Abandoned Places, Desert Center, California

Desert Center Elementary School
The Desert Center Unified School District at one time operated four schools in the Eagle Mountain and Desert Center areas. Eagle Mountain Elementary School was located in the center of the town, Henry J. Kaiser Junior High School and Eagle Mountain High School were located on the east and Desert Center Elementary School was located in Desert Center, 11 miles away. The class of 1983 was the last to graduate from Eagle Mountain High School. In 1983, the school district converted the high school into the Eagle Mountain Elementary School (in operation since 1983) educating students in the grades Kindergarten through 8th.

The remaining three school sites were closed and boarded up. Local high school students are bused to Palo Verde High School in Blythe, CA, making the 120-mile round trip every day. The remaining students in the school district are children of the few full-time residents of Desert Center and children of the employees of the two nearby Metropolitan Water District pumping plants.

Date: 07.11.2011
Temp: 107°
Elevation: 656 FT
DD (decimal degrees)*
Latitude: 33.71235
Longitude: -115.39814