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Buena High School

5670 Telegraph Road, Ventura, CA 93003View on map

  • Public
  • Ventura
  • 371 seniors
  • 1,487 students

Buena High School is a public high school in Ventura (Ventura Unified) with 371 seniors. In fall 2025, 75% of its 52 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 75%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 31% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

75%

39 of 52 applicants, fall 2025

County median 75%

Seniors admitted to a UC

11%

39 of 371 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

14%

52 of 371 seniors

County median 23%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 27 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 20 applicants, 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

Buena High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 7 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • Irvine13 pts lower

    10%

    3 of 31 admitted

    This school10%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.77)

  • San Diego8 pts lower

    17%

    5 of 29 admitted

    This school17%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts higher

    37%

    13 of 35 admitted

    This school37%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.80)

  • Davis7 pts higher

    44%

    7 of 16 admitted

    This school44%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    73%

    19 of 26 admitted

    This school73%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.73)

  • Riverside6 pts lower

    81%

    21 of 26 admitted

    This school81%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.72)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    13 of 13 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report27 applied

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report20 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

Buena High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 2 campuses.

  • Channel Islands4 pts higher

    97%

    38 of 39 admitted

    This school97%Overall93%

  • Northridge4 pts higher

    97%

    32 of 33 admitted

    This school97%Overall93%

  • Chico

    ~100% · 3 yrs pooled9 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 (394 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

81%

321 of 394 graduates

UC or CSU

11%

43 graduates

Community college

63%

247 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC164%
CSU277%
CA private college103%
Out of state215%
Community college24763%
Not enrolled7319%
Enrolled in college32181%
Total394100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
See the full report

Advanced Placement

16

AP courses offered

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

21

AP class sections

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

20% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

32%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

111 of 343 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)

13%

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

50 of 400 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 4 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 4 classes
  • Social science: 6 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 49%County median 61%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 19%County median 30%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 19%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 6%County median 12%
  • Low-income students 66%County median 40%
  • Graduates completing courses 31%County median 44%

Across California

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