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Granite Hills High School

22900 Esaws Road, Apple Valley, CA 92307View on map

  • Public
  • Apple Valley
  • 400 seniors
  • 1,796 students

Granite Hills High School is a public high school in Apple Valley (Apple Valley Unified) with 400 seniors. In fall 2025, 68% of its 59 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Riverside (UCR), and UC Davis (UCD). 35% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

68%

40 of 59 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

10%

40 of 400 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

15%

59 of 400 seniors

County median 18%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

14%

3 of 22 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

15%

4 of 27 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

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

  • Los Angeles4 pts higher

    14%

    3 of 22 admitted

    This school14%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.74)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    15%

    4 of 27 admitted

    This school15%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.75)

  • Irvine9 pts lower

    14%

    6 of 44 admitted

    This school14%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.61)

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    31%

    9 of 29 admitted

    This school31%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.64)

  • Santa Barbara12 pts higher

    44%

    11 of 25 admitted

    This school44%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.56)

  • Davis11 pts higher

    48%

    15 of 31 admitted

    This school48%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.69)

  • Santa Cruz5 pts higher

    76%

    13 of 17 admitted

    This school76%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.65)

  • Riverside11 pts lower

    76%

    25 of 33 admitted

    This school76%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.56)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    17 of 17 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.84 (all applicants 3.84)

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

Granite Hills High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 2.

  • Long Beach20 pts lower

    28%

    11 of 40 admitted

    This school28%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    71%

    12 of 17 admitted

    This school71%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    90%

    27 of 30 admitted

    This school90%Overall87%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    95%

    18 of 19 admitted

    This school95%Overall94%

  • San Bernardino6 pts lower

    92%

    46 of 50 admitted

    This school92%Overall98%

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

Any college

62%

235 of 378 graduates

UC or CSU

11%

42 graduates

Community college

44%

166 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC246%
CSU185%
CA private college62%
Out of state216%
Community college16644%
Not enrolled14338%
Enrolled in college23562%
Total378100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

6

AP courses offered

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

24

AP class sections

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

19% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

21%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

88 of 412 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)

6%

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

25 of 430 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 3 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 4 classes
  • Social science: 8 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 54%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 16%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 22%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 7%
  • Low-income students 75%County median 73%
  • Graduates completing courses 35%County median 49%

Across California

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