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Granite Hills High School

1701 East Putnam Avenue, Porterville, CA 93257View on map

  • Public
  • Porterville
  • 275 seniors
  • 1,131 students

Granite Hills High School is a public high school in Porterville (Porterville Unified) with 275 seniors. In fall 2025, 88% of its 56 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 85%. Its students applied most often to UC Merced, UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Riverside (UCR). 33% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

88%

49 of 56 applicants, fall 2025

County median 85%

Seniors admitted to a UC

18%

49 of 275 seniors

County median 12%

Seniors who applied to UC

20%

56 of 275 seniors

County median 12%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

14%

4 of 29 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

33%

6 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

Granite Hills High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 9 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • Los Angeles4 pts higher

    14%

    4 of 29 admitted

    This school14%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.82)

  • Berkeley20 pts higher

    33%

    6 of 18 admitted

    This school33%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Irvine15 pts higher

    38%

    9 of 24 admitted

    This school38%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.78)

  • San Diego25 pts higher

    50%

    5 of 10 admitted

    This school50%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts higher

    37%

    13 of 35 admitted

    This school37%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.70)

  • Davis4 pts lower

    33%

    8 of 24 admitted

    This school33%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.66)

  • Santa Cruz16 pts lower

    55%

    16 of 29 admitted

    This school55%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.55)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    29 of 33 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.79 (all applicants 3.66)

  • Merced9 pts lower

    87%

    41 of 47 admitted

    This school87%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.68)

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 3 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • Bakersfield7 pts higher

    96%

    44 of 46 admitted

    This school96%Overall88%

  • Monterey Bay4 pts lower

    91%

    10 of 11 admitted

    This school91%Overall95%

  • FresnoAbout the same

    93%

    56 of 60 admitted

    This school93%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 (208 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

51%

107 of 208 graduates

UC or CSU

13%

26 graduates

Community college

37%

77 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC63%
CSU2010%
CA private college42%
Out of state00%
Community college7737%
Not enrolled10149%
Enrolled in college10751%
Total208100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

9

AP courses offered

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

8

AP class sections

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

11% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

23%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

68 of 299 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

12 of 240 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 2 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 1 class

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 58%County median 59%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 24%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 22%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 7%County median 7%
  • Low-income students 96%County median 73%
  • Graduates completing courses 33%County median 45%

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