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Desert Mirage High School

86150 Avenue 66, Thermal, CA 92274View on map

  • Public
  • Thermal
  • 433 seniors
  • 1,818 students

Desert Mirage High School is a public high school in Thermal (Coachella Valley Unified) with 433 seniors. In fall 2025, 87% of its 100 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 81%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Riverside (UCR), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 45% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

87%

87 of 100 applicants, fall 2025

County median 81%

Seniors admitted to a UC

20%

87 of 433 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

23%

100 of 433 seniors

County median 23%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

13%

7 of 52 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

20%

7 of 35 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

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 Mirage High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 7 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • Los Angeles4 pts higher

    13%

    7 of 52 admitted

    This school13%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Berkeley7 pts higher

    20%

    7 of 35 admitted

    This school20%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Irvine9 pts higher

    31%

    25 of 80 admitted

    This school31%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.90)

  • San Diego18 pts higher

    43%

    24 of 56 admitted

    This school43%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Santa Barbara18 pts higher

    50%

    22 of 44 admitted

    This school50%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Davis37 pts higher

    74%

    17 of 23 admitted

    This school74%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Santa Cruz8 pts higher

    79%

    19 of 24 admitted

    This school79%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.81)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    87%

    69 of 79 admitted

    This school87%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.84)

  • MercedAbout the same

    94%

    29 of 31 admitted

    This school94%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.82)

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 Mirage High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • Long Beach9 pts lower

    38%

    70 of 182 admitted

    This school38%Overall47%

  • Pomona10 pts lower

    63%

    62 of 98 admitted

    This school63%Overall74%

  • Fullerton6 pts higher

    93%

    162 of 174 admitted

    This school93%Overall87%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    97%

    206 of 212 admitted

    This school97%Overall96%

  • San BernardinoAbout the same

    96%

    322 of 334 admitted

    This school96%Overall98%

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 (388 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

59%

227 of 388 graduates

UC or CSU

25%

96 graduates

Community college

32%

123 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC339%
CSU6316%
CA private college41%
Out of state41%
Community college12332%
Not enrolled16141%
Enrolled in college22759%
Total388100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Advanced Placement

10

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

26

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

23% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

33%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

136 of 414 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)

4%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

20 of 483 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • English: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 5 classes
  • Mathematics: 2 classes
  • Science: 5 classes
  • Social science: 12 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 54%County median 52%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 16%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 22%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 6%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 96%County median 83%
  • Graduates completing courses 45%County median 54%

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