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Ernest Righetti High School

941 East Foster Road, Santa Maria, CA 93455View on map

  • Public
  • Santa Maria
  • 576 seniors
  • 2,472 students

Ernest Righetti High School is a public high school in Santa Maria (Santa Maria Joint Union High) with 576 seniors. In fall 2025, 83% of its 84 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 75%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 40% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

83%

70 of 84 applicants, fall 2025

County median 75%

Seniors admitted to a UC

12%

70 of 576 seniors

County median 17%

Seniors who applied to UC

15%

84 of 576 seniors

County median 24%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

12%

5 of 42 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

28%

10 of 36 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    5 of 42 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Berkeley14 pts higher

    28%

    10 of 36 admitted

    This school28%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 4.02)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    20%

    12 of 59 admitted

    This school20%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.91)

  • San Diego17 pts higher

    42%

    15 of 36 admitted

    This school42%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Santa Barbara10 pts higher

    43%

    23 of 54 admitted

    This school43%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Davis8 pts higher

    45%

    14 of 31 admitted

    This school45%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    71%

    20 of 28 admitted

    This school71%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.80)

  • Riverside6 pts lower

    82%

    31 of 38 admitted

    This school82%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    33 of 33 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.75 (all applicants 3.75)

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

Ernest Righetti High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo15 pts higher

    45%

    40 of 89 admitted

    This school45%Overall30%

  • Long Beach4 pts lower

    43%

    33 of 76 admitted

    This school43%Overall47%

  • Fullerton5 pts higher

    91%

    43 of 47 admitted

    This school91%Overall87%

  • Sacramento6 pts higher

    100%

    12 of 12 admitted

    This school100%Overall94%

  • FresnoAbout the same

    98%

    46 of 47 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 (539 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

74%

399 of 539 graduates

UC or CSU

15%

81 graduates

Community college

55%

294 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC336%
CSU489%
CA private college41%
Out of state204%
Community college29455%
Not enrolled14026%
Enrolled in college39974%
Total539100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Two or more races, Filipino
  • Student need: Low-income, Homeless, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Advanced Placement

15

AP courses offered

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

13

AP class sections

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

10% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

15%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

89 of 582 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)

11%

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

66 of 584 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 2 classes
  • Social science: 5 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 63%County median 52%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 27%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 26%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 10%County median 7%
  • Low-income students 72%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 40%County median 48%

Across California

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