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Vista Murrieta High School

28251 Clinton Keith Road, Murrieta, CA 92563View on map

  • Public
  • Murrieta
  • 803 seniors
  • 3,375 students

Vista Murrieta High School is a public high school in Murrieta (Murrieta Valley Unified) with 803 seniors. In fall 2025, 76% of its 181 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 81%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Riverside (UCR). 62% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

76%

138 of 181 applicants, fall 2025

County median 81%

Seniors admitted to a UC

17%

138 of 803 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

23%

181 of 803 seniors

County median 23%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.4%

9 of 96 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

13%

7 of 52 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

Vista Murrieta High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 7.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    9 of 96 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.91)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    13%

    7 of 52 admitted

    This school13%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Irvine17 pts higher

    39%

    51 of 131 admitted

    This school39%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.84)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    24%

    36 of 152 admitted

    This school24%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts higher

    38%

    24 of 63 admitted

    This school38%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.88)

  • DavisAbout the same

    35%

    14 of 40 admitted

    This school35%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    71%

    32 of 45 admitted

    This school71%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.74)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    87%

    93 of 107 admitted

    This school87%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.78)

  • MercedAbout the same

    97%

    31 of 32 admitted

    This school97%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.77 (all applicants 3.72)

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

Vista Murrieta High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 3.

  • San Diego11 pts lower

    23%

    84 of 358 admitted

    This school23%Overall34%

  • Long Beach9 pts lower

    38%

    104 of 274 admitted

    This school38%Overall47%

  • Pomona9 pts lower

    65%

    80 of 124 admitted

    This school65%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    87%

    184 of 212 admitted

    This school87%Overall87%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    95%

    334 of 352 admitted

    This school95%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 (819 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

68%

560 of 819 graduates

UC or CSU

19%

153 graduates

Community college

36%

293 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC547%
CSU9912%
CA private college294%
Out of state8510%
Community college29336%
Not enrolled25932%
Enrolled in college56068%
Total819100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Two or more races, Black or African American, Asian, Filipino, Race not reported
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Advanced Placement

20

AP courses offered

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

53

AP class sections

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

28% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

33%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

268 of 804 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

168 of 822 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 7 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 13 classes
  • Science: 10 classes
  • Social science: 20 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 82%County median 52%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 48%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 44%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 19%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 51%County median 83%
  • Graduates completing courses 62%County median 54%

Across California

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