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Simi Valley High School

5400 Cochran Street, Simi Valley, CA 93063View on map

  • Public
  • Simi Valley
  • 464 seniors
  • 1,947 students

Simi Valley High School is a public high school in Simi Valley (Simi Valley Unified) with 464 seniors. In fall 2025, 69% of its 72 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 75%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Irvine (UCI). 53% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

69%

50 of 72 applicants, fall 2025

County median 75%

Seniors admitted to a UC

11%

50 of 464 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

16%

72 of 464 seniors

County median 23%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

13%

6 of 46 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 29 applicants, 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

Simi Valley High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 8 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    13%

    6 of 46 admitted

    This school13%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.10)

  • Irvine5 pts lower

    17%

    8 of 46 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.05)

  • San Diego5 pts higher

    30%

    16 of 53 admitted

    This school30%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    32%

    18 of 57 admitted

    This school32%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Davis4 pts higher

    41%

    14 of 34 admitted

    This school41%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Santa Cruz16 pts higher

    87%

    20 of 23 admitted

    This school87%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 4.05)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    90%

    28 of 31 admitted

    This school90%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.02 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    17 of 17 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report29 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

Simi Valley High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1.

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    35%

    20 of 57 admitted

    This school35%Overall34%

  • Channel Islands7 pts higher

    100%

    21 of 21 admitted

    This school100%Overall93%

  • Northridge5 pts higher

    98%

    46 of 47 admitted

    This school98%Overall93%

  • San Marcos4 pts higher

    100%

    11 of 11 admitted

    This school100%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 (461 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

84%

385 of 461 graduates

UC or CSU

16%

72 graduates

Community college

53%

244 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC286%
CSU4410%
CA private college225%
Out of state4710%
Community college24453%
Not enrolled7616%
Enrolled in college38584%
Total461100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

17

AP courses offered

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

49

AP class sections

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

40% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

46%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

223 of 484 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)

15%

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

73 of 492 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 9 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 7 classes
  • Science: 8 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 57%County median 61%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 34%County median 30%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 28%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 13%County median 12%
  • Low-income students 33%County median 40%
  • Graduates completing courses 53%County median 44%

Across California

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