Coachella Valley Unified School District
public school district in Riverside County, California
The Coachella Valley Unified School District is a public school district in Riverside County, California and Imperial County, California, United States, with headquarters in Thermal. The District serves a 1,250-square-mile (3,200 km2) area, including the cities of Coachella, Indio (southern portion) and La Quinta (eastern portion) and the following unincorporated communities:
Desert Shores (Imperial County)
Mecca
North Shore
Oasis
Salton City (Imperial County)
Salton Sea Beach (Imperial County)
Thermal
Vista Santa Rosa
The CVUSD headquarters is located at 87225 Church St., Thermal, CA 92274. 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.
Schools
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.
Elementary (grades K to 6)
Cesar Chavez Elementary, Coachella, CA - opened in 1991/92.
Coral Mountain Elementary, Coachella, CA - opened in 2006/07.
John Kelley School, Thermal, CA (replaced Kokell school) in 1991-92.
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