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Fountain Valley High School

17816 Bushard, Fountain Valley, CA 92708View on map

  • Public
  • Fountain Valley
  • 803 seniors
  • 3,059 students

Fountain Valley High School is a public high school in Fountain Valley (Huntington Beach Union High) with 803 seniors. In fall 2025, 71% of its 309 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 63% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

71%

218 of 309 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

27%

218 of 803 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

38%

309 of 803 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.1%

19 of 234 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

10%

15 of 146 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

Fountain Valley High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    19 of 234 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.95)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    10%

    15 of 146 admitted

    This school10%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Irvine4 pts higher

    26%

    72 of 278 admitted

    This school26%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.89)

  • San Diego7 pts lower

    18%

    44 of 249 admitted

    This school18%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts lower

    26%

    38 of 146 admitted

    This school26%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Davis5 pts higher

    42%

    39 of 92 admitted

    This school42%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts lower

    65%

    35 of 54 admitted

    This school65%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.02 (all applicants 3.73)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    159 of 180 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.87)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    101 of 103 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.89)

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

Fountain Valley High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, worse at 3.

  • San Luis Obispo12 pts lower

    18%

    17 of 95 admitted

    This school18%Overall30%

  • San Diego13 pts lower

    21%

    28 of 133 admitted

    This school21%Overall34%

  • Long Beach44 pts higher

    91%

    239 of 263 admitted

    This school91%Overall47%

  • Pomona5 pts lower

    69%

    85 of 124 admitted

    This school69%Overall74%

  • Fullerton7 pts higher

    93%

    186 of 199 admitted

    This school93%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 (863 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

90%

781 of 863 graduates

UC or CSU

30%

263 graduates

Community college

53%

460 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC12514%
CSU13816%
CA private college192%
Out of state395%
Community college46053%
Not enrolled8210%
Enrolled in college78190%
Total863100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

73

AP class sections

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

34% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

49%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

397 of 816 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)

36%

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

269 of 756 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 18 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 5 classes
  • Foreign language: 6 classes
  • Mathematics: 11 classes
  • Science: 14 classes
  • Social science: 19 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 81%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 61%County median 41%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 50%County median 33%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 35%County median 21%
  • Low-income students 53%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 63%County median 57%

Across California

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