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Garces Memorial High School

  • Private
  • Kern
  • 124 seniors
  • 508 students

Garces Memorial High School is a private high school in Kern County (Bakersfield City) with 124 seniors. In fall 2025, 88% of its 42 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC San Diego (UCSD).

Year

UC admit rate

88%

37 of 42 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

30%

37 of 124 seniors

County median 9%

Seniors who applied to UC

34%

42 of 124 seniors

County median 12%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

21%

5 of 24 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

22%

4 of 18 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

Garces Memorial High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 6 of 9 campuses, worse at 3.

  • Los Angeles11 pts higher

    21%

    5 of 24 admitted

    This school21%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.10)

  • Berkeley9 pts higher

    22%

    4 of 18 admitted

    This school22%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.12)

  • Irvine31 pts higher

    54%

    15 of 28 admitted

    This school54%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 4.04)

  • San Diego11 pts higher

    36%

    9 of 25 admitted

    This school36%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts lower

    28%

    8 of 29 admitted

    This school28%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Davis24 pts higher

    61%

    14 of 23 admitted

    This school61%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Santa Cruz10 pts higher

    81%

    13 of 16 admitted

    This school81%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.80)

  • Riverside7 pts lower

    80%

    16 of 20 admitted

    This school80%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Merced12 pts lower

    85%

    11 of 13 admitted

    This school85%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.83)

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

Garces Memorial High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo5 pts lower

    24%

    12 of 49 admitted

    This school24%Overall30%

  • San Diego9 pts lower

    25%

    9 of 36 admitted

    This school25%Overall34%

  • Bakersfield8 pts higher

    96%

    25 of 26 admitted

    This school96%Overall88%

  • FresnoAbout the same

    96%

    23 of 24 admitted

    This school96%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.