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Rancho Cucamonga High School

11801 Lark Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701View on map

  • Public
  • Rancho Cucamonga
  • 769 seniors
  • 3,249 students

Rancho Cucamonga High School is a public high school in Rancho Cucamonga (Chaffey Joint Union High) with 769 seniors. In fall 2025, 79% of its 198 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 76% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

79%

156 of 198 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

20%

156 of 769 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

26%

198 of 769 seniors

County median 18%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.0%

13 of 144 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

15%

14 of 94 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 Cucamonga High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    13 of 144 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.95)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    15%

    14 of 94 admitted

    This school15%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Irvine5 pts higher

    28%

    44 of 160 admitted

    This school28%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.93)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    24%

    37 of 154 admitted

    This school24%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts lower

    27%

    27 of 101 admitted

    This school27%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Davis14 pts higher

    52%

    34 of 66 admitted

    This school52%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa Cruz13 pts higher

    84%

    32 of 38 admitted

    This school84%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.87)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    127 of 142 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.93)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    52 of 54 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.94)

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

  • Long Beach5 pts lower

    42%

    55 of 131 admitted

    This school42%Overall47%

  • Pomona11 pts higher

    85%

    141 of 166 admitted

    This school85%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    88%

    128 of 145 admitted

    This school88%Overall87%

  • San Marcos6 pts lower

    90%

    55 of 61 admitted

    This school90%Overall96%

  • San Bernardino4 pts lower

    95%

    123 of 130 admitted

    This school95%Overall98%

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

Any college

80%

615 of 764 graduates

UC or CSU

31%

239 graduates

Community college

36%

274 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC11215%
CSU12717%
CA private college456%
Out of state577%
Community college27436%
Not enrolled14920%
Enrolled in college61580%
Total764100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

16

AP courses offered

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

60

AP class sections

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

30% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

39%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

320 of 829 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)

24%

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

208 of 875 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 3 classes
  • English: 13 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 7 classes
  • Science: 8 classes
  • Social science: 23 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 70%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 46%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 41%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 22%County median 7%
  • Low-income students 58%County median 73%
  • Graduates completing courses 76%County median 49%

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