Highlands High School
- Public
- North Highlands
- 186 seniors
- 791 students
UC admit rate
91%
10 of 11 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
5%
10 of 186 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
6%
11 of 186 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
UC Berkeley admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
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
Highlands High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 1 campus.
- Davis36 pts higher
73%
8 of 11 admitted
This school73%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.78)
too few applicants to report8 applied
too few applicants to report6 applied
too few applicants to report5 applied
too few applicants to report5 applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
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
Highlands High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1.
- Sacramento6 pts higher
100%
50 of 50 admitted
This school100%Overall94%
- ChicoAbout the same
92%
24 of 26 admitted
This school92%Overall94%
- San Francisco4 pts higher
100%
11 of 11 admitted
This school100%Overall96%
too few applicants to report8 applied
~85% · 2 yrs pooled4 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 (132 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
45%
59 of 132 graduates
UC or CSU
14%
19 graduates
Community college
30%
40 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 2 | 2% |
| CSU | 17 | 13% |
| CA private college | 0 | 0% |
| Out of state | 0 | 0% |
| Community college | 40 | 30% |
| Not enrolled | 73 | 55% |
| Enrolled in college | 59 | 45% |
| Total | 132 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Female, Male
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Black or African American
- Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities, Homeless
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 36%County median 50%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 20%County median 20%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 18%County median 18%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 8%County median 7%
- Low-income students 78%County median 63%
- Graduates completing courses 50%County median 50%
Across California
Other schools in Twin Rivers Unified and nearby
Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses
Campus trends over the years, earlier years, and side-by-side views are in the full report.
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