Golden Valley High School

  • Public
  • Merced
  • 434 seniors
  • 1,931 students
Year

UC admit rate

92%

92 of 100 applicants, fall 2025

County median 88%

Seniors admitted to a UC

21%

92 of 434 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

23%

100 of 434 seniors

County median 17%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.4%

3 of 32 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

14%

6 of 42 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

Golden Valley High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    3 of 32 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.95)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    6 of 42 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Irvine12 pts higher

    34%

    10 of 29 admitted

    This school34%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.94)

  • San Diego8 pts higher

    33%

    10 of 30 admitted

    This school33%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Santa Barbara45 pts higher

    78%

    14 of 18 admitted

    This school78%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Davis7 pts higher

    44%

    23 of 52 admitted

    This school44%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.88)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    68%

    17 of 25 admitted

    This school68%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.80)

  • Riverside4 pts higher

    91%

    20 of 22 admitted

    This school91%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.76)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    87 of 91 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.84)

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

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

  • San Jose5 pts higher

    86%

    12 of 14 admitted

    This school86%Overall80%

  • Sacramento5 pts lower

    89%

    31 of 35 admitted

    This school89%Overall94%

  • Fresno5 pts lower

    91%

    43 of 47 admitted

    This school91%Overall96%

  • StanislausAbout the same

    98%

    53 of 54 admitted

    This school98%Overall97%

  • ~97% Β· 3 yrs pooled8 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 (453 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

37%

166 of 453 graduates

UC or CSU

14%

65 graduates

Community college

20%

91 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC388%
CSU276%
CA private college1<1%
Out of state92%
Community college9120%
Not enrolled28763%
Enrolled in college16637%
Total453100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Asian, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities, 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 17%County median 14%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 15%County median 15%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 2%
  • Low-income students 86%County median 80%
  • Graduates completing courses 34%County median 41%

Across California

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