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Davis Senior High School

315 West 14th Street, Davis, CA 95616View on map

  • Public
  • Davis
  • 560 seniors
  • 1,758 students

Davis Senior High School is a public high school in Davis (Davis Joint Unified) with 560 seniors. In fall 2025, 82% of its 313 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 77%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Davis (UCD). 81% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

82%

258 of 313 applicants, fall 2025

County median 77%

Seniors admitted to a UC

46%

258 of 560 seniors

County median 17%

Seniors who applied to UC

56%

313 of 560 seniors

County median 22%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.3%

17 of 206 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

9.8%

22 of 225 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    17 of 206 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.09)

  • Berkeley4 pts lower

    10%

    22 of 225 admitted

    This school10%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.08)

  • Irvine6 pts lower

    16%

    33 of 205 admitted

    This school16%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.05)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    22%

    54 of 243 admitted

    This school22%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    31%

    72 of 231 admitted

    This school31%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Davis5 pts higher

    42%

    97 of 230 admitted

    This school42%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Santa Cruz13 pts higher

    84%

    157 of 187 admitted

    This school84%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Riverside4 pts higher

    91%

    98 of 108 admitted

    This school91%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.99)

  • MercedAbout the same

    99%

    99 of 100 admitted

    This school99%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.95)

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

Davis Senior High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    32%

    66 of 208 admitted

    This school32%Overall30%

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    41%

    73 of 180 admitted

    This school41%Overall34%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    82%

    64 of 78 admitted

    This school82%Overall80%

  • Sacramento6 pts higher

    99%

    120 of 121 admitted

    This school99%Overall94%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    93%

    65 of 70 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 (547 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

83%

453 of 547 graduates

UC or CSU

41%

222 graduates

Community college

24%

129 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC12623%
CSU9618%
CA private college224%
Out of state8015%
Community college12924%
Not enrolled9417%
Enrolled in college45383%
Total547100%

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, English learners
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Advanced Placement

20

AP courses offered

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

58

AP class sections

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

49% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

65%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

376 of 579 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)

43%

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

254 of 597 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Fine and performing arts: 9 classes
  • Foreign language: 8 classes
  • Mathematics: 14 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 81%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 66%County median 22%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 56%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 44%County median 7%
  • Low-income students 30%County median 63%
  • Graduates completing courses 81%County median 45%

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