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Granite Hills High School

1719 East Madison Avenue, El Cajon, CA 92019View on map

  • Public
  • El Cajon
  • 635 seniors
  • 2,412 students

Granite Hills High School is a public high school in El Cajon (Grossmont Union High) with 635 seniors. In fall 2025, 66% of its 114 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Irvine (UCI). 51% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

66%

75 of 114 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

12%

75 of 635 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

18%

114 of 635 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

5.0%

4 of 80 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

10%

4 of 40 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 0 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 5.

  • Los Angeles5 pts lower

    5%

    4 of 80 admitted

    This school5%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.80)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    10%

    4 of 40 admitted

    This school10%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.92)

  • Irvine16 pts lower

    6%

    4 of 68 admitted

    This school6%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.78)

  • San Diego5 pts lower

    20%

    20 of 98 admitted

    This school20%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts lower

    28%

    15 of 53 admitted

    This school28%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.75)

  • DavisAbout the same

    39%

    9 of 23 admitted

    This school39%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.69)

  • Santa Cruz10 pts lower

    62%

    16 of 26 admitted

    This school62%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.64)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    87%

    39 of 45 admitted

    This school87%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.75)

  • MercedAbout the same

    95%

    35 of 37 admitted

    This school95%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.73)

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 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • San Diego23 pts higher

    57%

    86 of 150 admitted

    This school57%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    45%

    22 of 49 admitted

    This school45%Overall47%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    89%

    32 of 36 admitted

    This school89%Overall87%

  • San Marcos4 pts lower

    91%

    73 of 80 admitted

    This school91%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 (493 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

66%

327 of 493 graduates

UC or CSU

16%

81 graduates

Community college

38%

187 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC275%
CSU5411%
CA private college71%
Out of state5211%
Community college18738%
Not enrolled16634%
Enrolled in college32766%
Total493100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

9

AP courses offered

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

23

AP class sections

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

22% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

27%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

155 of 567 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)

9%

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

56 of 603 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 4 classes
  • Social science: 17 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 49%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 24%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 23%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 10%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 62%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 51%County median 65%

Across California

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