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Dougherty Valley High School

10550 Albion Road, San Ramon, CA 94582View on map

  • Public
  • San Ramon
  • 837 seniors
  • 2,872 students

Dougherty Valley High School is a public high school in San Ramon (San Ramon Valley Unified) with 837 seniors. In fall 2025, 90% of its 654 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Davis (UCD), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 73% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

90%

588 of 654 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

70%

588 of 837 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

78%

654 of 837 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

7.6%

42 of 555 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

8.1%

44 of 542 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    42 of 555 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Berkeley5 pts lower

    8%

    44 of 542 admitted

    This school8%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Irvine5 pts lower

    17%

    104 of 618 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.87)

  • San Diego12 pts lower

    13%

    74 of 578 admitted

    This school13%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Santa Barbara9 pts lower

    24%

    133 of 560 admitted

    This school24%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Davis15 pts lower

    22%

    131 of 598 admitted

    This school22%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa Cruz4 pts higher

    75%

    373 of 496 admitted

    This school75%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.84)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    90%

    449 of 497 admitted

    This school90%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.83)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    443 of 451 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.85)

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

Dougherty Valley 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 Obispo11 pts lower

    19%

    88 of 465 admitted

    This school19%Overall30%

  • San Diego6 pts lower

    28%

    119 of 424 admitted

    This school28%Overall34%

  • Pomona11 pts higher

    85%

    223 of 262 admitted

    This school85%Overall74%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    82%

    370 of 449 admitted

    This school82%Overall80%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    87%

    132 of 152 admitted

    This school87%Overall87%

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

Any college

89%

738 of 829 graduates

UC or CSU

49%

405 graduates

Community college

16%

135 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC33240%
CSU739%
CA private college364%
Out of state16220%
Community college13516%
Not enrolled9111%
Enrolled in college73889%
Total829100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

22

AP courses offered

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

130

AP class sections

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

57% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

76%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

544 of 720 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)

65%

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

520 of 801 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 12 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 4 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 21 classes
  • Science: 27 classes
  • Social science: 54 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 50%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 80%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 62%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 58%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 10%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 73%County median 61%

Across California

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