WhoGotIn
Language: English

Nevada Union High School

11761 Ridge Road, Grass Valley, CA 95945View on map

  • Public
  • Grass Valley
  • 350 seniors
  • 1,592 students

Nevada Union High School is a public high school in Grass Valley (Nevada Joint Union High) with 350 seniors. In fall 2025, 79% of its 43 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 78%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), UC Davis (UCD), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 39% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

79%

34 of 43 applicants, fall 2025

County median 78%

Seniors admitted to a UC

10%

34 of 350 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

12%

43 of 350 seniors

County median 14%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 14 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 19 applicants, 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

Nevada Union High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 4 campuses, worse at 2.

  • San Diego11 pts lower

    14%

    3 of 21 admitted

    This school14%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts higher

    36%

    8 of 22 admitted

    This school36%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Davis16 pts lower

    21%

    5 of 24 admitted

    This school21%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa Cruz19 pts higher

    90%

    28 of 31 admitted

    This school90%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report19 applied

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report14 applied

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report11 applied

  • Merced

    too few applicants to report— applied

  • Riverside

    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

Nevada Union High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 3.

  • San Luis Obispo14 pts lower

    15%

    4 of 26 admitted

    This school15%Overall30%

  • San Diego14 pts lower

    20%

    5 of 25 admitted

    This school20%Overall34%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    93%

    13 of 14 admitted

    This school93%Overall94%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    96%

    22 of 23 admitted

    This school96%Overall94%

  • Humboldt4 pts lower

    95%

    18 of 19 admitted

    This school95%Overall99%

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

Any college

68%

174 of 257 graduates

UC or CSU

16%

41 graduates

Community college

42%

107 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC208%
CSU218%
CA private college62%
Out of state208%
Community college10742%
Not enrolled8332%
Enrolled in college17468%
Total257100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
See the full report

Advanced Placement

11

AP courses offered

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

31

AP class sections

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

22% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

38%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

132 of 350 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)

11%

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

28 of 254 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 8 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 4 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 4 classes
  • Social science: 12 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 57%County median 56%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 31%County median 26%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 28%County median 22%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 11%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 37%County median 39%
  • Graduates completing courses 39%County median 39%

Across California

Year
Loading chart…

Other schools in Nevada Joint Union High and nearby