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Bella Vista High School

8301 Madison Avenue, Fair Oaks, CA 95628View on map

  • Public
  • Fair Oaks
  • 454 seniors
  • 1,909 students

Bella Vista High School is a public high school in Fair Oaks (San Juan Unified) with 454 seniors. In fall 2025, 57% of its 76 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Irvine (UCI). 53% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

57%

43 of 76 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

9%

43 of 454 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

17%

76 of 454 seniors

County median 20%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

21%

7 of 34 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

15%

5 of 33 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

Bella Vista High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 3.

  • Los Angeles11 pts higher

    21%

    7 of 34 admitted

    This school21%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.34 (all applicants 3.95)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    15%

    5 of 33 admitted

    This school15%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.34 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Irvine8 pts lower

    14%

    5 of 35 admitted

    This school14%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.96)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    23%

    9 of 39 admitted

    This school23%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts higher

    38%

    12 of 32 admitted

    This school38%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Davis7 pts higher

    44%

    27 of 61 admitted

    This school44%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    74%

    17 of 23 admitted

    This school74%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Riverside13 pts lower

    74%

    14 of 19 admitted

    This school74%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Merced7 pts lower

    89%

    16 of 18 admitted

    This school89%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.98)

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

Bella Vista High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • San Diego6 pts lower

    28%

    13 of 46 admitted

    This school28%Overall34%

  • Long Beach7 pts higher

    54%

    19 of 35 admitted

    This school54%Overall47%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    91%

    85 of 93 admitted

    This school91%Overall94%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    94%

    32 of 34 admitted

    This school94%Overall94%

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

Any college

79%

316 of 400 graduates

UC or CSU

21%

84 graduates

Community college

51%

205 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC338%
CSU5113%
CA private college31%
Out of state246%
Community college20551%
Not enrolled8421%
Enrolled in college31679%
Total400100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

22

AP courses offered

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

37

AP class sections

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

29% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

43%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

188 of 434 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)

25%

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

105 of 414 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 6 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 4 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 6 classes
  • Social science: 11 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 64%County median 49%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 43%County median 22%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 31%County median 19%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 20%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 34%County median 63%
  • Graduates completing courses 53%County median 50%

Across California

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