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Canyon High School

  • Public
  • Anaheim
  • 520 seniors
  • 2,241 students
Year

UC admit rate

83%

194 of 235 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

37%

194 of 520 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

45%

235 of 520 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.2%

15 of 184 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

8.3%

10 of 121 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

Canyon High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    15 of 184 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Berkeley5 pts lower

    8%

    10 of 121 admitted

    This school8%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.06)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    22%

    45 of 208 admitted

    This school22%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.95)

  • San Diego11 pts lower

    14%

    26 of 185 admitted

    This school14%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa Barbara9 pts lower

    23%

    34 of 147 admitted

    This school23%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Davis14 pts lower

    23%

    20 of 86 admitted

    This school23%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Santa Cruz11 pts higher

    82%

    46 of 56 admitted

    This school82%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Riverside8 pts higher

    95%

    142 of 149 admitted

    This school95%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.93)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    60 of 61 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.88)

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

Canyon High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 4 of 5 campuses, worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo12 pts lower

    18%

    21 of 118 admitted

    This school18%Overall30%

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    40%

    62 of 155 admitted

    This school40%Overall34%

  • Long Beach30 pts higher

    77%

    137 of 178 admitted

    This school77%Overall47%

  • Pomona7 pts higher

    81%

    100 of 124 admitted

    This school81%Overall74%

  • Fullerton8 pts higher

    95%

    177 of 186 admitted

    This school95%Overall87%

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

Any college

87%

448 of 513 graduates

UC or CSU

29%

150 graduates

Community college

41%

209 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC8116%
CSU6913%
CA private college336%
Out of state5611%
Community college20941%
Not enrolled6513%
Enrolled in college44887%
Total513100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Filipino, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
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Where graduates went, as reported by the school

Schools publish these themselves and count different things; each list says what it counts.

Undated list: graduates attended 4 Ivy League and 20 other top universities, 79 colleges in all.

Including Columbia University, Yale University and University of Pennsylvania.

From the school's profile; last checked Sep 2026.

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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 78%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 46%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 49%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 23%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 32%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 71%County median 57%

Across California

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Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses

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