Painted Hills Middle

Grades 6–8 Public District: Palm Springs Unified

9250 Sonora Dr., Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 Map

Math (met standard)
12%
−25 state 37% · 2025-26
English (met standard)
26%
−23 state 49% · 2025-26
Science (met standard)
13%
−22 state 35% · 2025-26
Low income
97%
free or reduced-price lunch
Students
722
2024-25
Students per teacher
21.7
2024-25

Test score trends

Share of students who met or exceeded the state standard each year.

Latest results by grade

Grade Math English Science
Grade 6 16% state 37% · 2025-26 28% state 48% · 2025-26 —
Grade 7 9% state 38% · 2025-26 19% state 51% · 2025-26 —
Grade 8 12% state 36% · 2025-26 30% state 50% · 2025-26 13% state 35% · 2025-26
All grades 12% state 37% · 2025-26 26% state 49% · 2025-26 13% state 35% · 2025-26
Results by year (all grades)
School year Math English Science
2025-26 12% state 37% 26% state 49% 13% state 35%
2024-25 13% state 36% 25% state 49% 9% state 32%
2023-24 10% state 33% 25% state 46% 11% state 29%
2022-23 11% state 32% 24% state 46% 15% state 29%
2021-22 11% state 31% 25% state 47% 8% state 29%
2020-21 — — 14% state 27%
2018-19 14% state 38% 25% state 50% 10% state 31%
2017-18 13% state 37% 29% state 49% —
2016-17 12% state 37% 29% state 48% —
2015-16 9% state 36% 20% state 48% —
2014-15 13% state 33% 23% state 44% —

Students

Race and ethnicity, 2024-25

Year-by-year history is loaded from the NCES Common Core of Data (2017-18 onward).

Nearby schools

Subject percentages show the share of students who met or exceeded the state standard.

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Desert Springs Middle
Grades 6–8 · Palm Springs Unified
2.7 mi
11%
−26 vs state
25%
−25 vs state
16%
−19 vs state
4% Average of math, English and science: 13% in 2022-23 → 17% in 2025-26 97% 749 Hispanic 85%