Vanden High School
- Public
- Fairfield
- 419 seniors
- 1,553 students
UC admit rate
65%
52 of 80 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
12%
52 of 419 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
19%
80 of 419 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
6.4%
3 of 47 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley admit rate
—
— of 47 applicants, 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
Vanden High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 8 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 2.
- Los AngelesAbout the same
6%
3 of 47 admitted
This school6%All CA10%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.96)
- Irvine14 pts lower
8%
3 of 38 admitted
This school8%All CA22%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.95)
- San DiegoAbout the same
22%
10 of 45 admitted
This school22%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.94)
- Santa BarbaraAbout the same
29%
12 of 41 admitted
This school29%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.86)
- DavisAbout the same
38%
24 of 63 admitted
This school38%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.90)
- Santa Cruz6 pts higher
78%
21 of 27 admitted
This school78%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.86)
- Riverside9 pts lower
78%
21 of 27 admitted
This school78%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.87)
- MercedAbout the same
93%
26 of 28 admitted
This school93%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.88)
too few applicants to report47 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
Vanden High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.
- San JoseAbout the same
77%
30 of 39 admitted
This school77%Overall80%
- SacramentoAbout the same
95%
74 of 78 admitted
This school95%Overall94%
- Chico6 pts higher
100%
19 of 19 admitted
This school100%Overall94%
- Sonoma13 pts lower
82%
9 of 11 admitted
This school82%Overall95%
- San Francisco9 pts lower
88%
28 of 32 admitted
This school88%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 (380 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
76%
289 of 380 graduates
UC or CSU
19%
74 graduates
Community college
47%
178 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 21 | 6% |
| CSU | 53 | 14% |
| CA private college | 6 | 2% |
| Out of state | 31 | 8% |
| Community college | 178 | 47% |
| Not enrolled | 91 | 24% |
| Enrolled in college | 289 | 76% |
| Total | 380 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Male, Female
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Filipino, Black or African American, Two or more races, Asian
- Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
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 63%County median 48%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 28%County median 25%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 29%County median 18%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 10%County median 9%
- Low-income students 40%County median 67%
- Graduates completing courses 51%County median 51%
Across California
Other schools in Travis Unified and nearby
Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses
Campus trends over the years, earlier years, and side-by-side views are in the full report.
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