Big Bear High School
351 Maple Lane, Big Bear City, CA 92314View on map
- Public
- Big Bear City
- 140 seniors
- 636 students
Big Bear High School is a public high school in Big Bear City (Bear Valley Unified) with 140 seniors. In fall 2025, 94% of its 18 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 36% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.
UC admit rate
94%
17 of 18 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
12%
17 of 140 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
13%
18 of 140 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
UC Berkeley (Cal) 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
Big Bear High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1.
- San Diego4 pts higher
29%
4 of 14 admitted
This school29%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.78)
- Santa BarbaraAbout the same
33%
4 of 12 admitted
This school33%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.83)
- Santa Cruz6 pts higher
77%
10 of 13 admitted
This school77%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.74)
too few applicants to report11 applied
~80% · 3 yrs pooled8 applied
too few applicants to report6 applied
too few applicants to report5 applied
too few applicants to report5 applied
too few applicants to report5 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
Big Bear High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 1 campus, worse at 1.
- Long Beach7 pts lower
40%
4 of 10 admitted
This school40%Overall47%
~89% · 2 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 (135 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
42%
57 of 135 graduates
UC or CSU
7%
10 graduates
Community college
20%
27 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 5 | 4% |
| CSU | 5 | 4% |
| CA private college | 8 | 6% |
| Out of state | 12 | 9% |
| Community college | 27 | 20% |
| Not enrolled | 78 | 58% |
| Enrolled in college | 57 | 42% |
| Total | 135 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Female, Male
- Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino
- Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities
Advanced Placement
6
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
8
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
9% of students are in AP courses
2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card
17%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
23 of 133 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)
5%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
8 of 159 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- English: 2 classes
- Foreign language: 1 class
- Mathematics: 3 classes
- Social science: 2 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 69%County median 53%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 33%County median 21%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 30%County median 21%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 16%County median 7%
- Low-income students 67%County median 73%
- Graduates completing courses 36%County median 49%