The Sierra Sands Unified School District is located in the Indian Wells Valley of California.
It serves all of Indian Wells Valley, including the cities of Ridgecrest, Inyokern, China Lake, Johannesburg and Kernville.
It moved to a new site in 1960 where the building became Murray Middle School (now closed).
The first schools were Faller and Pierce Elementary, and Monroe Middle.
Closed schools: Vieweg Elementary (in mid 2010s) - replaced by Las Flores.