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Pacific Grove High School

615 Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove, CA 93950View on map

  • Public
  • Pacific Grove
  • 161 seniors
  • 539 students

Pacific Grove High School is a public high school in Pacific Grove (Pacific Grove Unified) with 161 seniors. In fall 2025, 72% of its 65 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 77%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 59% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

72%

47 of 65 applicants, fall 2025

County median 77%

Seniors admitted to a UC

29%

47 of 161 seniors

County median 20%

Seniors who applied to UC

40%

65 of 161 seniors

County median 26%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

7.0%

3 of 43 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

14%

6 of 42 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

Pacific Grove High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    7%

    3 of 43 admitted

    This school7%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.89)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    6 of 42 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Irvine19 pts higher

    41%

    16 of 39 admitted

    This school41%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.96)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    27%

    11 of 41 admitted

    This school27%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts lower

    27%

    12 of 45 admitted

    This school27%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.83)

  • DavisAbout the same

    36%

    16 of 45 admitted

    This school36%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    71%

    27 of 38 admitted

    This school71%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Riverside7 pts lower

    80%

    16 of 20 admitted

    This school80%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    14 of 14 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.80 (all applicants 3.80)

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

Pacific Grove High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3.

  • San Luis Obispo4 pts higher

    34%

    19 of 56 admitted

    This school34%Overall30%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    93%

    14 of 15 admitted

    This school93%Overall94%

  • Chico6 pts higher

    100%

    19 of 19 admitted

    This school100%Overall94%

  • Monterey BayAbout the same

    94%

    16 of 17 admitted

    This school94%Overall95%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    95%

    19 of 20 admitted

    This school95%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 (127 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

83%

106 of 127 graduates

UC or CSU

12%

15 graduates

Community college

56%

71 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC65%
CSU97%
CA private college54%
Out of state1512%
Community college7156%
Not enrolled2117%
Enrolled in college10683%
Total127100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

8

AP courses offered

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

21

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

55%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

66 of 121 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)

32%

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

36 of 113 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 2 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 4 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 5 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 81%County median 51%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 54%County median 15%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 52%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 25%County median 4%
  • Low-income students 18%County median 82%
  • Graduates completing courses 59%County median 53%

Across California

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