Rancho Mirage High School facts for kids

Rancho Mirage High School is a secondary school in Rancho Mirage, California. It is part of the Palm Springs Unified School District.

The school opened in 2013. Rancho Mirage High School offers many classes to help students get ready for college. It also has special programs like:

• Automotive repair (learning about cars)
• Culinary arts (cooking and food)
• Technical theater (behind-the-scenes work for plays)
• AVID (a program to help students prepare for college)
• Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) classes (more challenging courses).

For the 2019-2020 school year, about 1,524 students were in grades 9 through 12. Most students come from James Workman Middle School and Nellie N. Coffman Middle School in Cathedral City.

Sports at RMHS

The school's sports teams are called the Rattlers. Their football and basketball teams play against other schools in the Desert Empire League and some from the Desert Valley League.

The junior varsity and varsity football teams play at Dr. Jerry Argovitz Football Stadium. This stadium is right on the school campus.

Performing Arts

Rancho Mirage High School has a great performing arts program. The Helene Galen Performing Arts Center is located on the school campus. It's a place where students can learn about technical theater. This center also hosts other district programs, like the Musical Theater University.

School Location

Rancho Mirage High School is one of four schools in the Palm Springs Unified School District that are on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation. This land belongs to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.

How RMHS is Represented

Schools are part of bigger groups that help make decisions. Rancho Mirage High School is represented in different levels of government.

School District Representation

The school is in the 3rd District of the Palm Springs Board of Education. This board helps run all the schools in the district.

City Representation

In the Rancho Mirage City Council, leaders are chosen by all voters in the city. This is called "at-large" election.

County Representation

Rancho Mirage High School is in the 4th District of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. This group helps manage things for the whole county.

State Representation

In the California State Legislature, the school is in two different areas:

• The 28th State Senate District.
• The 47th State Assembly District.

Tribal Representation

The Agua Caliente Tribal Council also has leaders chosen by all voters, similar to the Rancho Mirage City Council.

Federal Representation

For the United States House of Representatives, the school campus is split between two areas:

• The south side of the campus is in California's 41st congressional district.
• The north side of the campus is in California's 25th congressional district.