Indio, California

==Education==
Indio is served by two public school districts: [[Desert Sands Unified School District|Desert Sands Unified]] and on the city's southeastern corner, [[Coachella Valley Unified School District|Coachella Valley Unified.]] Desert Sands' headquarters is located in [[La Quinta, California|La Quinta.]]

Indio's six elementary and two middle schools are highly rated under the [[California Distinguished Schools]] program. Because of Indio's growing population and above-average number of young people with families, the two school districts are expanding, with plans on building more schools, along with remodeling the older ones with new buildings and designs.

Schools in or near Indio:

'''Desert Sands Unified'''
* Elementary (grades K–5): Carrillo Ranch, Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy, Amelia Earhart (International studies), John Adams (STEM school) near Benjamin Franklin in La Quinta, Richard Oliphant, Herbert Hoover, Andrew Jackson, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, James Madison, James Monroe (in Bermuda Dunes), Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren, and Horizon Elementary (independent studies) in La Quinta
* Middle/junior high schools (grades 6–8): Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle School (in La Quinta), La Quinta Middle, Desert Ridge Academy; Thomas Jefferson; Indio Middle School (Charter); John Glenn Middle School of International Studies ([[California Distinguished School]]); and Horizon Middle (independent studies) in La Quinta
* High schools (grades 9–12): [[Indio High School|Indio High]]; [[La Quinta High School (La Quinta, California)|La Quinta High]] in La Quinta; [[Shadow Hills High School|Shadow Hills]]; Amistad High, a continuation high school in former site of Woodrow Wilson Middle School; and Horizon High (independent studies) in La Quinta
* Adult school: Courses include: GED Test preparation, ESL Beg/Int/Adv classes, Citizenship classes, a RossettaStone Language lab, and more.
* Special studies: Eisenhower Community Education Center.

'''Coachella Valley Unified schools'''
* Elementary (grades K–6): Mountain Vista Elementary
* Middle/junior high schools (grades 7–8): Cahuilla Desert Academy
* High schools (grades 9–12): [[Coachella Valley High School|Coachella Valley High]] and [[Desert Mirage High School]], both in [[Thermal, California|Thermal]]

'''Private schools'''

Grace Academy (K–8), Indio Christian Center (1–12), River Springs Charter School (K–12), Our Lady of Perpetual Help (PK–8), Trinity Lutheran Child Development Center (PK, K) and Christian School of the Desert (PK–12), located in nearby [[Bermuda Dunes, California|Bermuda Dunes]]

'''Higher education'''
[[File:College of the Desert.jpg|thumb|right|The "International Fountain of Knowledge" on the campus of College of the Desert in Palm Desert, California]]

[[College of the Desert]], commonly referred to by its initials (C.O.D), is the Coachella Valley's community college. C.O.D opened a campus facility in 2002 in the Riverside County Employment Developmental Center located on Monroe Street. And their Indio campus on Oasis street.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.collegeofthedesert.edu/students/locations/indio/default.php | title=Indio Campus Information }}</ref> They expanded their classes to an "East Valley" educational center in [[Mecca, California|Mecca.]]

Riverside County has a Regional Occupational Program facility in Indio that provides vocational educational courses in the Coachella Valley's job market.

The California Desert Trial Academy College of Law was approved by the [[California State Bar]] as an unaccredited fixed facility law school in Indio and is currently holding classes in the County Law Library in Indio. Meanwhile, plans are moving forward on the school constructing its own campus buildings in downtown Indio.<ref>{{cite news|last=DeBenedictis|first=Don J.|title=New law school to focus on advocacy|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Daily Journal]]|page=5|date=July 12, 2012}}</ref>