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Pierce High School

960 Wildwood Road, Arbuckle, CA 95912View on map

  • Public
  • Arbuckle
  • 124 seniors
  • 440 students

Pierce High School is a public high school in Arbuckle (Pierce Joint Unified) with 124 seniors. In fall 2025, 88% of its 17 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 83%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Berkeley (Cal). 36% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

88%

15 of 17 applicants, fall 2025

County median 83%

Seniors admitted to a UC

12%

15 of 124 seniors

County median 12%

Seniors who applied to UC

14%

17 of 124 seniors

County median 14%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 11 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 10 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

Pierce High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 1 campus.

  • Davis7 pts higher

    44%

    7 of 16 admitted

    This school44%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report11 applied

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report10 applied

  • Santa Barbara

    ~48% · 3 yrs pooled9 applied

  • Merced

    too few applicants to report8 applied

  • Riverside

    too few applicants to report7 applied

  • Santa Cruz

    too few applicants to report5 applied

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report— applied

  • San Diego

    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

Pierce High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 2 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    97%

    32 of 33 admitted

    This school97%Overall94%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    90%

    19 of 21 admitted

    This school90%Overall94%

  • Humboldt

    ~100% · 2 yrs pooled7 applied

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

Any college

55%

59 of 107 graduates

UC or CSU

14%

15 graduates

Community college

37%

40 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC44%
CSU1110%
CA private college11%
Out of state33%
Community college4037%
Not enrolled4845%
Enrolled in college5955%
Total107100%

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

6

AP courses offered

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

8

AP class sections

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

21% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

24%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

29 of 122 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)

8%

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

11 of 141 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Social science: 3 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 50%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 22%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 22%County median 14%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 7%County median 4%
  • Low-income students 78%County median 76%
  • Graduates completing courses 36%County median 29%

Across California

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