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).

Year

UC admit rate

84%

51 of 61 applicants, fall 2025

County median 84%

Seniors admitted to a UC

10%

51 of 509 seniors

County median 14%

Seniors who applied to UC

12%

61 of 509 seniors

County median 16%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

11%

3 of 27 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

17%

4 of 23 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

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%

Across California

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