{"a_g_completion_pct":80.2,"at_a_glance":["Palm Desert High School is a public high school in Palm Desert, Riverside County, California with 468 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 29 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 136 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 468, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 70% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 450 UC applications and received 136 offers, a UC admit rate of 30.2% (counted at each campus); 26 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UC San Diego than at any other UC campus (10 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 20.","80% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","79% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","Of its graduates who enrolled at a UC, 91% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2019).","It has about 412 students per school counselor.","Enrollment was 2,107 students in 2026, up 7% since 2018.","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."],"caveats":["UC admits and applications are counted at each campus: a student admitted to three UCs counts three times. The UC Reach Score is those admits divided by the senior class, times 100, so a strong school scores above 100.","A published college list is the school's own document, copied as printed; counts are the school's, never ours, and an unnumbered list carries no counts.","Enrollment is NCES CCD for national pages and CDE for California pages; graduation and readiness measures are the state's or EDFacts' own definitions, named in each sentence.","Every figure here is also rendered on the HTML page it describes."],"city":"Palm Desert","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":79,"county":"Riverside","enrollment":{"since_total":1972,"since_year":2018,"total":2107,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"Palm Desert High School's UC Reach Score is 29 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 136 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 468, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 70% of California high schools.","q":"What is Palm Desert High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 450 UC applications and received 136 offers, a UC admit rate of 30.2% (counted at each campus); 26 enrolled.","q":"How many students from Palm Desert High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of Palm Desert High School's graduates enrolled at UC San Diego than at any other UC campus (10 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 20.","q":"Which UC campus do Palm Desert High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"80% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","q":"What percentage of Palm Desert High School graduates complete the A-G requirements?"},{"a":"79% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","q":"What percentage of Palm Desert High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 2,107 students in 2026, up 7% since 2018.","q":"How many students attend Palm Desert High School?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"Palm Desert High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":null,"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Public","slug":"palm-desert-high-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":412,"uc":{"admit_rate":"30.2%","admits":136,"applications":450,"ca_percentile":70,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":26,"seniors":468,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Around the CA median","uc_reach_score":29,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":91.3,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/palm-desert-high-school"}