School Rankings
Rank California high schools by UC outcomes — statewide or within a county. Click any school to view its full profile.
🏆 Top 10 in Sacramento County — UC Reach
Sacramento County · 2025 · ≥50 seniorsLeaderboards by type — Sacramento County (2025)
Top and bottom schools by UC Reach, split public/charter vs private (≥50 seniors). Scoped to Sacramento County — change the County filter above to rescope.
🎯 Specialized high schools — Sacramento County · 2025
Top UC Reach for schools with senior classes of 25–99. These are typically magnet programs, specialized charters, and small Catholic preps — too small to compare cleanly against comprehensive public high schools, but the most UC-effective small schools in California are here.
Top 10 by individual UC campus — Sacramento County · 2025
Where each UC campus lands its admits, as a share of each high school's senior class. Same 50-senior floor.
Beyond UC Reach — more lenses on Sacramento County
UC Reach measures who gets in. These lenses measure the upstream pipeline (A-G), the downstream outcome (UC graduation), the capacity that drives the pipeline (counselors), reliability over time (consistency), grade-11 academic preparation (CAASPP SBAC ELA & Math), and private-school financial strength. Click any school for its full profile.
Reach momentum — biggest gains & declines over time ⓘ
≥50 seniors · earliest→latest yearWhich schools are moving a growing — or shrinking — share of their graduating class into the six most selective UCs. Reflects the current county/type filter.
▲ Biggest gains
| School | Then → Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|
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West Campus High School
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27% '18 → 82% '25 | +55.1pp |
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Cosumnes Oaks High School
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20% '18 → 42% '25 | +21.8pp |
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Inderkum High School
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12% '18 → 28% '25 | +16.1pp |
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Mira Loma High School
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30% '18 → 45% '25 | +15.4pp |
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Vista Del Lago High
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26% '18 → 41% '25 | +15.3pp |
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Florin High School
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5% '18 → 19% '25 | +14.2pp |
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Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep
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18% '18 → 29% '25 | +11.6pp |
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Pleasant Grove High School
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13% '18 → 22% '25 | +8.7pp |
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Valley High School
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11% '18 → 19% '25 | +7.5pp |
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Rio Americano High School
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17% '18 → 23% '25 | +5.7pp |
▼ Biggest declines
| School | Then → Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|
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Luther Burbank High School
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16% '18 → 10% '25 | -5.9pp |
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John F. Kennedy High
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17% '18 → 12% '25 | -5.3pp |
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Folsom High School
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22% '18 → 18% '25 | -4.6pp |
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Foothill High
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15% '18 → 11% '25 | -4.1pp |
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Del Campo High School
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11% '18 → 8% '25 | -3.0pp |
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Galt High School
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10% '18 → 7% '25 | -2.7pp |
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Elk Grove High School
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9% '18 → 7% '25 | -2.0pp |
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Highlands High School
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6% '18 → 4% '25 | -1.7pp |
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Rosemont High School
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11% '18 → 10% '25 | -1.2pp |
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Antelope High School
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15% '18 → 14% '25 | -1.0pp |
Demand momentum — biggest gaps vs the county baseline ⓘ
grade-12 enrollment Δ vs. county · ≥80 studentsThe demographic tide is shrinking CA enrollment ~10% over 7 years statewide, so absolute decline alone is noise. The gap vs the county baseline is the actionable signal — schools losing share faster than their demographic floor are the ones to watch. Reflects the current county/type filter.
▲ Outperforming the county the most
| School | School · County | Gap |
|---|---|---|
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Laguna Creek High School
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+47.6% vs +3.0% | +44.6pp |
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Foothill High
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+33.6% vs +3.0% | +30.6pp |
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Folsom High School
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+30.2% vs +3.0% | +27.2pp |
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Natomas High School
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+29.6% vs +3.0% | +26.6pp |
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Rio Americano High School
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+25.3% vs +3.0% | +22.3pp |
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Highlands High School
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+22.5% vs +3.0% | +19.5pp |
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Valley High School
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+22.5% vs +3.0% | +19.5pp |
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Grant Union High
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+19.6% vs +3.0% | +16.6pp |
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Hiram W Johnson High School
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+18.0% vs +3.0% | +15.1pp |
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Natomas Charter
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+16.7% vs +3.0% | +13.7pp |
▼ Underperforming the county the most
| School | School · County | Gap |
|---|---|---|
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Liberty Ranch High School
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-22.0% vs +3.0% | -24.9pp |
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John F. Kennedy High
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-12.9% vs +3.0% | -15.9pp |
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Cosumnes Oaks High School
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-10.1% vs +3.0% | -13.0pp |
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San Juan High School
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-8.5% vs +3.0% | -11.5pp |
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Elk Grove High School
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-8.3% vs +3.0% | -11.3pp |
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Galt High School
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-7.8% vs +3.0% | -10.8pp |
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El Camino Fundamental Hs
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-5.9% vs +3.0% | -8.9pp |
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Mira Loma High School
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-5.0% vs +3.0% | -8.0pp |
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Del Campo High School
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-3.8% vs +3.0% | -6.8pp |
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Luther Burbank High School
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-3.2% vs +3.0% | -6.2pp |
GPA Performance — over/under their predicted UC admit rate ⓘ
36 schools eligible · 2025Each dot is one school. The diagonal is the per-campus GPA expectation — points above it admit students at higher rates than their GPA mix predicts; points below admit at lower rates. Schools need ≥30 top-6 UC applications and data across ≥3 campuses to appear.
▲ Top 10 outperformers
| School | GPA | Actual | Δ vs exp. |
|---|---|---|---|
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Leroy Greene Academy
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3.84 | 43.8% | +16.8pp |
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Rio Linda Senior High School
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3.77 | 46.3% | +16.5pp |
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Grant Union High
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3.85 | 36.1% | +15.4pp |
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West Campus High School
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4.07 | 37.9% | +14.1pp |
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Casa Roble Fundamental Hs
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3.98 | 39.7% | +11.4pp |
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Florin High School
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3.83 | 31.3% | +10.6pp |
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Mira Loma High School
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3.92 | 32.1% | +10.1pp |
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Galt High School
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3.67 | 39.5% | +10.1pp |
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El Camino Fundamental Hs
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3.79 | 37.5% | +9.2pp |
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C K Mcclatchy High School
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3.93 | 30.9% | +9.1pp |
▼ Top 10 underperformers
| School | GPA | Actual | Δ vs exp. |
|---|---|---|---|
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Folsom High School
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3.84 | 13.7% | -7.5pp |
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Elk Grove High School
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3.81 | 20.4% | -3.1pp |
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Monterey Trail High School
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3.81 | 19.3% | -2.6pp |
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John F. Kennedy High
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3.83 | 20.1% | -1.9pp |
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Franklin High School
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3.94 | 20.8% | -1.4pp |
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Vista Del Lago High
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3.92 | 21.5% | -0.1pp |
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Rio Americano High School
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4.02 | 23.4% | 0.3pp |
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Pleasant Grove High School
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3.93 | 22.0% | 0.3pp |
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Laguna Creek High School
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3.84 | 21.8% | 0.4pp |
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Antelope High School
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3.91 | 23.0% | 0.7pp |
Full rankings — every Sacramento County high school by UC Reach
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