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Monta Vista High School

21840 McClellan Road, Cupertino, CA 95014View on map

  • Public
  • Cupertino
  • 454 seniors
  • 1,588 students

Monta Vista High School is a public high school in Cupertino (Fremont Union High) with 454 seniors. In fall 2025, 91% of its 370 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Davis (UCD). 93% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

91%

337 of 370 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

74%

337 of 454 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

82%

370 of 454 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.6%

28 of 327 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

10%

33 of 321 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

Monta Vista 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

    9%

    28 of 327 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.03)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    10%

    33 of 321 admitted

    This school10%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Irvine4 pts higher

    26%

    89 of 342 admitted

    This school26%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 4.01)

  • San Diego12 pts lower

    13%

    45 of 350 admitted

    This school13%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts higher

    38%

    125 of 329 admitted

    This school38%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Davis17 pts lower

    20%

    68 of 334 admitted

    This school20%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Santa Cruz10 pts higher

    81%

    246 of 302 admitted

    This school81%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    243 of 265 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.97)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    194 of 197 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.93)

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

Monta Vista High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 4 of 5 campuses, worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo8 pts lower

    21%

    53 of 248 admitted

    This school21%Overall30%

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    41%

    72 of 176 admitted

    This school41%Overall34%

  • Long Beach8 pts higher

    55%

    68 of 124 admitted

    This school55%Overall47%

  • Pomona13 pts higher

    87%

    114 of 131 admitted

    This school87%Overall74%

  • San Jose4 pts higher

    85%

    197 of 233 admitted

    This school85%Overall80%

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

Any college

91%

438 of 482 graduates

UC or CSU

38%

185 graduates

Community college

13%

62 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC14530%
CSU408%
CA private college255%
Out of state16634%
Community college6213%
Not enrolled449%
Enrolled in college43891%
Total482100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, White, Two or more races, Race not reported, Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Advanced Placement

20

AP courses offered

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

70

AP class sections

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

57% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

81%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

329 of 408 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)

75%

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

309 of 410 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 5 classes
  • English: 4 classes
  • Foreign language: 5 classes
  • Mathematics: 17 classes
  • Science: 22 classes
  • Social science: 17 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 86%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 87%County median 42%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 61%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 69%County median 24%
  • Low-income students 6%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 93%County median 64%

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