Mission Oak High School

3442 East Bardsley Avenue, Tulare, CA 93274View on map

  • Public
  • Tulare
  • 342 seniors
  • 1,789 students

Mission Oak High School is a public high school in Tulare (Tulare Joint Union High) with 342 seniors. In fall 2025, 83% of its 36 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 85%. Its students applied most often to UC Berkeley (Cal), UC Merced, and UC Davis (UCD). 46% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

83%

30 of 36 applicants, fall 2025

County median 85%

Seniors admitted to a UC

9%

30 of 342 seniors

County median 12%

Seniors who applied to UC

11%

36 of 342 seniors

County median 12%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 14 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

29%

6 of 21 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

Mission Oak High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • Berkeley15 pts higher

    29%

    6 of 21 admitted

    This school29%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.86)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    25%

    4 of 16 admitted

    This school25%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.85)

  • San Diego25 pts higher

    50%

    7 of 14 admitted

    This school50%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Santa Barbara26 pts higher

    59%

    10 of 17 admitted

    This school59%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Davis4 pts higher

    41%

    7 of 17 admitted

    This school41%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Santa Cruz14 pts lower

    57%

    8 of 14 admitted

    This school57%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Riverside13 pts higher

    100%

    12 of 12 admitted

    This school100%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.78)

  • MercedAbout the same

    95%

    20 of 21 admitted

    This school95%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.76)

  • too few applicants to report14 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

Mission Oak High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    27%

    8 of 30 admitted

    This school27%Overall30%

  • Fullerton13 pts higher

    100%

    14 of 14 admitted

    This school100%Overall87%

  • Bakersfield5 pts lower

    83%

    24 of 29 admitted

    This school83%Overall88%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    93%

    14 of 15 admitted

    This school93%Overall94%

  • FresnoAbout the same

    97%

    94 of 97 admitted

    This school97%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 (330 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

65%

214 of 330 graduates

UC or CSU

17%

55 graduates

Community college

45%

148 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC144%
CSU4112%
CA private college62%
Out of state52%
Community college14845%
Not enrolled11635%
Enrolled in college21465%
Total330100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

14

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.

15% 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

87 of 398 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)

8%

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

33 of 424 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 4 classes
  • Social science: 6 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 59%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 32%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 27%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 14%County median 7%
  • Low-income students 71%County median 73%
  • Graduates completing courses 46%County median 45%

Across California

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