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Monte Vista High School

3131 Stone Valley Road, Danville, CA 94526View on map

  • Public
  • Danville
  • 516 seniors
  • 1,999 students

Monte Vista High School is a public high school in Danville (San Ramon Valley Unified) with 516 seniors. In fall 2025, 79% of its 295 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 63% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

79%

232 of 295 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

45%

232 of 516 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

57%

295 of 516 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.1%

22 of 242 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

12%

28 of 225 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

Monte Vista High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    22 of 242 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.93)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    28 of 225 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Irvine9 pts lower

    14%

    30 of 219 admitted

    This school14%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.89)

  • San Diego9 pts lower

    16%

    38 of 232 admitted

    This school16%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts lower

    27%

    65 of 240 admitted

    This school27%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Davis11 pts lower

    26%

    60 of 231 admitted

    This school26%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.88)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts lower

    65%

    109 of 167 admitted

    This school65%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.80)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    122 of 133 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.75)

  • MercedAbout the same

    99%

    102 of 103 admitted

    This school99%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.75 (all applicants 3.74)

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

Monte Vista 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 Obispo4 pts lower

    26%

    61 of 234 admitted

    This school26%Overall30%

  • San Diego5 pts higher

    39%

    88 of 225 admitted

    This school39%Overall34%

  • San Jose4 pts lower

    76%

    91 of 120 admitted

    This school76%Overall80%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    90%

    76 of 84 admitted

    This school90%Overall94%

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

Any college

87%

507 of 585 graduates

UC or CSU

27%

159 graduates

Community college

19%

114 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC9817%
CSU6110%
CA private college488%
Out of state18632%
Community college11419%
Not enrolled7813%
Enrolled in college50787%
Total585100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

19

AP courses offered

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

75

AP class sections

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

54% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

74%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

392 of 528 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)

55%

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

313 of 574 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 8 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 10 classes
  • Science: 13 classes
  • Social science: 33 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 79%County median 50%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 64%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 43%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 34%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 7%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 63%County median 61%

Across California

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