Desert Christian High School

Lancaster · Los Angeles County · Private (Other religious)
Private Los Angeles County ~56 seniors
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
661 (2020)1,299 (2025)
+96.5%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
44 (2020)58 (2025)
+31.8%

If this trend holds (+14.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~1,487 +188 $0
3 yr (2028) ~1,948 +649 $0
5 yr (2030) ~2,553 +1254 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.

Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2015

From 4 years of Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (free public IRS data). The school's tax filings show financial scale, fundraising health, and endowment trajectory — signals that drive board-level conversations about tuition pricing, financial-aid capacity, and capital projects.

Total revenue
$8.3M
FY2015
Net assets (endowment + property)
Tuition revenue (program)
$7.6M
≈ $5821/student avg
Gifts & grants
$0.2M
fundraising
Total revenue by year ($M)
Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 954702669). View latest 990 PDF → Tuition-per-student is total program-service revenue divided by latest enrollment — a rough average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service, etc.); the actual published tuition can differ. Form 990 is filed annually under penalty of perjury, so the financial scale figures are authoritative.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2024
UC Reach
N/A
UC Application Reach
8.9%
5 applications
In context: CA median 79.7% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 243.8% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 246.2% · higher than 1% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
N/A
None / 5 applications
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of None admitted
Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.
UC Enrollment Reach
N/A
None enrollees / 56 seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
56
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
1,081
All grades · Private School Affidavit

Private-school figures come from the California Private School Affidavit. Per CDE, inclusion in private-school data is not an evaluation, approval, or endorsement of a school.

Desert Christian High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · Lancaster · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 32% (44→58 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of -2%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+14.5%/yr); projects to ~1948 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

1299 students (2025)
~1948 projected (2028)
at +14.5%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Desert Christian High School Private · Other religious 1299 +32%
Peer-group median 45.6% -2%
Paraclete High School Private · Catholic 561 43.4% -4%
Village Christian High School Private · Other religious 1199 50.4% +5%
Faith Baptist Schools Private · Other religious 1151 +14%
Lutheran High School Private · Other religious 1141 -3%
Campbell Hall Private · Other religious 1133 48.9% +0%
Loyola High School Private · Catholic 1289 57.0% -1%
Chaminade College Preparatory Private · Catholic 1237 45.3% -18%
Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian Private · Other religious 862 45.9% +19%
Bishop Amat Memorial Hs Private · Catholic 977 28.3% -28%
Bishop Alemany High School Private · Catholic 810 13.2% -32%

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type, and religious orientation. Methodology →

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
3.82

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2024

UC Admit Rate %
UC Reach % (where available)
UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite
UCLA → Elite 5 3.82
UC San Diego → Selective
UC Santa Barbara → Selective
UC Irvine → Selective
UC Davis →
⚠ Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once. Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

A relatively small share of the senior class is entering the UC application pipeline. This may signal limited A-G completion, UC awareness gaps, or counseling capacity constraints. Broadening access is the highest-leverage opportunity for this school.
Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.
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