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Whitney High School

701 Wildcat Boulevard, Rocklin, CA 95765View on map

  • Public
  • Rocklin
  • 449 seniors
  • 2,080 students

Whitney High School is a public high school in Rocklin (Rocklin Unified) with 449 seniors. In fall 2025, 74% of its 137 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 75%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Davis (UCD), and UC Irvine (UCI). 76% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

74%

102 of 137 applicants, fall 2025

County median 75%

Seniors admitted to a UC

23%

102 of 449 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

31%

137 of 449 seniors

County median 19%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.5%

7 of 82 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

15%

11 of 71 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

Whitney High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    7 of 82 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.02)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    15%

    11 of 71 admitted

    This school15%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Irvine6 pts lower

    16%

    15 of 94 admitted

    This school16%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.98)

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    21%

    21 of 98 admitted

    This school21%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    31%

    27 of 88 admitted

    This school31%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Davis4 pts higher

    41%

    39 of 96 admitted

    This school41%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts higher

    79%

    48 of 61 admitted

    This school79%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.89)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    87%

    46 of 53 admitted

    This school87%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.87)

  • MercedAbout the same

    97%

    35 of 36 admitted

    This school97%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.86)

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

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

  • San Luis Obispo6 pts lower

    24%

    27 of 112 admitted

    This school24%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    33%

    42 of 128 admitted

    This school33%Overall34%

  • San Jose7 pts higher

    87%

    34 of 39 admitted

    This school87%Overall80%

  • Sacramento6 pts higher

    100%

    45 of 45 admitted

    This school100%Overall94%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    96%

    48 of 50 admitted

    This school96%Overall94%

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

Any college

89%

442 of 499 graduates

UC or CSU

25%

127 graduates

Community college

44%

220 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC5210%
CSU7515%
CA private college143%
Out of state8116%
Community college22044%
Not enrolled5711%
Enrolled in college44289%
Total499100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

15

AP courses offered

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

36

AP class sections

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

30% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

50%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

247 of 494 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)

28%

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

130 of 469 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 8 classes
  • Mathematics: 4 classes
  • Science: 7 classes
  • Social science: 17 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 84%County median 67%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 58%County median 39%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 47%County median 31%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 30%County median 17%
  • Low-income students 23%County median 38%
  • Graduates completing courses 76%County median 66%

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