Atwater High School

  • Public
  • Atwater
  • 479 seniors
  • 2,058 students
Year

UC admit rate

87%

81 of 93 applicants, fall 2025

County median 88%

Seniors admitted to a UC

17%

81 of 479 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

19%

93 of 479 seniors

County median 17%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

β€”

β€” of 27 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley admit rate

15%

5 of 34 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

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

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    15%

    5 of 34 admitted

    This school15%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Irvine12 pts higher

    35%

    8 of 23 admitted

    This school35%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.84)

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    21%

    7 of 34 admitted

    This school21%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.66)

  • Santa Barbara13 pts higher

    45%

    14 of 31 admitted

    This school45%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.72)

  • Davis13 pts lower

    25%

    13 of 53 admitted

    This school25%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.67)

  • Santa Cruz13 pts lower

    59%

    24 of 41 admitted

    This school59%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.68)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    23 of 25 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.80 (all applicants 3.75)

  • Merced5 pts lower

    91%

    75 of 82 admitted

    This school91%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.79 (all applicants 3.69)

  • too few applicants to report27 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

Atwater High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    95%

    37 of 39 admitted

    This school95%Overall94%

  • Chico14 pts lower

    80%

    16 of 20 admitted

    This school80%Overall94%

  • Fresno4 pts higher

    100%

    73 of 73 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

  • StanislausAbout the same

    100%

    76 of 76 admitted

    This school100%Overall97%

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

Any college

38%

177 of 469 graduates

UC or CSU

15%

71 graduates

Community college

21%

99 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC5011%
CSU214%
CA private college2<1%
Out of state51%
Community college9921%
Not enrolled29262%
Enrolled in college17738%
Total469100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, 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 41%County median 44%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 13%County median 14%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 16%County median 15%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 2%
  • Low-income students 80%County median 80%
  • Graduates completing courses 28%County median 41%

Across California

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