Pinole Valley High School

  • Public
  • Pinole
  • 311 seniors
  • 1,224 students
Year

UC admit rate

84%

63 of 75 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

20%

63 of 311 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

24%

75 of 311 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

β€”

β€” of 41 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley admit rate

10%

6 of 59 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

Pinole Valley High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 7 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    10%

    6 of 59 admitted

    This school10%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.92)

  • San Diego13 pts lower

    12%

    4 of 34 admitted

    This school12%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.92)

  • Santa Barbara8 pts higher

    40%

    10 of 25 admitted

    This school40%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.94)

  • DavisAbout the same

    36%

    21 of 59 admitted

    This school36%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts higher

    78%

    25 of 32 admitted

    This school78%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Riverside6 pts higher

    93%

    28 of 30 admitted

    This school93%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    37 of 37 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.83)

  • too few applicants to report41 applied

  • too few applicants to report40 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

Pinole Valley High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 3.

  • San JoseAbout the same

    80%

    41 of 51 admitted

    This school80%Overall80%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    96%

    48 of 50 admitted

    This school96%Overall94%

  • Chico11 pts lower

    82%

    14 of 17 admitted

    This school82%Overall94%

  • San Francisco8 pts lower

    88%

    51 of 58 admitted

    This school88%Overall96%

  • East Bay13 pts lower

    83%

    35 of 42 admitted

    This school83%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 (261 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

74%

194 of 261 graduates

UC or CSU

20%

52 graduates

Community college

48%

125 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC2510%
CSU2710%
CA private college62%
Out of state114%
Community college12548%
Not enrolled6726%
Enrolled in college19474%
Total261100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American, Asian, White, Filipino, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities
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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 58%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 38%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 22%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 14%County median 10%
  • Low-income students 58%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 51%County median 61%

Across California

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