The Sierra Sands Unified School District is located in the Indian Wells Valley of California. It was established in 1960. It serves all of Indian Wells Valley, including the cities of Ridgecrest, Inyokern, China Lake, Johannesburg and Kernville. The District serves an estimated 50,000 residents. Sierra Sands has six elementary schools, two middle schools and two high schools.

List of schools

Courtesy of www.ssusd.org - original North County School later became Sherman E Burroughs High School in 1944. It moved to a new site in 1960 where the building became Murray Middle School (now closed). The first schools were Faller and Pierce Elementary, and Monroe Middle. Closed schools: Vieweg Elementary (in mid 2010s) - replaced by Las Flores.