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.

You can see similar information for other schools in Desert Sands Unified School District and all schools in California.

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
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

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
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