Indio Middle School is located at 81-195 Miles Ave., Indio, CA 92201. It serves students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is reported at 780 students with a student–teacher ratio of approximately 25:1. The student body consists of about 53% male and 47% female learners. According to state assessment data, approximately 9% of students meet mathematics proficiency standards and 21% meet reading proficiency benchmarks on California standardized assessments. Indio Middle operates as a public magnet middle school within Desert Sands Unified School District, offering Gifted & Talented programming, Project Lead The Way STEM pathways, and exploratory electives in addition to core instruction designed to prepare students for success in high school. The campus supports an attendance-based advancement model aligned with district grade-span progression that leads many students toward Indio High School and Shadow Hills High School. Homes in this corridor typically list near $510,000, reflecting housing activity in this eastern Riverside County community near established educational campuses. Indio Middle School is categorized among local middle schools in California based on its current performance level and in comparison to California public middle school averages.