Rancho Mirage High School

31001 Rattler Road, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270View on map

  • Public
  • Rancho Mirage
  • 313 seniors
  • 1,435 students

Rancho Mirage High School is a public high school in Rancho Mirage (Palm Springs Unified) with 313 seniors. In fall 2025, 70% of its 64 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 81%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Riverside (UCR). 68% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

70%

45 of 64 applicants, fall 2025

County median 81%

Seniors admitted to a UC

14%

45 of 313 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

20%

64 of 313 seniors

County median 23%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 31 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

14%

3 of 22 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

Rancho Mirage High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 6 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 3.

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    3 of 22 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.85)

  • Irvine13 pts lower

    9%

    4 of 45 admitted

    This school9%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.73)

  • San Diego5 pts higher

    30%

    13 of 43 admitted

    This school30%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.64)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    36%

    10 of 28 admitted

    This school36%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.66)

  • Santa Cruz21 pts lower

    50%

    10 of 20 admitted

    This school50%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.48)

  • Riverside4 pts lower

    83%

    34 of 41 admitted

    This school83%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.77 (all applicants 3.64)

  • too few applicants to report31 applied

  • too few applicants to report15 applied

  • ~94% · 3 yrs pooled6 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

Rancho Mirage High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • Long Beach10 pts lower

    37%

    44 of 120 admitted

    This school37%Overall47%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    84%

    92 of 110 admitted

    This school84%Overall87%

  • San Marcos4 pts lower

    91%

    86 of 94 admitted

    This school91%Overall96%

  • San BernardinoAbout the same

    96%

    148 of 154 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 (280 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

63%

177 of 280 graduates

UC or CSU

25%

70 graduates

Community college

33%

93 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC155%
CSU5520%
CA private college41%
Out of state104%
Community college9333%
Not enrolled10337%
Enrolled in college17763%
Total280100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

16

AP courses offered

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

23

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

35%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

115 of 332 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)

17%

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

61 of 358 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 6 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 3 classes
  • Social science: 6 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 56%County median 52%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 20%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 22%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 9%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 93%County median 83%
  • Graduates completing courses 68%County median 54%

Across California

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