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Watsonville High School

250 East Beach Street, Watsonville, CA 95076View on map

  • Public
  • Watsonville
  • 515 seniors
  • 2,232 students

Watsonville High School is a public high school in Watsonville (Pajaro Valley Unified) with 515 seniors. In fall 2025, 80% of its 84 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC Berkeley (Cal), UC Davis (UCD), and UC Santa Cruz (UCSC). 40% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

80%

67 of 84 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

13%

67 of 515 seniors

County median 24%

Seniors who applied to UC

16%

84 of 515 seniors

County median 32%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 49 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

10%

6 of 59 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

Watsonville High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 8 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 1.

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    10%

    6 of 59 admitted

    This school10%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Irvine7 pts higher

    29%

    11 of 38 admitted

    This school29%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.89)

  • San Diego5 pts higher

    30%

    11 of 37 admitted

    This school30%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.73)

  • Santa Barbara19 pts higher

    52%

    15 of 29 admitted

    This school52%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Davis16 pts higher

    53%

    30 of 57 admitted

    This school53%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.75)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    69%

    35 of 51 admitted

    This school69%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.72)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    17 of 19 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.80 (all applicants 3.76)

  • Merced8 pts lower

    88%

    23 of 26 admitted

    This school88%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.64 (all applicants 3.57)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report49 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

Watsonville High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo22 pts higher

    51%

    18 of 35 admitted

    This school51%Overall30%

  • San Jose7 pts lower

    73%

    59 of 81 admitted

    This school73%Overall80%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    91%

    43 of 47 admitted

    This school91%Overall94%

  • Monterey BayAbout the same

    97%

    67 of 69 admitted

    This school97%Overall95%

  • Fresno5 pts lower

    92%

    45 of 49 admitted

    This school92%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 (460 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

68%

312 of 460 graduates

UC or CSU

13%

61 graduates

Community college

52%

239 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC286%
CSU337%
CA private college61%
Out of state61%
Community college23952%
Not enrolled14832%
Enrolled in college31268%
Total460100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

10

AP courses offered

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

17

AP class sections

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

14% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

22%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

111 of 496 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)

5%

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

24 of 480 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 3 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Social science: 7 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 35%County median 61%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 15%County median 30%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 9%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 6%County median 14%
  • Low-income students 89%County median 36%
  • Graduates completing courses 40%County median 64%

Across California

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