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Pacheco High School

200 North Ward Road, Los Banos, CA 93635View on map

  • Public
  • Los Banos
  • 443 seniors
  • 1,721 students

Pacheco High School is a public high school in Los Banos (Los Banos Unified) with 443 seniors. In fall 2025, 85% of its 67 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 88%. Its students applied most often to UC Merced, UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 46% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

85%

57 of 67 applicants, fall 2025

County median 88%

Seniors admitted to a UC

13%

57 of 443 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

15%

67 of 443 seniors

County median 17%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 29 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

11%

4 of 37 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

Pacheco High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 3.

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    11%

    4 of 37 admitted

    This school11%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.92)

  • Irvine9 pts lower

    14%

    3 of 22 admitted

    This school14%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.87)

  • San Diego15 pts higher

    40%

    10 of 25 admitted

    This school40%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.75)

  • Santa Barbara13 pts higher

    45%

    10 of 22 admitted

    This school45%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.10 (all applicants 3.77)

  • DavisAbout the same

    35%

    9 of 26 admitted

    This school35%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.73)

  • Santa Cruz11 pts lower

    61%

    17 of 28 admitted

    This school61%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.75)

  • Riverside6 pts higher

    93%

    14 of 15 admitted

    This school93%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Merced6 pts lower

    91%

    49 of 54 admitted

    This school91%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report29 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

Pacheco High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo10 pts higher

    40%

    8 of 20 admitted

    This school40%Overall30%

  • San Jose6 pts lower

    74%

    35 of 47 admitted

    This school74%Overall80%

  • Sacramento4 pts higher

    97%

    38 of 39 admitted

    This school97%Overall94%

  • FresnoAbout the same

    97%

    69 of 71 admitted

    This school97%Overall96%

  • StanislausAbout the same

    98%

    55 of 56 admitted

    This school98%Overall97%

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

Any college

45%

155 of 341 graduates

UC or CSU

16%

53 graduates

Community college

27%

92 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC247%
CSU299%
CA private college41%
Out of state62%
Community college9227%
Not enrolled18655%
Enrolled in college15545%
Total341100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

13

AP courses offered

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

41

AP class sections

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

39% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

23%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

91 of 391 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

50 of 457 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 6 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 9 classes
  • Science: 16 classes
  • Social science: 7 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 60%County median 42%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 24%County median 15%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 21%County median 15%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 8%County median 5%
  • Low-income students 85%County median 80%
  • Graduates completing courses 46%County median 41%

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