Sherman E. Burroughs High School
- Public
- Ridgecrest
- 345 seniors
- 1,411 students
UC admit rate
84%
21 of 25 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
6%
21 of 345 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
7%
25 of 345 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
—
— of 17 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley 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
Sherman E. Burroughs High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.
- San Diego5 pts lower
20%
3 of 15 admitted
This school20%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.79)
- Santa Barbara21 pts higher
53%
8 of 15 admitted
This school53%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.67)
- DavisAbout the same
38%
5 of 13 admitted
This school38%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.86)
- Riverside4 pts higher
91%
10 of 11 admitted
This school91%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.78)
too few applicants to report17 applied
too few applicants to report12 applied
too few applicants to report8 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report6 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
Sherman E. Burroughs High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 2 campuses, worse at 1.
- Long Beach14 pts lower
33%
4 of 12 admitted
This school33%Overall47%
- Chico6 pts higher
100%
10 of 10 admitted
This school100%Overall94%
~70% · 3 yrs pooled8 applied
~77% · 2 yrs pooled5 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 (280 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
48%
134 of 280 graduates
UC or CSU
6%
16 graduates
Community college
30%
85 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 5 | 2% |
| CSU | 11 | 4% |
| CA private college | 3 | 1% |
| Out of state | 30 | 11% |
| Community college | 85 | 30% |
| Not enrolled | 146 | 52% |
| Enrolled in college | 134 | 48% |
| Total | 280 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Female, Male
- Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American
- Student need: Low-income, 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 69%County median 55%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 32%County median 19%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 37%County median 21%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 17%County median 5%
- Low-income students 50%County median 85%
- Graduates completing courses 29%County median 33%
Across California
Campus-by-campus detail for 13 campuses
Campus trends over the years, earlier years, and side-by-side views are in the full report.
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