Arcata High School

  • Public
  • Arcata
  • 264 seniors
  • 972 students
Year

UC admit rate

86%

50 of 58 applicants, fall 2025

County median 75%

Seniors admitted to a UC

19%

50 of 264 seniors

County median 11%

Seniors who applied to UC

22%

58 of 264 seniors

County median 21%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

14%

4 of 29 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

16%

5 of 32 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

Arcata High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 6 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3.

  • Los Angeles4 pts higher

    14%

    4 of 29 admitted

    This school14%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 4.14)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    16%

    5 of 32 admitted

    This school16%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.10)

  • Irvine31 pts higher

    53%

    8 of 15 admitted

    This school53%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.08)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    23%

    8 of 35 admitted

    This school23%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.10)

  • Santa Barbara23 pts higher

    56%

    19 of 34 admitted

    This school56%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.13)

  • DavisAbout the same

    37%

    14 of 38 admitted

    This school37%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Santa Cruz23 pts higher

    94%

    33 of 35 admitted

    This school94%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Riverside13 pts higher

    100%

    12 of 12 admitted

    This school100%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    10 of 10 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.97)

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

Arcata High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo8 pts lower

    22%

    10 of 46 admitted

    This school22%Overall30%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    93%

    27 of 29 admitted

    This school93%Overall94%

  • SonomaAbout the same

    95%

    20 of 21 admitted

    This school95%Overall95%

  • Humboldt5 pts lower

    94%

    78 of 83 admitted

    This school94%Overall99%

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 (216 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

69%

150 of 216 graduates

UC or CSU

24%

52 graduates

Community college

37%

79 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC178%
CSU3516%
CA private college00%
Out of state199%
Community college7937%
Not enrolled6631%
Enrolled in college15069%
Total216100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income, 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 66%County median 51%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 37%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 29%County median 17%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 18%County median 7%
  • Low-income students 38%County median 56%
  • Graduates completing courses 50%County median 43%

Across California

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