Modesto High School

  • Public
  • Modesto
  • 604 seniors
  • 2,205 students
Year

UC admit rate

88%

74 of 84 applicants, fall 2025

County median 89%

Seniors admitted to a UC

12%

74 of 604 seniors

County median 13%

Seniors who applied to UC

14%

84 of 604 seniors

County median 15%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.1%

3 of 33 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

16%

7 of 43 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

Modesto High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    3 of 33 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.89)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    16%

    7 of 43 admitted

    This school16%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Irvine14 pts higher

    37%

    11 of 30 admitted

    This school37%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.91)

  • San Diego15 pts higher

    39%

    15 of 38 admitted

    This school39%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Santa Barbara15 pts higher

    47%

    16 of 34 admitted

    This school47%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Davis11 pts higher

    48%

    27 of 56 admitted

    This school48%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.80)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts lower

    66%

    23 of 35 admitted

    This school66%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.71)

  • Riverside4 pts lower

    83%

    20 of 24 admitted

    This school83%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    54 of 54 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.84 (all applicants 3.84)

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

Modesto High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo16 pts higher

    46%

    18 of 39 admitted

    This school46%Overall30%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    92%

    60 of 65 admitted

    This school92%Overall94%

  • Chico8 pts lower

    85%

    35 of 41 admitted

    This school85%Overall94%

  • Fresno4 pts lower

    93%

    50 of 54 admitted

    This school93%Overall96%

  • StanislausAbout the same

    94%

    117 of 124 admitted

    This school94%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 (535 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

54%

290 of 535 graduates

UC or CSU

16%

86 graduates

Community college

34%

183 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC244%
CSU6212%
CA private college51%
Out of state163%
Community college18334%
Not enrolled24546%
Enrolled in college29054%
Total535100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Asian, White, Race not reported, Two or more races, Black or African American
  • 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 45%County median 50%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 20%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 21%County median 19%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 7%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 85%County median 67%
  • Graduates completing courses 31%County median 40%

Across California

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