Mesa Verde High School
- Public
- Citrus Heights
- 225 seniors
- 847 students
UC admit rate
79%
23 of 29 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
10%
23 of 225 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
13%
29 of 225 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
UC Berkeley admit rate
—
— of 15 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
Mesa Verde High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 4 campuses, worse at 3.
- Davis5 pts higher
42%
11 of 26 admitted
This school42%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.75)
- Santa Cruz5 pts lower
67%
8 of 12 admitted
This school67%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.62)
- Riverside5 pts lower
82%
9 of 11 admitted
This school82%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.78)
- Merced14 pts lower
82%
14 of 17 admitted
This school82%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.80)
too few applicants to report15 applied
too few applicants to report9 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
~71% · 3 yrs pooled6 applied
too few applicants to report— 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
Mesa Verde High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 3 campuses, worse at 1.
- San Diego6 pts higher
40%
4 of 10 admitted
This school40%Overall34%
- Sacramento6 pts higher
100%
46 of 46 admitted
This school100%Overall94%
- Chico5 pts lower
89%
16 of 18 admitted
This school89%Overall94%
too few applicants to report8 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 (157 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
50%
78 of 157 graduates
UC or CSU
18%
28 graduates
Community college
28%
44 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 5 | 3% |
| CSU | 23 | 15% |
| CA private college | 1 | 1% |
| Out of state | 5 | 3% |
| Community college | 44 | 28% |
| Not enrolled | 79 | 50% |
| Enrolled in college | 78 | 50% |
| Total | 157 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Male, Female
- Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races
- Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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 31%County median 50%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 10%County median 20%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 11%County median 18%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 1%County median 7%
- Low-income students 57%County median 63%
- Graduates completing courses 41%County median 50%
Across California
Other schools in San Juan Unified and nearby
Campus-by-campus detail for 13 campuses
Campus trends over the years, earlier years, and side-by-side views are in the full report.
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