| Coachella Valley Unified School District | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
87225 Church Street Coachella Valley ,Riverside County,Imperial County,California,92274United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | K–12 |
| School board | Coachella Valley Unified School District Board of Education |
| Schools | 21 |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
The Coachella Valley Unified School District is a public school district inRiverside County, California andImperial County, California,United States, with headquarters inThermal. The District serves a 1,250-square-mile (3,200 km2) area,[1] including the cities ofCoachella,Indio (southern portion) andLa Quinta (eastern portion) and the following unincorporated communities:
The CVUSD headquarters is located at 87225 Church St., Thermal, CA 92274.[2] The district accommodates 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.[citation needed]
The CVUSD has 14 elementary schools, 3 middle schools and 3 high schools, plus one continuation high school and one special school for teenage mothers. The oldest schools in CVUSD include: 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.[citation needed]
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