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Desert Garden Elementary

Regular School · El Centro, CA

Desert Garden Elementary is a regular school school in El Centro, California, serving grades KG–06 with 358 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 22.4:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
KG – 06
Enrollment
358
Teachers (FTE)
16.0
Student–Teacher Ratio
22.4:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Hispanic/Latino 349 97%
Black or African American 4 1%
Two or more races 2 1%
White 1 0%
Asian 1 0%
Not Specified 1 0%
Total enrollment 358 187M / 170F

English Language Learners: 271 (76% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency . 33.9%
Reading Proficiency . 48.7%
Science Proficiency .

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
-0.51 grade levels
Math
-0.06 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
8 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
0
Chronically Absent
90
25.1% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 358 100%

Contact & Location

1900 South Sixth St.

El Centro, CA 92243

Phone: (760)352-2051

http://www.ecesd.org

District

El Centro Elementary

Per-pupil expenditure: $20,616

District enrollment: 5,256

NCES ID

061203001333

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD