High Tech High School

  • Public
  • San Diego
  • 100 seniors
  • 394 students
Year

UC admit rate

76%

41 of 54 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

41%

41 of 100 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

54%

54 of 100 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.8%

3 of 34 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

19%

6 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

High Tech High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    3 of 34 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 4.17)

  • Berkeley5 pts higher

    19%

    6 of 32 admitted

    This school19%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.36 (all applicants 4.22)

  • Irvine6 pts higher

    29%

    6 of 21 admitted

    This school29%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.07)

  • San Diego13 pts lower

    12%

    4 of 33 admitted

    This school12%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 4.12)

  • Santa Barbara8 pts higher

    40%

    12 of 30 admitted

    This school40%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.36 (all applicants 4.19)

  • Davis6 pts higher

    43%

    10 of 23 admitted

    This school43%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.34 (all applicants 4.10)

  • Santa Cruz18 pts higher

    89%

    25 of 28 admitted

    This school89%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 4.12)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    15 of 17 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.10 (all applicants 3.97)

  • MercedAbout the same

    93%

    14 of 15 admitted

    This school93%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (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

High Tech High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 4 campuses, worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo6 pts lower

    23%

    7 of 30 admitted

    This school23%Overall30%

  • San Diego43 pts higher

    77%

    37 of 48 admitted

    This school77%Overall34%

  • Fullerton13 pts higher

    100%

    62 of 62 admitted

    This school100%Overall87%

  • San Marcos4 pts higher

    100%

    60 of 60 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

  • ~100% Β· 2 yrs pooled9 applied

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

Any college

83%

95 of 114 graduates

UC or CSU

38%

43 graduates

Community college

35%

40 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC1311%
CSU3026%
CA private college54%
Out of state76%
Community college4035%
Not enrolled1917%
Enrolled in college9583%
Total114100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White
  • 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 60%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 38%County median 31%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 30%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 16%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 41%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 97%County median 65%

Across California

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