Schools in Cathedral City

Cathedral City’s 5 public elementary schools run from the 36th to the 68th percentile among the 5,721 California elementary schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 4 Developing. Cathedral City’s 2 public middle schools run from the 23rd to the 42nd percentile among the 2,177 California middle schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Cathedral City has one public high school we score, Cathedral City High, at the 26th percentile among the 1,500 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Developing. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score; it isn’t a grade. How we score schools.

Elementary: Sunny Sands Elementary, 68th percentile statewide (Solid). Middle: James Workman Middle, 42nd percentile statewide (Developing). High: Cathedral City High, 26th percentile statewide (Developing). Each level is ranked separately, and a few percentiles apart is a tie. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

The average Cathedral City elementary school had 18 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2024–25; the average California elementary school had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

No. A city can hold schools from more than one district, and attendance boundaries decide which school serves an address. Confirm the school for your address with the district.

California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2025 and chronic-absence rates for 2024–25, both published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations, not official state ratings. Private schools don’t take the state tests, so we don’t score them. Methodology and limitations.