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Amador Valley High School

1155 Santa Rita Road, Pleasanton, CA 94566View on map

  • Public
  • Pleasanton
  • 646 seniors
  • 2,556 students

Amador Valley High School is a public high school in Pleasanton (Pleasanton Unified) with 646 seniors. In fall 2025, 83% of its 397 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Davis (UCD), and UC Irvine (UCI). 86% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

83%

330 of 397 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

51%

330 of 646 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

61%

397 of 646 seniors

County median 41%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.8%

28 of 320 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

7.0%

21 of 302 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

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

Amador Valley High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    28 of 320 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Berkeley7 pts lower

    7%

    21 of 302 admitted

    This school7%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Irvine5 pts lower

    17%

    58 of 332 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.89)

  • San Diego6 pts lower

    19%

    65 of 347 admitted

    This school19%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts lower

    28%

    93 of 332 admitted

    This school28%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Davis13 pts lower

    24%

    82 of 345 admitted

    This school24%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.88)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    70%

    202 of 289 admitted

    This school70%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.83)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    230 of 261 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.84)

  • MercedAbout the same

    97%

    175 of 180 admitted

    This school97%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.83)

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

Amador Valley High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 3.

  • San Luis Obispo17 pts lower

    13%

    43 of 333 admitted

    This school13%Overall30%

  • San Diego7 pts lower

    27%

    84 of 309 admitted

    This school27%Overall34%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    77%

    208 of 271 admitted

    This school77%Overall80%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    92%

    85 of 92 admitted

    This school92%Overall94%

  • San Francisco4 pts lower

    92%

    56 of 61 admitted

    This school92%Overall96%

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 (657 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

90%

588 of 657 graduates

UC or CSU

37%

241 graduates

Community college

17%

109 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC15824%
CSU8313%
CA private college396%
Out of state19930%
Community college10917%
Not enrolled6911%
Enrolled in college58890%
Total657100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, White, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Advanced Placement

19

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

91

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

47% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

70%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

445 of 640 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)

59%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

380 of 649 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • English: 15 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 6 classes
  • Mathematics: 19 classes
  • Science: 15 classes
  • Social science: 33 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 77%County median 54%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 69%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 50%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 52%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 12%County median 68%
  • Graduates completing courses 86%County median 75%

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