West Valley Early College High School

3805 Happy Valley Road, Cottonwood, CA 96022View on map

  • Public
  • Cottonwood
  • 144 seniors
  • 766 students

West Valley Early College High School is a public high school in Cottonwood (Anderson Union High) with 144 seniors. 56% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

63%

Pooled over 3 years; too few applicants in fall 2025 alone

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

too few applicants to report

144 seniors

Seniors who applied to UC

5%

7 of 144 seniors

County median 8%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

too few applicants to report

Fall 2025

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

  • too few applicants to report5 applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— 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

  • ~96% · 3 yrs pooled9 applied

  • too few applicants to report2 applied

  • too few applicants to report2 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 (138 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

67%

92 of 138 graduates

UC or CSU

10%

14 graduates

Community college

49%

68 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC11%
CSU139%
CA private college21%
Out of state86%
Community college6849%
Not enrolled4633%
Enrolled in college9267%
Total138100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

3

AP courses offered

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

2

AP class sections

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

2% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

1%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

1 of 150 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)

0%

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

0 of 149 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 1 class

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 59%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 32%County median 35%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 33%County median 33%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 13%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 48%County median 55%
  • Graduates completing courses 56%County median 46%

Across California

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