The Coachella Valley Unified School District is a public school district in Riverside County, California and Imperial County, California, United States, with headquarters in Thermal.
The District serves a 1,250-square-mile (3,200 km2) area,[1] including the cities of Coachella, Indio (southern portion) and La Quinta (eastern portion) and the following unincorporated communities: The CVUSD headquarters is located at 87225 Church St., Thermal, CA 92274.
[2] The district accommodates a fast-growing population of the area, which is predominantly Hispanic (over 80% of CVUSD students, excluding those from seasonal migrant laborers) and residents from Coachella are a large portion of students in the high school.
The oldest schools in CVUSD include: Coachella Valley High (joined the CVUSD in the 1960s when created out of Coachella Public Schools).
Palm View opened in 1939, Bobby Duke and Peter Pendelton schools opened in the 1940s, and Valley View school opened in the 1950s.