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Sonoma Valley High School

20000 Broadway, Sonoma, CA 95476View on map

  • Public
  • Sonoma
  • 256 seniors
  • 1,055 students

Sonoma Valley High School is a public high school in Sonoma (Sonoma Valley Unified) with 256 seniors. In fall 2025, 88% of its 59 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 50% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

88%

52 of 59 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

20%

52 of 256 seniors

County median 14%

Seniors who applied to UC

23%

59 of 256 seniors

County median 19%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

21%

7 of 33 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

29%

8 of 28 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

Sonoma Valley High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 6 of 7 campuses, worse at 1.

  • Los Angeles12 pts higher

    21%

    7 of 33 admitted

    This school21%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Berkeley15 pts higher

    29%

    8 of 28 admitted

    This school29%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.97)

  • San Diego16 pts higher

    41%

    12 of 29 admitted

    This school41%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Santa Barbara10 pts higher

    42%

    13 of 31 admitted

    This school42%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Davis9 pts higher

    46%

    22 of 48 admitted

    This school46%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Santa Cruz14 pts higher

    86%

    30 of 35 admitted

    This school86%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Merced5 pts lower

    91%

    21 of 23 admitted

    This school91%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.70 (all applicants 3.59)

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report19 applied

  • Riverside

    too few applicants to report8 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

Sonoma Valley High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 5.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    28%

    11 of 40 admitted

    This school28%Overall30%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    77%

    37 of 48 admitted

    This school77%Overall80%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    93%

    37 of 40 admitted

    This school93%Overall94%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    91%

    42 of 46 admitted

    This school91%Overall94%

  • SonomaAbout the same

    97%

    75 of 77 admitted

    This school97%Overall95%

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

Any college

69%

184 of 267 graduates

UC or CSU

21%

57 graduates

Community college

38%

101 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC239%
CSU3413%
CA private college104%
Out of state166%
Community college10138%
Not enrolled8331%
Enrolled in college18469%
Total267100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Advanced Placement

18

AP courses offered

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

31

AP class sections

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

32% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

43%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

105 of 245 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)

17%

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

48 of 287 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 2 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 5 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 4 classes
  • Science: 5 classes
  • Social science: 12 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 62%County median 56%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 18%County median 24%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 27%County median 22%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 54%County median 55%
  • Graduates completing courses 50%County median 47%

Across California

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