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Mendota High School

1200 Belmont Avenue, Mendota, CA 93640View on map

  • Public
  • Mendota
  • 266 seniors
  • 1,060 students

Mendota High School is a public high school in Mendota (Mendota Unified) with 266 seniors. In fall 2025, 88% of its 49 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 84%. Its students applied most often to UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), and UC Irvine (UCI). 37% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

88%

43 of 49 applicants, fall 2025

County median 84%

Seniors admitted to a UC

16%

43 of 266 seniors

County median 14%

Seniors who applied to UC

18%

49 of 266 seniors

County median 16%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 13 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

22%

4 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

Mendota High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • Berkeley9 pts higher

    22%

    4 of 18 admitted

    This school22%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.75)

  • Irvine12 pts higher

    35%

    9 of 26 admitted

    This school35%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.74)

  • San Diego19 pts higher

    44%

    7 of 16 admitted

    This school44%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    6 of 20 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.56)

  • Davis11 pts higher

    48%

    10 of 21 admitted

    This school48%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.70)

  • Santa Cruz29 pts lower

    42%

    14 of 33 admitted

    This school42%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.61)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    84%

    16 of 19 admitted

    This school84%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.75 (all applicants 3.66)

  • Merced7 pts lower

    90%

    35 of 39 admitted

    This school90%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.66 (all applicants 3.60)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report13 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

Mendota High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3.

  • San Luis Obispo11 pts higher

    41%

    14 of 34 admitted

    This school41%Overall30%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    93%

    42 of 45 admitted

    This school93%Overall94%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    90%

    38 of 42 admitted

    This school90%Overall94%

  • Monterey Bay5 pts higher

    100%

    36 of 36 admitted

    This school100%Overall95%

  • FresnoAbout the same

    98%

    101 of 103 admitted

    This school98%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 (205 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

72%

148 of 205 graduates

UC or CSU

19%

38 graduates

Community college

51%

104 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC94%
CSU2914%
CA private college42%
Out of state21%
Community college10451%
Not enrolled5728%
Enrolled in college14872%
Total205100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

7

AP courses offered

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

9

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

22%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

52 of 237 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)

6%

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

15 of 272 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 3 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 2 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 66%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 26%County median 24%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 33%County median 24%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 9%County median 9%
  • Low-income students 98%County median 79%
  • Graduates completing courses 37%County median 54%

Across California

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