{"a_g_completion_pct":43.6,"at_a_glance":["El Capitan High School is a public high school in Merced, Merced County, California with 461 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 20 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 92 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 461, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 53% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 244 UC applications and received 92 offers, a UC admit rate of 37.7% (counted at each campus); 22 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (6 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 17.","44% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","51% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","It has about 463 students per school counselor.","Enrollment was 1,852 students in 2026, up 11% since 2018.","Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named."],"caveats":["UC admits and applications are counted at each campus: a student admitted to three UCs counts three times. The UC Reach Score is those admits divided by the senior class, times 100, so a strong school scores above 100.","A published college list is the school's own document, copied as printed; counts are the school's, never ours, and an unnumbered list carries no counts.","Enrollment is NCES CCD for national pages and CDE for California pages; graduation and readiness measures are the state's or EDFacts' own definitions, named in each sentence.","Every figure here is also rendered on the HTML page it describes."],"city":"Merced","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":50.9,"county":"Merced","enrollment":{"since_total":1664,"since_year":2018,"total":1852,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"El Capitan High School's UC Reach Score is 20 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 92 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 461, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 53% of California high schools.","q":"What is El Capitan High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 244 UC applications and received 92 offers, a UC admit rate of 37.7% (counted at each campus); 22 enrolled.","q":"How many students from El Capitan High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of El Capitan High School's graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (6 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 17.","q":"Which UC campus do El Capitan High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"44% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","q":"What percentage of El Capitan High School graduates complete the A-G requirements?"},{"a":"51% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","q":"What percentage of El Capitan High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 1,852 students in 2026, up 11% since 2018.","q":"How many students attend El Capitan High School?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"El Capitan High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":null,"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Public","slug":"el-capitan-high","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":463,"uc":{"admit_rate":"37.7%","admits":92,"applications":244,"ca_percentile":53,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":22,"seniors":461,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Around the CA median","uc_reach_score":20,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":null,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/el-capitan-high"}