Benjamin Franklin Elementary (Desert Sands Unified SCH DIST.), California - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

Benjamin Franklin Elementary is a Elementary in La Quinta, CA. It currently serves 622 students (grades KG-05). The school is part of the Desert Sands Unified School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

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Other Details

School Type: Regular School

School Level: Elementary

Number of Students:622

Number of Teachers: 28

Student/Teacher Ratio: 22.21

Location Info

Location: 77-800 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, CA 92253

Mailing Address: 77-800 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, CA 92253-3841

Phone: (760)238-9424

Website: http://www.dsusd.us

Data Source: NCES.

Student Population Per Grade

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Grade	Population
Grade 1	99
Grade 2	110
Grade 3	104
Grade 4	102
Grade 5	80
Kindergarten	127

Gender/Sex of Benjamin Franklin Elementary Student Population

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Gender	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Male	334	53.70
Female	288	46.30

Race/Ethnicity Demography of Benjamin Franklin Elementary Student Population

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Asian	3	0.48
Black or African American	9	1.45
Hispanic/Latino	496	79.74
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.32
Two or more races	26	4.18
White	86	13.83

Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Asian	2	0.60
Black or African American	7	2.10
Hispanic/Latino	262	78.44
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.30
Two or more races	11	3.29
White	51	15.27

Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Asian	1	0.35
Black or African American	2	0.69
Hispanic/Latino	234	81.25
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.35
Two or more races	15	5.21
White	35	12.15

Race Demography Per Grade

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Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Asian	1	1.01
Black or African American	2	2.02
Hispanic/Latino	76	76.77
Two or more races	3	3.03
White	17	17.17

Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino	87	79.09
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.91
Two or more races	5	4.55
White	17	15.46

Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American	3	2.89
Hispanic/Latino	85	81.73
Two or more races	4	3.85
White	12	11.54

Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Asian	1	0.98
Black or African American	3	2.94
Hispanic/Latino	78	76.47
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.98
Two or more races	4	3.92
White	15	14.71

Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Asian	1	1.25
Hispanic/Latino	69	86.25
Two or more races	5	6.25
White	5	6.25

Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American	1	0.79
Hispanic/Latino	101	79.53
Two or more races	5	3.94
White	20	15.75