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Evergreen Valley High School

3300 Quimby Road, San Jose, CA 95148View on map

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 699 seniors
  • 2,734 students

Evergreen Valley High School is a public high school in San Jose (East Side Union High) with 699 seniors. In fall 2025, 82% of its 406 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 72% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

82%

334 of 406 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

48%

334 of 699 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

58%

406 of 699 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

7.3%

23 of 314 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

10%

32 of 309 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

Evergreen Valley High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    7%

    23 of 314 admitted

    This school7%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.89)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    10%

    32 of 309 admitted

    This school10%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Irvine10 pts lower

    13%

    45 of 352 admitted

    This school13%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.86)

  • San Diego11 pts lower

    14%

    48 of 344 admitted

    This school14%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts lower

    29%

    88 of 308 admitted

    This school29%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Davis19 pts lower

    19%

    68 of 366 admitted

    This school19%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    71%

    198 of 279 admitted

    This school71%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.82)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    247 of 277 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.80)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    182 of 186 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.80)

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

Evergreen Valley High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 4 campuses, worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo14 pts lower

    16%

    40 of 258 admitted

    This school16%Overall30%

  • Pomona5 pts higher

    79%

    110 of 139 admitted

    This school79%Overall74%

  • San Jose9 pts higher

    89%

    355 of 398 admitted

    This school89%Overall80%

  • Fullerton7 pts higher

    94%

    93 of 99 admitted

    This school94%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 (699 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

93%

649 of 699 graduates

UC or CSU

45%

318 graduates

Community college

34%

237 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC18727%
CSU13119%
CA private college294%
Out of state659%
Community college23734%
Not enrolled507%
Enrolled in college64993%
Total699100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

27

AP courses offered

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

86

AP class sections

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

47% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

66%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

434 of 662 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)

53%

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

394 of 742 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 10 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 19 classes
  • Science: 24 classes
  • Social science: 28 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 82%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 65%County median 42%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 53%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 42%County median 24%
  • Low-income students 43%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 72%County median 64%

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