History
Indio High School was founded in 1958. The school newspaper is called Sandscripts. School graduates continuing their education at college has recently improved to 75 percent in 2006, up from 23 percent in 1995 . It was the only high school for DSUSD students in the 9th to 12th grade level, until Palm Desert High School opened its doors in 1985/86 and then La Quinta High School in 1994/95 which has a large share of Indio residents who can attend there by school district policy. A new high school, Shadow Hills in the northern half of Indio will decrease the number of students in the 2009/10 school year.
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