El Cajon Valley High School

1035 East Madison Avenue, El Cajon, CA 92021View on map

  • Public
  • El Cajon
  • 440 seniors
  • 1,657 students

El Cajon Valley High School is a public high school in El Cajon (Grossmont Union High) with 440 seniors. In fall 2025, 74% of its 54 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Riverside (UCR). 32% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

74%

40 of 54 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

9%

40 of 440 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

12%

54 of 440 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

11%

3 of 27 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

33%

5 of 15 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

El Cajon Valley High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 7 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    3 of 27 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.80)

  • Berkeley20 pts higher

    33%

    5 of 15 admitted

    This school33%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.72)

  • San Diego8 pts higher

    33%

    16 of 48 admitted

    This school33%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.69)

  • Santa Barbara18 pts higher

    50%

    9 of 18 admitted

    This school50%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Santa Cruz21 pts lower

    50%

    6 of 12 admitted

    This school50%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.55)

  • Riverside15 pts lower

    72%

    26 of 36 admitted

    This school72%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.65)

  • MercedAbout the same

    95%

    19 of 20 admitted

    This school95%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.70 (all applicants 3.72)

  • too few applicants to report38 applied

  • too few applicants to report9 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

El Cajon Valley High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 3 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    31%

    4 of 13 admitted

    This school31%Overall30%

  • San Diego13 pts higher

    48%

    31 of 65 admitted

    This school48%Overall34%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    98%

    55 of 56 admitted

    This school98%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 (274 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

67%

183 of 274 graduates

UC or CSU

9%

26 graduates

Community college

55%

150 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC104%
CSU166%
CA private college41%
Out of state31%
Community college15055%
Not enrolled9133%
Enrolled in college18367%
Total274100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities, Homeless
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Advanced Placement

10

AP courses offered

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

14

AP class sections

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

15% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

16%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

68 of 430 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)

8%

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

35 of 424 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 2 classes
  • English: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 1 class
  • 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 22%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 10%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 7%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 3%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 89%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 32%County median 65%

Across California

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