Mountain Empire High School

3305 Buckman Springs Road, Pine Valley, CA 91962View on map

  • Public
  • Pine Valley
  • 87 seniors
  • 398 students

Mountain Empire High School is a public high school in Pine Valley (Mountain Empire Unified) with 87 seniors. 43% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

66%

Pooled over 3 years; too few applicants in fall 2025 alone

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

too few applicants to report

87 seniors

Seniors who applied to UC

6%

5 of 87 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

too few applicants to report

Fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

too few applicants to report

Fall 2025

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

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

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  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— 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

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

Any college

56%

50 of 89 graduates

UC or CSU

3%

3 graduates

Community college

42%

37 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC00%
CSU33%
CA private college33%
Out of state78%
Community college3742%
Not enrolled3944%
Enrolled in college5056%
Total89100%

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

2

AP courses offered

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

1

AP class sections

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

2% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

8%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

7 of 89 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)

4%

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

4 of 93 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class

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 41%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 19%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 6%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 0%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 46%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 43%County median 65%

Across California

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