Indio High School

Indio High School is a public high school for grades 9–12. It is located in Indio, California and has a current enrollment of about 2,090 students.[2] Its mascot is a Rajah (an Indian prince). The school is part of the Desert Sands Unified School District. Indio High School has one of the largest student pupil populations of any California high school. It once had a 60-square-mile (160 km2) school boundary area until 1985, but still serves all of Indio, as well parts of La Quinta and accepts intradistrict waivers for Coachella residents. Its feeder schools are Indio Middle School and Jefferson Middle School, which are both located in the city.

Indio High School
Location
81750 Avenue 46,
Indio, California 92201
Coordinates33°42′47″N 116°14′25″W
Information
TypePublic
Established1958
PrincipalDerrick Lawson
Faculty73.92 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment2,090 (2020-21)[1]
Student to teacher ratio27.95[1]
Color(s)     
MascotRajah
Information(760)775-3550
Websitewww.ihsrajahs.com
A typical day at Indio High School before renovation in the 2010s.

History

Indio High School was founded in 1958, which makes it the third oldest high school in the Coachella Valley. The school newspaper is called Sandscripts.[3] School graduates continuing their education at college have recently improved to 75 percent in 2006, up from 23 percent in 1995 .[4] It was the only high school for DSUSD students in the 9th to 12th grade level, until Palm Desert High School opened its doors in 1985/86 and then La Quinta High School in 1994/95 which have a large share of Indio residents who can attend there by school district policy. A new high school, Shadow Hills in the northern half of Indio will decrease the number of students in the 2009/10 school year.[5] In the 2009/10 school year Desert Sands was deciding whether to close the school at the end of the 2009/10 school year, due to low Standardized Test scores. That year the scores went up dramatically and the board instead voted to renovate the school, which was approved. The School was featured in a video for success 101, a course for freshmen entering high school to help them transition from middle to high school. Freshman students, faculty, and teachers of the 2010/11 school year were followed all school year to see how the class had helped them.[6] For the 2011/12 school year the school moved from a six-period day schedule to an eight-period A/B Block schedule. This was done to give the students more electives and also so they would have opportunities to get more credits. On May 1, 2013 at 8:52, there was a fire at the boy's locker room coaches office. Firefighters took out the fire in about a half an hour.[7]

Renovation

The school has begun renovations in late 2011. Phase I of III which included a new administration building, science/business building, a new gymnasium, and a new Performing Arts Center. The new campus was open to all students at the beginning of the second semester during the 2014/2015 school year. Phase II of III officially began in February 2015, with demolishing the old campus. Phase III was completed in January 2018 and included the baseball, softball, and soccer fields, and basketball hard courts.

Clubs and Groups

Athletics

Indio High School has won 14 CIF Championships: [8]

Notable alumni

Indio High School has been mentioned in the lyrics of songs and has been featured in music videos.

The Desert Sessions song "Winners" contains an audio sample of a man reading out the names from Indio High School. The names listed in the song "Winners" were real Indio High School students. The song "Interpretive Reading," on the same album as "Winners", features a choir singing the school's alma mater song in the background.

There was a hip-hop single titled "Indio Rydaz" on YouTube released by Lil' Tweety, an Indio High School alumni from the class of 2004.

In 2012 it was in the inspiration for the rap song "Rajah City" on YouTube by Ray Ray, an Indio High School Alumni from the class of 2012.

References
  1. "Indio High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  2. Indio High School - Indio, California/CA - Public School Profile
  3. thedesertsun.com | School paper takes write stuff
  4. Higher Expectations Encourage Students to Pursue Higher Education
  5. "Students Design New High School's Image - KESQ.com".
  6. http://www.whatworkscareerchoices.com/success101doc.html
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2013-05-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "DVL and CIF Titles". Desert Sands Unified School District. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  9. "UCLA to Have Large Presence at 2008 Olympic Games". CBS College Sports. Archived from the original on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
  10. "UCLA Men's Waterpolo Profile". CBS College Sports. Archived from the original on 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
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