The Coachella Valley Unified School District is a public school district in Riverside County, California

Riverside County, California

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, United States, with headquarters in Thermal

Thermal, California

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. The District serves a 100 square miles (259 km²) area, including the city of Coachella

Coachella, California

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, a portion of Indio

Indio, California

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, south of Avenues 48 or 49, and Salton City

Salton City, California

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 in Imperial County

Imperial County, California

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The CVUSD headquarters is located on the Coachella Valley High School

Coachella Valley High School

-Athletics:Coachella Valley High School is in the Desert Valley League which includes Cathedral City, Coachella Valley, Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert and Palm Springs. Out of conference opponents sometimes include Desert Hot Springs and Desert Mirage High School near Mecca, California...

 campus, and near proposed grade and middle school sites to accommodate a fast-growing population of the area, which is predominantly Hispanic (over 80% of CVUSD students, excluding those from seasonal migrant laborers) and residents from Coachella are a large portion of students in the high school.

Schools

The CVUSD has 20 elementary schools, 6 middle schools and 6 high schools, plus one continuation high school and one special school for teenage mothers.

The oldest schools are Coachella Valley High (joined the CVUSD in the 1960s when created out of Coachella Public Schools). Palm View opened in 1939, Bobby Duke and Peter Pendelton schools opened in the 1940s, and Valley View school opened in the 1950s. Mecca and Oasis schools were county schools, so was Kokell school in Thermal, they joined the CVUSD in the 1970s.

Elementary (grades K to 6)

• Cesar Chavez Elementary, Coachella, CA - opened in 1991/92.
• Coral Mountain Elementary, Coachella, CA - opened in 2006/07.
• Dateland Elementary, Coachella - proposed site in Coachella.
• Dave Ortiz Elementary, Coachella - opened in 2009/10.
• Eastside Elementary - proposed site in Coachella. (2013)
• Ed(ucation) Park School - proposed site in Mecca. (2013)
• El Parque Elementary, Coachella - opened in 2009/10.
• Governor Romualdo Pacheco School, Indio - proposed. (2013)
• John Kelley School, Thermal, CA (replaced Kokell school) in 1991-92.
• Las Palmitas Elementary, Thermal, CA - opened 2003/2004.
• Mecca Elementary School, Mecca, CA -new facility.
• Mountain Vista Elementary, Indio, CA - opened in 2003/04.
• Oasis Elementary School, Oasis, CA (Grades K-8) - new facility.
• Palm View Elementary, Coachella, CA - opened 1939, renovated.
• Peter Pendleton Elementary, Coachella, CA (was Middle school, switched in 1991/92).
• Saul Martinez Elementary, Mecca, CA - opened in 1998/99.
• Sea View (renamed Salton Beach) Elementary (Grades K-8), Salton City, CA - new facility.
• Valle Del Sol Elementary, Coachella, CA - opened in 2006/07.
• Valley View Elementary, Coachella, CA - opened in 1950/51 - oldest CVUSD grade school.
• Westside Elementary School, Thermal, CA. - originally began 1963, moved to current site 1989-90 (was K-8 school).

Middle (grades 7 & 8)

• Bobby Duke Middle School (formerly Dateland Middle and was middle school 1961 to 94, briefly an elementary school, 1994 to 2010).
• Cahuilla Desert Academy (CDA), Coachella, CA, opened in 1996/97.
• East Valley Middle School, Coachella CA or Thermal.
• George Patton Middle School, Coachella CA, planned on CVHS site.
• North Shore Middle School, Mecca CA, adjacent to Mecca school.
• Salton (City) Middle School, Thermal CA, planned on West Shores site.
• Toro Canyon Middle School, Thermal, CA, opened in 2004/05.

High

• Coachella Valley High School
  Coachella Valley High School
  -Athletics:Coachella Valley High School is in the Desert Valley League which includes Cathedral City, Coachella Valley, Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert and Palm Springs. Out of conference opponents sometimes include Desert Hot Springs and Desert Mirage High School near Mecca, California...
  
  in Coachella, oldest CVUSD school in existence. (annexed by city in 1980).
• Desert Mirage High School in "Ed(ucation) Park" opened in 2004/05 in Thermal.
• La Familia continuation High School (formerly Kokell School closed in 1991).
• Santa Rosa High School, Thermal CA, proposed. representing La Quinta.
• Seaview High School, Mecca-Thermal CA, adjacent to La Familia site.
• West Shores High School (grades 7-12, now 9-12), Salton City - new facility.

Other (all on CVHS site)

• Adult School/Escuela del Adulto.
• Alternative Education School/Escuela de la Eudcacion Alternativa.
• Esperanza High School/Escuela Esperanza para madres.