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Avenal High School

601 Mariposa Street, Avenal, CA 93204View on map

  • Public
  • Avenal
  • 156 seniors
  • 738 students

Avenal High School is a public high school in Avenal (Reef-Sunset Unified) with 156 seniors. In fall 2025, 90% of its 31 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 90%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), and UC Riverside (UCR). 63% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

90%

28 of 31 applicants, fall 2025

County median 90%

Seniors admitted to a UC

18%

28 of 156 seniors

County median 9%

Seniors who applied to UC

20%

31 of 156 seniors

County median 12%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 12 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

36%

4 of 11 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

Avenal High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 6 of 7 campuses, worse at 1.

  • Berkeley23 pts higher

    36%

    4 of 11 admitted

    This school36%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.89)

  • Irvine40 pts higher

    63%

    15 of 24 admitted

    This school63%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Santa Barbara18 pts higher

    50%

    6 of 12 admitted

    This school50%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.75)

  • Davis17 pts higher

    55%

    6 of 11 admitted

    This school55%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Santa Cruz8 pts lower

    63%

    12 of 19 admitted

    This school63%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.68)

  • Riverside13 pts higher

    100%

    14 of 14 admitted

    This school100%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    11 of 11 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.72 (all applicants 3.72)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report12 applied

  • San Diego

    too few applicants to report— 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

Avenal High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo22 pts higher

    52%

    16 of 31 admitted

    This school52%Overall30%

  • Sacramento6 pts higher

    100%

    23 of 23 admitted

    This school100%Overall94%

  • Monterey BayAbout the same

    97%

    29 of 30 admitted

    This school97%Overall95%

  • FresnoAbout the same

    97%

    56 of 58 admitted

    This school97%Overall96%

  • Chico

    ~89% · 3 yrs pooled8 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 (150 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

80%

120 of 150 graduates

UC or CSU

31%

46 graduates

Community college

47%

71 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC85%
CSU3825%
CA private college21%
Out of state11%
Community college7147%
Not enrolled3020%
Enrolled in college12080%
Total150100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

2

AP courses offered

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

12

AP class sections

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

32% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

6%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

10 of 169 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)

0%

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

0 of 174 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Social science: 10 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 35%County median 58%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 5%County median 22%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 10%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 0%County median 7%
  • Low-income students 96%County median 77%
  • Graduates completing courses 63%County median 42%

Across California

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