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Desert Learning Academy

A public alternative school in Palm Springs, California, in Palm Springs Unified. NCES’s record for 2024–25.

The school in 2024–25

317
Students enrolled
20.3
Teachers, full-time equivalent
28489.6% of students
Eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Eligibility, as the state reported it. It is not a count of family income.
186
Directly certified for free meals

How this compares

Students enrolled: 317 in 2024–⁠25
Larger than 34% of the 95,462 public schools in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. Larger than 27% of the 9,973 schools in California that report one.
Pupils per teacher: 15.6 in 2024–⁠25
More than 60% of the 91,868 schools reporting both pupils and teachers. Pupils per full-time-equivalent teacher, the school’s own two counts.

The school’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Alternative School
Charter
No
Grades
Kindergarten to Grade 12
Level
Other
Locale
Suburb, large
County
Riverside County
School lunch program
Missing from the state’s report
Virtual instruction
Supplemental Virtual
NCES school ID
062955013957

Sources

  • Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026

    SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.

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