Golden West High School

  • Public
  • Visalia
  • 455 seniors
  • 2,014 students
Year

UC admit rate

88%

38 of 43 applicants, fall 2025

County median 85%

Seniors admitted to a UC

8%

38 of 455 seniors

County median 12%

Seniors who applied to UC

9%

43 of 455 seniors

County median 12%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

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β€” of 29 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley admit rate

β€”

β€” of 17 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

Golden West High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 6 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • Irvine4 pts lower

    19%

    3 of 16 admitted

    This school19%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.81)

  • San Diego6 pts lower

    19%

    4 of 21 admitted

    This school19%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.74)

  • Santa Barbara18 pts higher

    50%

    11 of 22 admitted

    This school50%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Davis10 pts higher

    47%

    9 of 19 admitted

    This school47%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Santa Cruz17 pts higher

    89%

    16 of 18 admitted

    This school89%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.81)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    24 of 25 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.76)

  • too few applicants to report29 applied

  • too few applicants to report17 applied

  • too few applicants to report7 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

Golden West High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 3 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    28%

    7 of 25 admitted

    This school28%Overall30%

  • Sacramento6 pts higher

    100%

    14 of 14 admitted

    This school100%Overall94%

  • FresnoAbout the same

    95%

    77 of 81 admitted

    This school95%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 (374 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

72%

270 of 374 graduates

UC or CSU

10%

38 graduates

Community college

59%

219 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC133%
CSU257%
CA private college21%
Out of state113%
Community college21959%
Not enrolled10428%
Enrolled in college27072%
Total374100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Asian
  • 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 53%County median 58%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 12%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 18%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 2%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 69%County median 73%
  • Graduates completing courses 36%County median 45%

Across California

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