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Shadow Hills High School

39-225 Jefferson Street, Indio, CA 92201View on map

  • Public
  • Indio
  • 417 seniors
  • 1,602 students

Shadow Hills High School is a public high school in Indio (Desert Sands Unified) with 417 seniors. In fall 2025, 80% of its 45 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). 63% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

80%

36 of 45 applicants, fall 2025

County median 81%

Seniors admitted to a UC

9%

36 of 417 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

11%

45 of 417 seniors

County median 23%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 23 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

19%

3 of 16 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

Shadow Hills High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 8 of 8 campuses.

  • Berkeley5 pts higher

    19%

    3 of 16 admitted

    This school19%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.00)

  • Irvine11 pts higher

    33%

    11 of 33 admitted

    This school33%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.93)

  • San Diego22 pts higher

    47%

    14 of 30 admitted

    This school47%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa Barbara38 pts higher

    71%

    12 of 17 admitted

    This school71%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Davis20 pts higher

    57%

    8 of 14 admitted

    This school57%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa Cruz9 pts higher

    80%

    8 of 10 admitted

    This school80%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.80)

  • Riverside13 pts higher

    100%

    24 of 24 admitted

    This school100%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    11 of 11 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report23 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

Shadow Hills High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • San Diego8 pts lower

    26%

    34 of 130 admitted

    This school26%Overall34%

  • Pomona14 pts lower

    60%

    54 of 90 admitted

    This school60%Overall74%

  • Fullerton5 pts lower

    82%

    98 of 120 admitted

    This school82%Overall87%

  • Northridge7 pts higher

    100%

    34 of 34 admitted

    This school100%Overall93%

  • San BernardinoAbout the same

    96%

    214 of 224 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 (404 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

67%

270 of 404 graduates

UC or CSU

16%

66 graduates

Community college

45%

181 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC266%
CSU4010%
CA private college113%
Out of state123%
Community college18145%
Not enrolled13433%
Enrolled in college27067%
Total404100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White
  • 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

51

AP class sections

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

71% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

36%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

133 of 369 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

71 of 416 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 28 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 7 classes
  • Science: 3 classes
  • Social science: 5 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 52%County median 52%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 20%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 21%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 6%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 78%County median 83%
  • Graduates completing courses 63%County median 54%

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