24	0	421

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cahuilla Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	539	21.0	25.6	n/a
1989	469	18.7	25.0	n/a
1990	552	22.0	25.0	n/a
1991	559	23.0	24.3	n/a
1992	538	23.4	22.9	59.1
1993	537	21.0	25.6	60.9
1994	545	23.0	23.7	69
1995	557	20.0	27.9	76.3
1996	557	20.0	27.9	76.3
1997	563	22.0	25.6	68.4
1998	513	24.0	21.4	76.4
1999	566	28.0	20.2	77
2000	552	30.0	18.4	74.3
2001	590	30.5	19.3	82
2002	622	35.0	17.8	87.6
2003	622	35.0	17.8	87.6
2004	574	35.0	16.4	75.1
2005	590	32.0	18.4	80.5
2006	629	36.0	17.5	84.4
2007	570	32.0	17.8	70.1
2008	565	32.0	17.7	73.3
2009	597	29.0	19.9	77.4
2010	578	26.0	22.2	80.4
2011	558	n/a	n/a	82.3
2012	545	21.0	25.9	79.4
2013	584	21.0	27.8	75.3
2014	579	23.0	25.1	77.9
2015	535	24.0	22.2	86
2016	571	24.0	23.7	87.7
2017	538	21.0	25.6	85.5
2018	546	24.0	22.7	85.3
2019	525	23.0	22.8	90.5
2020	483	n/a	n/a	92.5
2021	428	20.0	21.4	96
2022	411	18.0	22.8	91.2
2023	421	20.6	20.3	93.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cahuilla Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	539	21.0	25.6	n/a
1989	469	18.7	25.0	n/a
1990	552	22.0	25.0	n/a
1991	559	23.0	24.3	n/a
1992	538	23.4	22.9	59.1
1993	537	21.0	25.6	60.9
1994	545	23.0	23.7	69
1995	557	20.0	27.9	76.3
1996	557	20.0	27.9	76.3
1997	563	22.0	25.6	68.4
1998	513	24.0	21.4	76.4
1999	566	28.0	20.2	77
2000	552	30.0	18.4	74.3
2001	590	30.5	19.3	82
2002	622	35.0	17.8	87.6
2003	622	35.0	17.8	87.6
2004	574	35.0	16.4	75.1
2005	590	32.0	18.4	80.5
2006	629	36.0	17.5	84.4
2007	570	32.0	17.8	70.1
2008	565	32.0	17.7	73.3
2009	597	29.0	19.9	77.4
2010	578	26.0	22.2	80.4
2011	558	n/a	n/a	82.3
2012	545	21.0	25.9	79.4
2013	584	21.0	27.8	75.3
2014	579	23.0	25.1	77.9
2015	535	24.0	22.2	86
2016	571	24.0	23.7	87.7
2017	538	21.0	25.6	85.5
2018	546	24.0	22.7	85.3
2019	525	23.0	22.8	90.5
2020	483	n/a	n/a	92.5
2021	428	20.0	21.4	96
2022	411	18.0	22.8	91.2
2023	421	20.6	20.3	93.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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