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Rancho Buena Vista High School

1601 Longhorn Drive, Vista, CA 92081View on map

  • Public
  • Vista
  • 495 seniors
  • 1,842 students

Rancho Buena Vista High School is a public high school in Vista (Vista Unified) with 495 seniors. In fall 2025, 74% of its 96 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 48% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

74%

71 of 96 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

14%

71 of 495 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

19%

96 of 495 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

5.6%

3 of 54 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

9.3%

4 of 43 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

Rancho Buena Vista High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 2.

  • Los Angeles4 pts lower

    6%

    3 of 54 admitted

    This school6%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.89)

  • Berkeley4 pts lower

    9%

    4 of 43 admitted

    This school9%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.87)

  • Irvine7 pts higher

    29%

    20 of 69 admitted

    This school29%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.85)

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    31%

    25 of 81 admitted

    This school31%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    33%

    14 of 43 admitted

    This school33%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.75)

  • DavisAbout the same

    38%

    13 of 34 admitted

    This school38%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    69%

    18 of 26 admitted

    This school69%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.62)

  • Riverside4 pts higher

    91%

    29 of 32 admitted

    This school91%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.76 (all applicants 3.74)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    28 of 28 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.76 (all applicants 3.76)

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

Rancho Buena Vista High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 1.

  • San Diego13 pts lower

    22%

    24 of 111 admitted

    This school22%Overall34%

  • San Jose20 pts higher

    100%

    10 of 10 admitted

    This school100%Overall80%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    83%

    25 of 30 admitted

    This school83%Overall87%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    93%

    14 of 15 admitted

    This school93%Overall94%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    96%

    140 of 146 admitted

    This school96%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 (357 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

69%

245 of 357 graduates

UC or CSU

21%

74 graduates

Community college

38%

137 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC154%
CSU5917%
CA private college154%
Out of state195%
Community college13738%
Not enrolled11231%
Enrolled in college24569%
Total357100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

18

AP courses offered

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

42

AP class sections

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

34% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

36%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

154 of 426 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)

13%

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

55 of 420 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 3 classes
  • English: 3 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 6 classes
  • Science: 7 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 63%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 41%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 29%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 13%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 68%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 48%County median 65%

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