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Wonderful College Prep Academy

2070 Veneto Street, Delano, CA 93215View on map

  • Public
  • Delano
  • 135 seniors
  • 1,861 students

Wonderful College Prep Academy is a public high school in Delano (Kern County Office of Education) with 135 seniors. In fall 2025, 93% of its 60 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Davis (UCD). 89% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

93%

56 of 60 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

41%

56 of 135 seniors

County median 9%

Seniors who applied to UC

44%

60 of 135 seniors

County median 12%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 29 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

17%

4 of 23 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

Wonderful College Prep Academy applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 7 campuses, worse at 2.

  • Berkeley4 pts higher

    17%

    4 of 23 admitted

    This school17%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.86)

  • Irvine23 pts higher

    45%

    19 of 42 admitted

    This school45%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts lower

    25%

    7 of 28 admitted

    This school25%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Davis4 pts higher

    41%

    16 of 39 admitted

    This school41%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Santa Cruz13 pts lower

    58%

    14 of 24 admitted

    This school58%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.64)

  • Riverside7 pts higher

    94%

    44 of 47 admitted

    This school94%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    28 of 28 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report29 applied

  • San Diego

    too few applicants to report13 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

Wonderful College Prep Academy applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 4 campuses, worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo37 pts higher

    67%

    39 of 58 admitted

    This school67%Overall30%

  • Bakersfield9 pts higher

    97%

    93 of 96 admitted

    This school97%Overall88%

  • Chico4 pts lower

    89%

    17 of 19 admitted

    This school89%Overall94%

  • Fresno4 pts higher

    100%

    82 of 82 admitted

    This school100%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 (137 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

79%

108 of 137 graduates

UC or CSU

66%

91 graduates

Community college

7%

9 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC1914%
CSU7253%
CA private college64%
Out of state21%
Community college97%
Not enrolled2921%
Enrolled in college10879%
Total137100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

0%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

0 of 140 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 146 graduates

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

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 73%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 32%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 41%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 8%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 87%County median 85%
  • Graduates completing courses 89%County median 33%

Across California

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