| School Name | API (2009) | API (2008) |
| George Washington Charter | 915 | 880 |
| James Earl Carter Elementary | 903 | 873 |
| Gerald R. Ford Elementary | 902 | 885 |
| Amelia Earhart Elementary School of International | 856 | 847 |
| Palm Desert Middle | 849 | 825 |
| Harry S. Truman Elementary | 849 | 810 |
| Martin Van Buren Elementary | 848 | 797 |
| Ronald Reagan Elementary | 834 | 770 |
| John Glenn Middle School of International Studies | 827 | 816 |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary | 826 | 800 |
| Carrillo Ranch Elementary | 826 | 822 |
| James Monroe Elementary | 826 | 813 |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary | 823 | 831 |
| Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy | 821 | 819 |
| Palm Desert High | 810 | 795 |
| Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle | 801 | 781 |
| John Adams Elementary | 796 | 773 |
| Herbert Hoover Elementary | 781 | 760 |
| La Quinta High | 771 | 773 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary | 767 | 775 |
| Andrew Jackson Elementary | 762 | 728 |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary | 749 | 711 |
| James Madison Elementary | 747 | 751 |
| La Quinta Middle | 746 | 726 |
| Indio Middle | 735 | 722 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Elementary | 733 | 696 |
| Dwight Eisenhower Elementary | 711 | 680 |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle | 688 | 695 |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle | 685 | 669 |
| Indio High | 640 | 647 |
| Horizon | 577 | 640 |
| Amistad High (Continuation) | 491 | 684 |
| Summit High | 489 | 605 |
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