Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Cathedral City High School
Public · Cathedral City · Riverside County · 1,267 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
25%
Higher than 64% of California high schools
+9.0 pp above peer median (16.1%)
· Ranked #2 of 11 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 20.0%
2025 · 25.1%
-28%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
-25.1 pp
vs. Riverside County baseline (-3%)
~1156
5-yr projected enrollment (111 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Cathedral City High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #2 of 11): 25% vs. a peer median of 16%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 11 points since 2018.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Cathedral City High School is admitting at roughly +12 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.882) alone would predict (33% actual vs. 21% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 28% (406→293 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -6%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-3.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1156 by 2029 — about 111 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Mirage High School | Public | 9.6% | -14% |
| Palm Springs High School | Public | 21.4% | -5% |
| Shadow Hills High School | Public | 11.5% | -23% |
| Desert Hot Springs Hs | Public | 15.9% | -7% |
| Palm Desert High School | Public | 29.1% | +7% |
| Indio High School | Public | 17.2% | +18% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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