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Murrieta Valley High School

42200 Nighthawk Way, Murrieta, CA 92562View on map

  • Public
  • Murrieta
  • 515 seniors
  • 2,174 students

Murrieta Valley High School is a public high school in Murrieta (Murrieta Valley Unified) with 515 seniors. In fall 2025, 87% of its 89 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 81%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Riverside (UCR), and UC Irvine (UCI). 61% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

87%

77 of 89 applicants, fall 2025

County median 81%

Seniors admitted to a UC

15%

77 of 515 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

17%

89 of 515 seniors

County median 23%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

14%

8 of 57 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

15%

5 of 34 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

Murrieta Valley High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 7 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • Los Angeles4 pts higher

    14%

    8 of 57 admitted

    This school14%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.92)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    15%

    5 of 34 admitted

    This school15%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.98)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    21%

    13 of 63 admitted

    This school21%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.88)

  • San Diego9 pts higher

    34%

    24 of 70 admitted

    This school34%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts higher

    38%

    18 of 47 admitted

    This school38%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Davis34 pts higher

    71%

    22 of 31 admitted

    This school71%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Santa Cruz15 pts higher

    86%

    19 of 22 admitted

    This school86%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    59 of 64 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    18 of 18 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.76 (all applicants 3.76)

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

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

  • San Diego21 pts lower

    14%

    26 of 188 admitted

    This school14%Overall34%

  • Pomona6 pts lower

    68%

    64 of 94 admitted

    This school68%Overall74%

  • Fullerton10 pts lower

    77%

    112 of 146 admitted

    This school77%Overall87%

  • Chico5 pts lower

    89%

    48 of 54 admitted

    This school89%Overall94%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    94%

    266 of 284 admitted

    This school94%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 (550 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

64%

354 of 550 graduates

UC or CSU

19%

102 graduates

Community college

32%

174 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC336%
CSU6913%
CA private college255%
Out of state5310%
Community college17432%
Not enrolled19636%
Enrolled in college35464%
Total550100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

16

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.

29% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

35%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

181 of 512 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

80 of 556 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 8 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 7 classes
  • Science: 3 classes
  • Social science: 14 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 52%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 45%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 42%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 15%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 47%County median 83%
  • Graduates completing courses 61%County median 54%

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