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elementary regular

James Earl Carter Elementary

Palm Desert, CA, 92260 — Desert Sands Unified

Overview

Enrollment
487
Teachers (FTE)
23.0
Student-Teacher Ratio
22.4:1
Free Lunch Eligible
41.7%
NCES ID
061111006219

Student Ethnicity

White 26.3%
African American 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino 51.5%
Asian 10.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.6%
Two or More 8.8%

Programs & Staff

Gifted & Talented
2 students
Counselors (FTE)
1.2
Students per Counselor
426:1
Nurses (FTE)
0.4
Psychologists (FTE)
0.1

Discipline & Special Education

In-School Suspensions
0
Out-of-School Suspensions
0

Other Schools in This District

La Quinta High
high — regular
2,425 students
Palm Desert High
high — regular
2,079 students
Indio High
high — regular
1,962 students
Shadow Hills High
high — regular
1,650 students
Palm Desert Charter Middle
middle — regular
1,298 students

Data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Common Core of Data (CCD) 2022-23, School Membership 2024-25, and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.