Yucca Valley High School
7600 Sage Avenue, Yucca Valley, CA 92284View on map
- Public
- Yucca Valley
- 268 seniors
- 1,149 students
Yucca Valley High School is a public high school in Yucca Valley (Morongo Unified) with 268 seniors. In fall 2025, 68% of its 19 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 26% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.
UC admit rate
68%
13 of 19 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
5%
13 of 268 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
7%
19 of 268 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
—
— of 11 applicants, 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
Yucca Valley High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 3 campuses, worse at 1.
- San Diego25 pts higher
50%
5 of 10 admitted
This school50%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.88)
- Santa Barbara22 pts higher
55%
6 of 11 admitted
This school55%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.58)
- Riverside26 pts lower
62%
8 of 13 admitted
This school62%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.59)
too few applicants to report11 applied
too few applicants to report9 applied
too few applicants to report8 applied
too few applicants to report5 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
Yucca Valley High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 1 campus.
- San Diego11 pts higher
45%
5 of 11 admitted
This school45%Overall34%
~100% · 2 yrs pooled6 applied
~92% · 2 yrs pooled6 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 (206 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
48%
98 of 206 graduates
UC or CSU
4%
9 graduates
Community college
37%
76 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 7 | 3% |
| CSU | 2 | 1% |
| CA private college | 3 | 1% |
| Out of state | 10 | 5% |
| Community college | 76 | 37% |
| Not enrolled | 108 | 52% |
| Enrolled in college | 98 | 48% |
| Total | 206 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Female, Male
- Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino
- Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
Advanced Placement
9
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
9
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
10% of students are in AP courses
2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card
11%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
27 of 245 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)
10%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
32 of 312 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- English: 2 classes
- Foreign language: 1 class
- Mathematics: 2 classes
- Science: 2 classes
- Social science: 2 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 46%County median 53%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 11%County median 21%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 18%County median 21%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 7%
- Low-income students 59%County median 73%
- Graduates completing courses 26%County median 49%