Justin Garza High School
4100 North Grantland Avenue, Fresno, CA 93723View on map
- Public
- Fresno
- 509 seniors
- 1,818 students
Justin Garza High School is a public high school in Fresno (Central Unified) with 509 seniors. In fall 2025, 84% of its 61 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 84%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Irvine (UCI).
UC admit rate
84%
51 of 61 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
10%
51 of 509 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
12%
61 of 509 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
11%
3 of 27 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate
17%
4 of 23 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
Justin Garza High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 2.
- Los AngelesAbout the same
11%
3 of 27 admitted
This school11%All CA10%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.88)
- Berkeley4 pts higher
17%
4 of 23 admitted
This school17%All CA13%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.79)
- Irvine7 pts higher
29%
9 of 31 admitted
This school29%All CA22%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.84)
- San Diego6 pts higher
31%
10 of 32 admitted
This school31%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.68)
- Santa Barbara28 pts higher
60%
15 of 25 admitted
This school60%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.75)
- DavisAbout the same
35%
15 of 43 admitted
This school35%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.83)
- Santa CruzAbout the same
72%
21 of 29 admitted
This school72%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.72)
- Riverside6 pts lower
81%
21 of 26 admitted
This school81%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.86)
- Merced4 pts lower
93%
25 of 27 admitted
This school93%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.70 (all applicants 3.66)
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
Justin Garza High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.
- San Diego15 pts lower
19%
13 of 68 admitted
This school19%Overall34%
- Fullerton13 pts higher
100%
14 of 14 admitted
This school100%Overall87%
- Monterey Bay5 pts higher
100%
42 of 42 admitted
This school100%Overall95%
- FresnoAbout the same
98%
193 of 197 admitted
This school98%Overall96%
too few applicants to report0 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.
Advanced Placement
12
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
20
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
14% of students are in AP courses
2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card
13%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
52 of 405 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)
7%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
31 of 433 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- English: 2 classes
- Foreign language: 3 classes
- Mathematics: 4 classes
- Science: 3 classes
- Social science: 8 classes
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. The tick is the county median.
- Juniors meeting the English standard 66%County median 63%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 26%County median 24%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 27%County median 24%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 9%County median 9%
- Low-income students 69%County median 79%