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River Valley High School

801 El Margarita Road, Yuba City, CA 95993View on map

  • Public
  • Yuba City
  • 391 seniors
  • 1,705 students

River Valley High School is a public high school in Yuba City (Yuba City Unified) with 391 seniors. In fall 2025, 76% of its 50 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 56% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

76%

38 of 50 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

10%

38 of 391 seniors

County median 10%

Seniors who applied to UC

13%

50 of 391 seniors

County median 11%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 29 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

19%

7 of 36 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

River Valley High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 7 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • Berkeley6 pts higher

    19%

    7 of 36 admitted

    This school19%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.88)

  • San Diego8 pts higher

    33%

    9 of 27 admitted

    This school33%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts higher

    37%

    10 of 27 admitted

    This school37%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.89)

  • DavisAbout the same

    36%

    17 of 47 admitted

    This school36%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa Cruz4 pts higher

    75%

    18 of 24 admitted

    This school75%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Riverside4 pts lower

    83%

    20 of 24 admitted

    This school83%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    27 of 27 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report29 applied

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report19 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

River Valley High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • Long Beach20 pts lower

    27%

    4 of 15 admitted

    This school27%Overall47%

  • San Jose4 pts higher

    84%

    21 of 25 admitted

    This school84%Overall80%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    92%

    54 of 59 admitted

    This school92%Overall94%

  • Chico8 pts lower

    86%

    43 of 50 admitted

    This school86%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 (342 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

69%

235 of 342 graduates

UC or CSU

19%

66 graduates

Community college

44%

152 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC309%
CSU3611%
CA private college51%
Out of state124%
Community college15244%
Not enrolled10731%
Enrolled in college23569%
Total342100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, Hispanic or Latino, White, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities
See the full report

Advanced Placement

5

AP courses offered

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

3

AP class sections

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

5% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

13%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

51 of 402 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)

6%

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

25 of 413 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Social science: 2 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 54%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 24%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 26%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 11%County median 9%
  • Low-income students 80%County median 68%
  • Graduates completing courses 56%County median 43%

Across California

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