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Valley Center High School

31322 Cole Grade Road, Valley Center, CA 92082View on map

  • Public
  • Valley Center
  • 266 seniors
  • 1,019 students

Valley Center High School is a public high school in Valley Center (Valley Center-Pauma Unified) with 266 seniors. In fall 2025, 69% of its 36 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 27% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

69%

25 of 36 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

9%

25 of 266 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

14%

36 of 266 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 20 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 17 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

Valley Center High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 6 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • IrvineAbout the same

    24%

    5 of 21 admitted

    This school24%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 4.00)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    24%

    7 of 29 admitted

    This school24%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Santa Barbara8 pts higher

    40%

    8 of 20 admitted

    This school40%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Davis20 pts higher

    57%

    8 of 14 admitted

    This school57%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Santa Cruz10 pts higher

    82%

    9 of 11 admitted

    This school82%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Riverside5 pts lower

    82%

    9 of 11 admitted

    This school82%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.02 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report20 applied

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report17 applied

  • Merced

    too few applicants to report6 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

Valley Center High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo8 pts lower

    21%

    3 of 14 admitted

    This school21%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    32%

    14 of 44 admitted

    This school32%Overall34%

  • Chico6 pts higher

    100%

    11 of 11 admitted

    This school100%Overall94%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    93%

    51 of 55 admitted

    This school93%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 (255 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

56%

144 of 255 graduates

UC or CSU

13%

34 graduates

Community college

34%

87 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC135%
CSU218%
CA private college31%
Out of state208%
Community college8734%
Not enrolled11144%
Enrolled in college14456%
Total255100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

15

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.

17% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

29%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

69 of 241 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)

14%

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

39 of 272 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 5 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 48%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 21%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 25%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 8%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 51%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 27%County median 65%

Across California

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