Palm Desert High School is a secondary school located in Palm Desert, California. The school is a part of the Desert Sands Unified School District.Palm Desert High School was founded in 1986. For the 2010-2011 year the enrollment was 1,980. Many of Palm Desert High School students come from feeder schools Palm Desert Charter Middle School and Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle School.AcademicsPalm Desert offers an array of Advanced Placement and Honors courses. In 2009, PDHS reached the standardized testing score of 810. In 2012 Palm Desert High School achieved a standardized testing score of 818. In 2013 Palm Desert High School achieved a standardized testing score of 825. Palm Desert High School is ranked 9 out of 10 when compared to similar schools by the Academic Performance Index. Palm Desert High School is ranked 260th within California. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement course work and exams. The AP participation rate at Palm Desert High School is 42 percent. Palm Desert High School was the subject of a large cyberbullying investigation in 2013 featured on national news.
