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Garden Grove High School

11271 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, CA 92840View on map

  • Public
  • Garden Grove
  • 529 seniors
  • 2,103 students

Garden Grove High School is a public high school in Garden Grove (Garden Grove Unified) with 529 seniors. In fall 2025, 85% of its 170 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 60% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

85%

144 of 170 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

27%

144 of 529 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

32%

170 of 529 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.4%

11 of 131 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

18%

14 of 77 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

Garden Grove High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 6 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    11 of 131 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Berkeley5 pts higher

    18%

    14 of 77 admitted

    This school18%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Irvine4 pts higher

    26%

    41 of 155 admitted

    This school26%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.89)

  • San Diego27 pts higher

    52%

    68 of 130 admitted

    This school52%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Santa Barbara8 pts higher

    41%

    29 of 71 admitted

    This school41%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.91)

  • DavisAbout the same

    39%

    15 of 38 admitted

    This school39%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Santa Cruz17 pts lower

    54%

    13 of 24 admitted

    This school54%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.61)

  • Riverside6 pts higher

    93%

    93 of 100 admitted

    This school93%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    53 of 53 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.86)

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

Garden Grove High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo10 pts higher

    39%

    13 of 33 admitted

    This school39%Overall30%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    45%

    91 of 204 admitted

    This school45%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    73%

    72 of 99 admitted

    This school73%Overall74%

  • Fullerton6 pts higher

    93%

    178 of 192 admitted

    This school93%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills7 pts higher

    98%

    54 of 55 admitted

    This school98%Overall91%

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

Any college

76%

407 of 534 graduates

UC or CSU

31%

168 graduates

Community college

40%

216 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC387%
CSU13024%
CA private college163%
Out of state71%
Community college21640%
Not enrolled12724%
Enrolled in college40776%
Total534100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

20

AP courses offered

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

64

AP class sections

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

38% 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

264 of 534 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)

34%

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

205 of 610 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 13 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 15 classes
  • Science: 8 classes
  • Social science: 21 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 72%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 44%County median 41%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 42%County median 33%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 23%County median 21%
  • Low-income students 81%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 60%County median 57%

Across California

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