El Capitan High School

  • Public
  • Merced
  • 461 seniors
  • 1,852 students
Year

UC admit rate

92%

83 of 90 applicants, fall 2025

County median 88%

Seniors admitted to a UC

18%

83 of 461 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

20%

90 of 461 seniors

County median 17%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

17%

6 of 35 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

27%

11 of 41 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

El Capitan High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 6 of 9 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • Los Angeles8 pts higher

    17%

    6 of 35 admitted

    This school17%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Berkeley13 pts higher

    27%

    11 of 41 admitted

    This school27%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Irvine28 pts higher

    50%

    19 of 38 admitted

    This school50%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.97)

  • San Diego7 pts lower

    18%

    6 of 34 admitted

    This school18%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts higher

    39%

    16 of 41 admitted

    This school39%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Davis25 pts higher

    62%

    34 of 55 admitted

    This school62%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa Cruz8 pts higher

    79%

    31 of 39 admitted

    This school79%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Riverside14 pts lower

    73%

    16 of 22 admitted

    This school73%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.91)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    81 of 84 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.92)

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

El Capitan High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 4.

  • San Luis Obispo11 pts higher

    41%

    14 of 34 admitted

    This school41%Overall30%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    94%

    50 of 53 admitted

    This school94%Overall94%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    93%

    27 of 29 admitted

    This school93%Overall94%

  • FresnoAbout the same

    99%

    72 of 73 admitted

    This school99%Overall96%

  • StanislausAbout the same

    97%

    56 of 58 admitted

    This school97%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 (411 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

51%

209 of 411 graduates

UC or CSU

19%

79 graduates

Community college

26%

106 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC5614%
CSU236%
CA private college92%
Out of state154%
Community college10626%
Not enrolled20249%
Enrolled in college20951%
Total411100%

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 54%County median 44%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 14%County median 14%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 20%County median 15%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 2%
  • Low-income students 77%County median 80%
  • Graduates completing courses 50%County median 41%

Across California

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