Shadow Hills High School
- Public
- Indio
- 417 seniors
- 1,602 students
UC admit rate
80%
36 of 45 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
9%
36 of 417 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
11%
45 of 417 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
—
— of 23 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley admit rate
19%
3 of 16 applicants, 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
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)
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
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 26 | 6% |
| CSU | 40 | 10% |
| CA private college | 11 | 3% |
| Out of state | 12 | 3% |
| Community college | 181 | 45% |
| Not enrolled | 134 | 33% |
| Enrolled in college | 270 | 67% |
| Total | 404 | 100% |
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
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, 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 49%County median 52%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 10%County median 17%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 15%County median 18%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 3%County median 5%
- Low-income students 78%County median 83%
- Graduates completing courses 63%County median 54%
Across California
Other schools in Desert Sands Unified and nearby
Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses
Campus trends over the years, earlier years, and side-by-side views are in the full report.
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