Merced High School
- Public
- Merced
- 441 seniors
- 1,975 students
UC admit rate
75%
57 of 76 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
13%
57 of 441 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
17%
76 of 441 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
β
β of 32 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley admit rate
8.1%
3 of 37 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
Merced High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 8 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 4.
- Berkeley5 pts lower
8%
3 of 37 admitted
This school8%All CA13%
Admitted students' average GPA β (all applicants 3.79)
- Irvine12 pts higher
34%
10 of 29 admitted
This school34%All CA22%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.75)
- San Diego22 pts higher
47%
14 of 30 admitted
This school47%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.82)
- Santa Barbara8 pts higher
41%
11 of 27 admitted
This school41%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.63)
- DavisAbout the same
37%
17 of 46 admitted
This school37%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.77)
- Santa Cruz24 pts lower
47%
9 of 19 admitted
This school47%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.53)
- Riverside4 pts lower
83%
15 of 18 admitted
This school83%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.90)
- Merced15 pts lower
81%
48 of 59 admitted
This school81%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.67)
too few applicants to report32 applied
Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campusβs 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
Merced High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2.
- San Luis Obispo7 pts higher
37%
7 of 19 admitted
This school37%Overall30%
- Sacramento6 pts higher
100%
26 of 26 admitted
This school100%Overall94%
- FresnoAbout the same
98%
44 of 45 admitted
This school98%Overall96%
- StanislausAbout the same
96%
27 of 28 admitted
This school96%Overall97%
Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campusβs 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 (379 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
36%
135 of 379 graduates
UC or CSU
10%
36 graduates
Community college
23%
88 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 24 | 6% |
| CSU | 12 | 3% |
| CA private college | 2 | 1% |
| Out of state | 9 | 2% |
| Community college | 88 | 23% |
| Not enrolled | 244 | 64% |
| Enrolled in college | 135 | 36% |
| Total | 379 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Male, Female
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Asian, Black or African American
- Student need: Low-income, Homeless, English learners, Students with disabilities
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, and the share of low-income students. AβG is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.
- Juniors meeting the English standard 42%County median 44%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 15%County median 14%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 14%County median 15%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 6%County median 2%
- Low-income students 78%County median 80%
- Graduates completing courses 21%County median 41%
Across California
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Campus-by-campus detail for 13 campuses
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