Desert Christian High School

Lancaster · Los Angeles County · Religious-affiliated

Private Los Angeles County ~56 seniors

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This school doesn't have UC outcomes data on file yet — we surface UCOP-published admits by sending HS, and not every private school appears in those records. The enrollment trend, stability, and other cards on this page are still primary-sourced for this school.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

661 (2020) → 1,299 (2025)

+96.5%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

44 (2020) → 58 (2025)

+31.8%

How does Desert Christian High School really compare on getting kids to college?

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Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2015

From 4 years of Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (free public IRS data). The school's tax filings show financial scale, fundraising health, and endowment trajectory — signals that drive board-level conversations about tuition pricing, financial-aid capacity, and capital projects.

Total revenue

$8.3M

FY2015

Net assets (endowment + property)

—

Tuition revenue (program)

$7.6M

≈ $5821/student avg

Gifts & grants

$0.2M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 954702669). View latest 990 PDF → Tuition-per-student is total program-service revenue divided by latest enrollment — a rough average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service, etc.); the actual published tuition can differ. Form 990 is filed annually under penalty of perjury, so the financial scale figures are authoritative.

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

5 applications

In context: CA median 80 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 238 · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 234 · higher than 1% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

— / 5 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of — admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 56 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

1,081

All grades · Private School Affidavit

Private-school figures come from the California Private School Affidavit. Per CDE, inclusion in private-school data is not an evaluation, approval, or endorsement of a school.

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.82

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2024

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UCLA → Elite	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.82	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UC Irvine → Selective	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UC Davis →	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

A relatively small share of the senior class is entering the UC application pipeline. This may signal limited A-G completion, UC awareness gaps, or counseling capacity constraints. Broadening access is the highest-leverage opportunity for this school.

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

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Desert Christian High School is a private high school in Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California with 56 seniors in the Class of 2024.

Enrollment was 1,299 students in 2025, up 97% since 2020.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

How many students attend Desert Christian High School? Enrollment was 1,299 students in 2025, up 97% since 2020.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.