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Gunderson High School

620 Gaundabert Lane, San Jose, CA 95136View on map

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 207 seniors
  • 714 students

Gunderson High School is a public high school in San Jose (San Jose Unified) with 207 seniors. In fall 2025, 69% of its 45 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Davis (UCD), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 48% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

69%

31 of 45 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

15%

31 of 207 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

22%

45 of 207 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 23 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

12%

3 of 25 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

Gunderson High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 7 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 1.

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    3 of 25 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.06)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    23%

    7 of 30 admitted

    This school23%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts higher

    39%

    11 of 28 admitted

    This school39%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Davis13 pts lower

    24%

    7 of 29 admitted

    This school24%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    69%

    11 of 16 admitted

    This school69%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.81)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    85%

    11 of 13 admitted

    This school85%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    19 of 19 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report23 applied

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report22 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

Gunderson High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 3 campuses, worse at 1.

  • San Jose5 pts higher

    85%

    56 of 66 admitted

    This school85%Overall80%

  • San Francisco4 pts higher

    100%

    22 of 22 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

  • East Bay20 pts lower

    77%

    10 of 13 admitted

    This school77%Overall97%

  • Fullerton

    ~100% · 3 yrs pooled5 applied

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

Any college

77%

175 of 228 graduates

UC or CSU

20%

45 graduates

Community college

51%

117 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC219%
CSU2411%
CA private college63%
Out of state73%
Community college11751%
Not enrolled5323%
Enrolled in college17577%
Total228100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

11

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.

26% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

33%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

66 of 199 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)

16%

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

38 of 236 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 4 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 4 classes
  • Social science: 2 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 42%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 13%County median 42%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 10%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 5%County median 24%
  • Low-income students 54%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 48%County median 64%

Across California

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