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Desert High School

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Academic signals
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

🎓 Where grads go

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCSD
5 admitted
UCSB
3 admitted
UCI
3 admitted
UCD
3 admitted

Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

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How Desert High School compares for families

What families should know about Desert High School.

  • ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Desert Junior-Senior High, Rare Earth High (continuation), Rosamond High School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Desert High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Edwards · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • ▸We don't yet have enough UC-outcome or enrollment history for Desert High School to build a full trend — but its similar-school comparison is below.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Desert High School Public — — —
Peer-group median 10.2% -3%
Desert Junior-Senior High Public 507 — -12%
Rare Earth High (continuation) Public 40 — -12%
Rosamond High School Public — — —
Rosamond High Early College Campus Public 907 — +9%
California City High School Public 613 10.2% +6%
Mojave Jr./Sr. High Public 368 — +27%
Eastside Academy/Transitional Learning Center Public 3 — —
Mcgowan (robert) High (continuation) Public 25 — +250%
Boron Junior-Senior High Public 251 — -13%
Phoenix High Community Day Public 29 — -79%

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach ⓘ
N/A
(class size est.)
14 admits across UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD · methodology
UC Application Reach ⓘ
N/A
43 applications
UC Admit Rate ⓘ
32.6%
14 / 43 applications
In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 76% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate ⓘ
N/A
None enrolled of 14 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 ⓘ
N/A
None enrollees / None seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % 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 (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD) ⓘ
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ
N/A
Senior Class Size ⓘ
N/A
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Total School Enrollment ⓘ
N/A
All grades · CDE Census Day
Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ
4.19
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ
4.30

UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA

Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.

🎯 Who's actually getting into UC from Desert High School
Campus 4.00+ GPA 3.70–3.99 GPA 3.30–3.69 GPA < 3.30 GPA
UCLA Real shot Long odds Filtered out Filtered out
UC San Diego Strong shot Moderate Long odds Filtered out
UC Irvine Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Davis Strong shot Strong shot Real shot Filtered out
Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2025.

The numbers behind it

Campus Applicant GPA Admit GPA Lift ⓘ Admit rate vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UCLA (2019) 4.07 4.26 +0.19 38.5% Peers +0.24 · wider
UC San Diego 4.19 4.30 +0.12 50.0% Peers +0.16 · wider
UC Irvine (2019) 4.14 4.31 +0.17 60.0% Peers +0.13 · steeper
UC Davis (2018) 3.89 4.22 +0.33 53.8% Peers +0.30 · matches
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)
GPA band UCB UCLA UCSD UCSB UCI UCD
4.00+ 17.0% 15.1% 45.2% 62.3% 46.3% 65.9%
3.70–3.99 3.1% 1.6% 9.3% 17.6% 17.0% 31.1%
3.30–3.69 0.8% 0.5% 1.5% 2.8% 2.4% 10.3%
3.00–3.29 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 1.9%
< 3.00 0.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.7%
How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %
UC Reach % (where available)
UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 7 —† —† —† —† — 4.17 —†
UCLA → Elite 8 —† —† —† —† — 4.18 —†
UC San Diego → Selective 10 5 —† 50.0% — — 4.19 4.30
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 7 3 —† 42.9% — — 4.20 —†
UC Irvine → Selective 6 3 —† 50.0% — — 4.21 —†
UC Davis → 5 3 —† 60.0% — — 4.19 —†
† = 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 requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.
Senior class size is estimated from CDE grade 12 enrollment data. Reach percentages should be interpreted as approximate.
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