El Puente is a public high school in Salinas (Salinas Union High) with 169 seniors.
UC admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
too few applicants to report
169 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
—
— of 169 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
—
No applicants in fall 2025
UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate
too few applicants to report
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
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— 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 Puente applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 1 campus, about the same at 1.
- Monterey BayAbout the same
92%
11 of 12 admitted
This school92%Overall95%
too few applicants to report1 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 (115 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
42%
48 of 115 graduates
UC or CSU
6%
7 graduates
Community college
34%
39 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 2 | 2% |
| CSU | 5 | 4% |
| CA private college | 0 | 0% |
| Out of state | 2 | 2% |
| Community college | 39 | 34% |
| Not enrolled | 67 | 58% |
| Enrolled in college | 48 | 42% |
| Total | 115 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Male, Female
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
- Student need: Low-income, English learners
Advanced Placement
3%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
5 of 161 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)
0%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
0 of 218 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. The tick is the county median.
- Juniors meeting the English standard 40%County median 51%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 1%County median 15%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 4%County median 18%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 0%County median 4%
- Low-income students 93%County median 82%