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Sun Valley Magnet

7330 Bakman Avenue, Sun Valley, CA 91352View on map

  • Public
  • Sun Valley
  • 90 seniors
  • 1,203 students

Sun Valley Magnet is a public high school in Sun Valley (Los Angeles Unified) with 90 seniors. In fall 2025, 97% of its 39 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 66% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

97%

38 of 39 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

42%

38 of 90 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

43%

39 of 90 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

11%

3 of 27 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

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

Sun Valley Magnet applicants did better than all California applicants at 6 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    3 of 27 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.84)

  • Irvine8 pts higher

    30%

    7 of 23 admitted

    This school30%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.87)

  • San Diego14 pts higher

    38%

    5 of 13 admitted

    This school38%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    36%

    10 of 28 admitted

    This school36%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Davis24 pts higher

    62%

    8 of 13 admitted

    This school62%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa Cruz12 pts higher

    83%

    10 of 12 admitted

    This school83%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.74)

  • Riverside4 pts higher

    91%

    32 of 35 admitted

    This school91%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    21 of 21 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.73 (all applicants 3.73)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report9 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

Sun Valley Magnet applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 3 campuses, worse at 1.

  • Long Beach6 pts lower

    41%

    22 of 54 admitted

    This school41%Overall47%

  • Channel Islands7 pts higher

    100%

    11 of 11 admitted

    This school100%Overall93%

  • Northridge7 pts higher

    100%

    74 of 74 admitted

    This school100%Overall93%

  • San Jose

    too few applicants to report4 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 (94 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

64%

60 of 94 graduates

UC or CSU

54%

51 graduates

Community college

9%

8 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC1112%
CSU4043%
CA private college11%
Out of state00%
Community college89%
Not enrolled3436%
Enrolled in college6064%
Total94100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

10

AP courses offered

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

13

AP class sections

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

34% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

45%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

44 of 98 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)

20%

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

17 of 83 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 2 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 2 classes
  • 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 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 17%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 19%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 6%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 96%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 66%County median 64%

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