Riverdale High School
3086 West Mount Whitney Avenue, Riverdale, CA 93656View on map
- Public
- Riverdale
- 125 seniors
- 497 students
Riverdale High School is a public high school in Riverdale (Riverdale Joint Unified) with 125 seniors. In fall 2025, 93% of its 14 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 84%. Its students applied most often to UC Merced. 44% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.
UC admit rate
93%
13 of 14 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
10%
13 of 125 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
11%
14 of 125 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate
too few applicants to report
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
Riverdale High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 1 campus, about the same at 1.
- MercedAbout the same
93%
13 of 14 admitted
This school93%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 4.01)
too few applicants to report9 applied
~43% · 3 yrs pooled8 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report5 applied
too few applicants to report5 applied
~52% · 3 yrs pooled5 applied
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
Riverdale High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 2 campuses, about the same at 1.
- San Luis Obispo30 pts higher
60%
9 of 15 admitted
This school60%Overall30%
- FresnoAbout the same
95%
37 of 39 admitted
This school95%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 (130 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
78%
102 of 130 graduates
UC or CSU
24%
31 graduates
Community college
54%
70 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 11 | 8% |
| CSU | 20 | 15% |
| CA private college | 1 | 1% |
| Out of state | 0 | 0% |
| Community college | 70 | 54% |
| Not enrolled | 28 | 22% |
| Enrolled in college | 102 | 78% |
| Total | 130 | 100% |
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
Advanced Placement
9
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
10
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
18% of students are in AP courses
2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card
27%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
34 of 124 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)
10%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
13 of 131 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- Computer science: 1 class
- English: 2 classes
- Fine and performing arts: 1 class
- Foreign language: 2 classes
- Science: 1 class
- 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 50%County median 63%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 17%County median 24%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 17%County median 24%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 7%County median 9%
- Low-income students 90%County median 79%
- Graduates completing courses 44%County median 54%