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Merrill F. West High School

1775 West Lowell Avenue, Tracy, CA 95376View on map

  • Public
  • Tracy
  • 537 seniors
  • 1,845 students

Merrill F. West High School is a public high school in Tracy (Tracy Joint Unified) with 537 seniors. In fall 2025, 84% of its 80 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Merced. 33% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

84%

67 of 80 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

12%

67 of 537 seniors

County median 12%

Seniors who applied to UC

15%

80 of 537 seniors

County median 16%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 38 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

12%

6 of 51 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

Merrill F. West High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 6 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    6 of 51 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Irvine24 pts higher

    47%

    20 of 43 admitted

    This school47%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 4.00)

  • San Diego26 pts higher

    51%

    23 of 45 admitted

    This school51%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Santa Barbara12 pts higher

    45%

    13 of 29 admitted

    This school45%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Davis4 pts higher

    42%

    27 of 65 admitted

    This school42%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa Cruz11 pts higher

    82%

    28 of 34 admitted

    This school82%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Riverside10 pts higher

    97%

    33 of 34 admitted

    This school97%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.98)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    43 of 45 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report38 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

Merrill F. West High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 4.

  • San Jose5 pts lower

    76%

    68 of 90 admitted

    This school76%Overall80%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    91%

    60 of 66 admitted

    This school91%Overall94%

  • San Francisco11 pts lower

    85%

    41 of 48 admitted

    This school85%Overall96%

  • East Bay17 pts lower

    79%

    27 of 34 admitted

    This school79%Overall97%

  • Stanislaus7 pts lower

    90%

    27 of 30 admitted

    This school90%Overall97%

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

Any college

63%

276 of 436 graduates

UC or CSU

14%

63 graduates

Community college

43%

189 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC235%
CSU409%
CA private college164%
Out of state82%
Community college18943%
Not enrolled16037%
Enrolled in college27663%
Total436100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

14

AP courses offered

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

33

AP class sections

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

25% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

17%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

69 of 406 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)

14%

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

71 of 518 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 7 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 3 classes
  • Social science: 15 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 60%County median 56%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 21%County median 22%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 23%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 10%County median 10%
  • Low-income students 77%County median 66%
  • Graduates completing courses 33%County median 39%

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