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Scotts Valley High School

555 Glenwood Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066View on map

  • Public
  • Scotts Valley
  • 152 seniors
  • 592 students

Scotts Valley High School is a public high school in Scotts Valley (Scotts Valley Unified) with 152 seniors. In fall 2025, 78% of its 60 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Davis (UCD). 75% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

78%

47 of 60 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

31%

47 of 152 seniors

County median 24%

Seniors who applied to UC

39%

60 of 152 seniors

County median 32%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

11%

4 of 35 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

27%

8 of 30 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    4 of 35 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.23)

  • Berkeley13 pts higher

    27%

    8 of 30 admitted

    This school27%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 4.21)

  • Irvine28 pts higher

    50%

    15 of 30 admitted

    This school50%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.14)

  • San Diego13 pts lower

    12%

    6 of 49 admitted

    This school12%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 4.12)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    34%

    15 of 44 admitted

    This school34%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 4.15)

  • Davis9 pts higher

    47%

    20 of 43 admitted

    This school47%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.12)

  • Santa Cruz5 pts higher

    76%

    19 of 25 admitted

    This school76%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.98)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    90%

    9 of 10 admitted

    This school90%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    12 of 12 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.95)

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

Scotts Valley High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo4 pts lower

    26%

    12 of 47 admitted

    This school26%Overall30%

  • San Diego19 pts higher

    54%

    22 of 41 admitted

    This school54%Overall34%

  • Long Beach37 pts higher

    84%

    26 of 31 admitted

    This school84%Overall47%

  • Chico8 pts lower

    86%

    12 of 14 admitted

    This school86%Overall94%

  • Humboldt

    ~100% · 2 yrs pooled9 applied

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

Any college

88%

143 of 163 graduates

UC or CSU

34%

56 graduates

Community college

29%

47 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC3018%
CSU2616%
CA private college64%
Out of state3421%
Community college4729%
Not enrolled2012%
Enrolled in college14388%
Total163100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income
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Advanced Placement

3%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

4 of 156 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)

0%

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

0 of 194 graduates

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

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 68%County median 61%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 52%County median 30%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 35%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 24%County median 14%
  • Low-income students 11%County median 36%
  • Graduates completing courses 75%County median 64%

Across California

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