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Pleasant Grove High School

9531 Bond Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624View on map

  • Public
  • Elk Grove
  • 613 seniors
  • 2,581 students

Pleasant Grove High School is a public high school in Elk Grove (Elk Grove Unified) with 613 seniors. In fall 2025, 75% of its 164 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 74% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

75%

123 of 164 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

20%

123 of 613 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

27%

164 of 613 seniors

County median 20%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

6.7%

6 of 90 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

4.0%

4 of 99 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

Pleasant 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%

    6 of 90 admitted

    This school7%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Berkeley9 pts lower

    4%

    4 of 99 admitted

    This school4%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.98)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    25%

    27 of 107 admitted

    This school25%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.92)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    26%

    27 of 104 admitted

    This school26%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Santa Barbara10 pts lower

    22%

    18 of 81 admitted

    This school22%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Davis4 pts higher

    41%

    52 of 127 admitted

    This school41%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts higher

    78%

    53 of 68 admitted

    This school78%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.84)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    90%

    66 of 73 admitted

    This school90%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.89)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    56 of 57 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.83)

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

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

  • San Diego13 pts lower

    22%

    26 of 119 admitted

    This school22%Overall34%

  • Long Beach8 pts lower

    39%

    33 of 84 admitted

    This school39%Overall47%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    82%

    41 of 50 admitted

    This school82%Overall80%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    93%

    158 of 169 admitted

    This school93%Overall94%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    92%

    47 of 51 admitted

    This school92%Overall94%

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

Any college

88%

495 of 564 graduates

UC or CSU

35%

197 graduates

Community college

43%

244 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC7313%
CSU12422%
CA private college132%
Out of state417%
Community college24443%
Not enrolled6912%
Enrolled in college49588%
Total564100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races, Filipino, Black or African American
  • 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

56

AP class sections

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

35% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

49%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

289 of 590 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)

38%

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

216 of 574 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 2 classes
  • English: 12 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 10 classes
  • Science: 12 classes
  • Social science: 17 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 74%County median 49%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 61%County median 22%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 43%County median 19%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 34%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 32%County median 63%
  • Graduates completing courses 74%County median 50%

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