Indian Wells’s public schools beat 63% of California districts
The public schools Indian Wells’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 63% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
What Indian Wells’s schools are like
Strong statewide, typical for its income level
Statewide, Indian Wells’s schools beat 63% of districts. Compared with the 247 towns that have similar household incomes, that drops to 35%. Some of the strong showing reflects who lives here, so families moving from a similar town shouldn’t expect a big step up. How it compares ↓
Reading is above the state; math is just below
Reading proficiency is 56%, 8 points above the state. Math is 31%, 2 points below the state. Both are close enough to average that small changes could flip them. Test scores ↓
Which school depends on your street
With six middle and four high schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to Gerald R. Ford Elementary. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Indian Wells compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of California only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Indian Wells.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well above the state in reading
Indian Wells vs. its neighbors
Indian Wells’s schools rank 1st of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among California districts.
Every school in Indian Wells
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Indian Wells families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Indian Wells
There’s no college in Indian Wells, but 3 are within 30 miles. The closest is College of the Desert in Palm Desert, 4 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Indian Wells. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.