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Elk Grove High School

8850 Valley Oak Lane, Elk Grove, CA 95624View on map

  • Public
  • Elk Grove
  • 443 seniors
  • 1,781 students

Elk Grove High School is a public high school in Elk Grove (Elk Grove Unified) with 443 seniors. In fall 2025, 72% of its 72 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Irvine (UCI). 52% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

72%

52 of 72 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

12%

52 of 443 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

16%

72 of 443 seniors

County median 20%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.1%

3 of 33 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 46 applicants, 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

Elk Grove 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

    9%

    3 of 33 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.85)

  • Irvine4 pts lower

    18%

    6 of 33 admitted

    This school18%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa Barbara8 pts higher

    41%

    11 of 27 admitted

    This school41%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.71)

  • Davis19 pts lower

    19%

    10 of 54 admitted

    This school19%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts higher

    77%

    20 of 26 admitted

    This school77%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Riverside13 pts higher

    100%

    20 of 20 admitted

    This school100%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.88)

  • MercedAbout the same

    93%

    27 of 29 admitted

    This school93%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report46 applied

  • San Diego

    too few applicants to report30 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

Elk Grove High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • Long Beach7 pts lower

    40%

    14 of 35 admitted

    This school40%Overall47%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    81%

    21 of 26 admitted

    This school81%Overall80%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    94%

    83 of 88 admitted

    This school94%Overall94%

  • Chico7 pts lower

    87%

    26 of 30 admitted

    This school87%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 (381 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

81%

310 of 381 graduates

UC or CSU

26%

100 graduates

Community college

48%

181 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC226%
CSU7820%
CA private college51%
Out of state246%
Community college18148%
Not enrolled7119%
Enrolled in college31081%
Total381100%

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, Pacific Islander
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Advanced Placement

17

AP courses offered

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

36

AP class sections

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

29% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

39%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

148 of 382 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)

28%

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

120 of 423 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 8 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 7 classes
  • Science: 5 classes
  • Social science: 11 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 59%County median 49%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 31%County median 22%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 26%County median 19%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 10%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 40%County median 63%
  • Graduates completing courses 52%County median 50%

Across California

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