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Tamalpais High School

700 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941View on map

  • Public
  • Mill Valley
  • 419 seniors
  • 1,346 students

Tamalpais High School is a public high school in Mill Valley (Tamalpais Union High) with 419 seniors. In fall 2025, 73% of its 271 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 70%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 73% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

73%

199 of 271 applicants, fall 2025

County median 70%

Seniors admitted to a UC

47%

199 of 419 seniors

County median 33%

Seniors who applied to UC

65%

271 of 419 seniors

County median 47%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.1%

19 of 208 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

12%

25 of 212 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

Tamalpais High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    19 of 208 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.07)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    25 of 212 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Irvine4 pts lower

    19%

    19 of 101 admitted

    This school19%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.98)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    25%

    47 of 189 admitted

    This school25%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts lower

    28%

    65 of 234 admitted

    This school28%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.01)

  • DavisAbout the same

    35%

    56 of 162 admitted

    This school35%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa Cruz5 pts higher

    77%

    143 of 186 admitted

    This school77%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Riverside10 pts higher

    97%

    38 of 39 admitted

    This school97%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    39 of 39 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.85)

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

Tamalpais High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo8 pts higher

    38%

    84 of 220 admitted

    This school38%Overall30%

  • San Diego20 pts higher

    54%

    113 of 208 admitted

    This school54%Overall34%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    97%

    32 of 33 admitted

    This school97%Overall94%

  • HumboldtAbout the same

    97%

    30 of 31 admitted

    This school97%Overall99%

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

Any college

84%

308 of 367 graduates

UC or CSU

29%

105 graduates

Community college

17%

62 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC5716%
CSU4813%
CA private college267%
Out of state11531%
Community college6217%
Not enrolled5916%
Enrolled in college30884%
Total367100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

18

AP courses offered

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

63

AP class sections

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

48% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

81%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

270 of 332 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)

36%

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

136 of 376 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 9 classes
  • English: 17 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 7 classes
  • Foreign language: 5 classes
  • Mathematics: 9 classes
  • Science: 8 classes
  • Social science: 8 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 81%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 64%County median 38%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 55%County median 31%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 36%County median 19%
  • Low-income students 12%County median 49%
  • Graduates completing courses 73%County median 60%

Across California

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