Golden West High School

1717 North McAuliff Street, Visalia, CA 93292View on map

  • Public
  • Visalia
  • 455 seniors
  • 2,014 students

Golden West High School is a public high school in Visalia (Visalia Unified) with 455 seniors. In fall 2025, 88% of its 43 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 85%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Merced, and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 36% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

88%

38 of 43 applicants, fall 2025

County median 85%

Seniors admitted to a UC

8%

38 of 455 seniors

County median 12%

Seniors who applied to UC

9%

43 of 455 seniors

County median 12%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 29 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 17 applicants, fall 2025

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

Golden West High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 6 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • Irvine4 pts lower

    19%

    3 of 16 admitted

    This school19%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.81)

  • San Diego6 pts lower

    19%

    4 of 21 admitted

    This school19%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.74)

  • Santa Barbara18 pts higher

    50%

    11 of 22 admitted

    This school50%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Davis10 pts higher

    47%

    9 of 19 admitted

    This school47%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Santa Cruz17 pts higher

    89%

    16 of 18 admitted

    This school89%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.81)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    24 of 25 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.76)

  • too few applicants to report29 applied

  • too few applicants to report17 applied

  • too few applicants to report7 applied

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

Golden West High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 3 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    28%

    7 of 25 admitted

    This school28%Overall30%

  • Sacramento6 pts higher

    100%

    14 of 14 admitted

    This school100%Overall94%

  • FresnoAbout the same

    95%

    77 of 81 admitted

    This school95%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 (374 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

72%

270 of 374 graduates

UC or CSU

10%

38 graduates

Community college

59%

219 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC133%
CSU257%
CA private college21%
Out of state113%
Community college21959%
Not enrolled10428%
Enrolled in college27072%
Total374100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

12

AP courses offered

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

17

AP class sections

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

13% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

18%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

79 of 444 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)

5%

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

21 of 426 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 4 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 4 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 47%County median 59%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 13%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 14%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 7%
  • Low-income students 69%County median 73%
  • Graduates completing courses 36%County median 45%

Across California

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