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King City High School

720 Broadway Street, King City, CA 93930View on map

  • Public
  • King City
  • 284 seniors
  • 1,202 students

King City High School is a public high school in King City (South Monterey County Joint Union High) with 284 seniors. In fall 2025, 73% of its 33 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 77%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Merced, and UC Berkeley (Cal). 33% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

73%

24 of 33 applicants, fall 2025

County median 77%

Seniors admitted to a UC

8%

24 of 284 seniors

County median 20%

Seniors who applied to UC

12%

33 of 284 seniors

County median 26%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 15 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

20%

3 of 15 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

King City High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • Berkeley7 pts higher

    20%

    3 of 15 admitted

    This school20%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.73)

  • Santa Barbara38 pts higher

    70%

    7 of 10 admitted

    This school70%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.73)

  • DavisAbout the same

    38%

    10 of 26 admitted

    This school38%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.60)

  • Riverside9 pts lower

    79%

    11 of 14 admitted

    This school79%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.71)

  • Merced6 pts lower

    90%

    18 of 20 admitted

    This school90%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.74 (all applicants 3.67)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report15 applied

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report14 applied

  • Santa Cruz

    ~46% · 3 yrs pooled9 applied

  • San Diego

    too few applicants to report8 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

King City High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo15 pts higher

    45%

    13 of 29 admitted

    This school45%Overall30%

  • Chico6 pts lower

    88%

    22 of 25 admitted

    This school88%Overall94%

  • Monterey BayAbout the same

    92%

    22 of 24 admitted

    This school92%Overall95%

  • Fresno4 pts lower

    92%

    23 of 25 admitted

    This school92%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 (231 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

70%

162 of 231 graduates

UC or CSU

12%

28 graduates

Community college

55%

128 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC63%
CSU2210%
CA private college31%
Out of state31%
Community college12855%
Not enrolled6930%
Enrolled in college16270%
Total231100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

13

AP courses offered

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

19

AP class sections

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

31% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

15%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

37 of 239 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)

10%

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

27 of 275 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 2 classes
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 10 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 58%County median 51%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 16%County median 15%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 20%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 4%
  • Low-income students 84%County median 82%
  • Graduates completing courses 33%County median 53%

Across California

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