Desert Junior-Senior High School
1575 Payne Avenue, Edwards, CA 93523View on map
- Public
- Edwards
- 63 seniors
- 507 students
Desert Junior-Senior High School is a public high school in Edwards (Muroc Joint Unified) with 63 seniors. In fall 2025, 67% of its 12 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD). 30% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.
UC admit rate
67%
8 of 12 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
13%
8 of 63 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
19%
12 of 63 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
Campus by campus, fall 2025
The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.
University of California
Desert Junior-Senior High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 1 campus.
- San Diego25 pts higher
50%
5 of 10 admitted
This school50%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.19)
too few applicants to report8 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report6 applied
too few applicants to report5 applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).
California State University
Desert Junior-Senior High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 1 campus.
- San Diego12 pts higher
46%
6 of 13 admitted
This school46%Overall34%
too few applicants to report5 applied
too few applicants to report2 applied
Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.
Where graduates go
Class of 2023 (61 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
64%
39 of 61 graduates
UC or CSU
16%
10 graduates
Community college
36%
22 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 5 | 8% |
| CSU | 5 | 8% |
| CA private college | 3 | 5% |
| Out of state | 4 | 7% |
| Community college | 22 | 36% |
| Not enrolled | 22 | 36% |
| Enrolled in college | 39 | 64% |
| Total | 61 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Male, Female
- Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino
Advanced Placement
8
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
14
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
34% of students are in AP courses
2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card
42%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
25 of 59 graduates
A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.
2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
5%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
3 of 65 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- English: 3 classes
- Foreign language: 1 class
- Mathematics: 3 classes
- Science: 2 classes
- Social science: 4 classes
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.
- Juniors meeting the English standard 53%County median 53%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 19%County median 18%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 22%County median 21%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 2%County median 6%
- Low-income students 13%County median 85%
- Graduates completing courses 30%County median 33%