California High School

9870 Broadmoor Drive, San Ramon, CA 94583View on map

  • Public
  • San Ramon
  • 721 seniors
  • 2,796 students

California High School is a public high school in San Ramon (San Ramon Valley Unified) with 721 seniors. In fall 2025, 85% of its 381 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Davis (UCD). 66% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

85%

325 of 381 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

45%

325 of 721 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

53%

381 of 721 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

6.4%

20 of 311 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

12%

36 of 291 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

California High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    6%

    20 of 311 admitted

    This school6%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.96)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    36 of 291 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Irvine7 pts lower

    16%

    51 of 323 admitted

    This school16%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.94)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    21%

    68 of 317 admitted

    This school21%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts lower

    27%

    84 of 312 admitted

    This school27%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Davis13 pts lower

    24%

    76 of 314 admitted

    This school24%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Santa Cruz5 pts higher

    76%

    200 of 262 admitted

    This school76%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Riverside4 pts higher

    91%

    219 of 240 admitted

    This school91%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.87)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    201 of 205 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.89)

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

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

  • San Luis Obispo14 pts lower

    16%

    50 of 317 admitted

    This school16%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    32%

    103 of 321 admitted

    This school32%Overall34%

  • San Jose4 pts higher

    84%

    206 of 246 admitted

    This school84%Overall80%

  • Fullerton9 pts higher

    96%

    117 of 122 admitted

    This school96%Overall87%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    93%

    76 of 82 admitted

    This school93%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 (717 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

89%

638 of 717 graduates

UC or CSU

36%

261 graduates

Community college

29%

210 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC13419%
CSU12718%
CA private college365%
Out of state13118%
Community college21029%
Not enrolled7911%
Enrolled in college63889%
Total717100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, White, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races, Filipino, Black or African American
  • 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

78

AP class sections

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

43% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

64%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

470 of 735 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)

45%

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

326 of 718 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 8 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 15 classes
  • Science: 13 classes
  • Social science: 37 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 85%County median 50%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 66%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 56%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 42%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 9%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 66%County median 61%

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