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Buchanan High School

1560 North Minnewawa Avenue, Clovis, CA 93611View on map

  • Public
  • Clovis
  • 649 seniors
  • 2,578 students

Buchanan High School is a public high school in Clovis (Clovis Unified) with 649 seniors. In fall 2025, 77% of its 122 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 84%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Davis (UCD). 60% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

77%

94 of 122 applicants, fall 2025

County median 84%

Seniors admitted to a UC

14%

94 of 649 seniors

County median 14%

Seniors who applied to UC

19%

122 of 649 seniors

County median 16%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

13%

9 of 69 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

18%

11 of 61 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

Buchanan High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    13%

    9 of 69 admitted

    This school13%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 4.07)

  • Berkeley5 pts higher

    18%

    11 of 61 admitted

    This school18%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Irvine26 pts higher

    48%

    33 of 69 admitted

    This school48%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 4.04)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    26%

    20 of 77 admitted

    This school26%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts higher

    37%

    28 of 76 admitted

    This school37%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.01)

  • DavisAbout the same

    34%

    25 of 73 admitted

    This school34%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    68%

    26 of 38 admitted

    This school68%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Riverside4 pts lower

    83%

    30 of 36 admitted

    This school83%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.90)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    53 of 54 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.93)

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

Buchanan High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo16 pts lower

    14%

    14 of 99 admitted

    This school14%Overall30%

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    31%

    33 of 108 admitted

    This school31%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    49%

    36 of 74 admitted

    This school49%Overall47%

  • Monterey Bay5 pts higher

    100%

    37 of 37 admitted

    This school100%Overall95%

  • FresnoAbout the same

    99%

    198 of 201 admitted

    This school99%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 (609 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

82%

497 of 609 graduates

UC or CSU

22%

133 graduates

Community college

47%

284 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC274%
CSU10617%
CA private college224%
Out of state5810%
Community college28447%
Not enrolled11218%
Enrolled in college49782%
Total609100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

16

AP courses offered

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

42

AP class sections

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

28% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

40%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

252 of 626 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)

19%

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

120 of 632 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 2 classes
  • English: 5 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 6 classes
  • Science: 10 classes
  • Social science: 17 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 90%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 56%County median 24%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 54%County median 24%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 25%County median 9%
  • Low-income students 44%County median 79%
  • Graduates completing courses 60%County median 54%

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