Junipero Serra High School

  • Private
  • San Mateo
  • 215 seniors
  • 880 students
Year

UC admit rate

73%

76 of 104 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

35%

76 of 215 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

48%

104 of 215 seniors

County median 42%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

11%

8 of 74 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

—

— of 66 applicants, 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

Junipero Serra High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 8 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    8 of 74 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Irvine12 pts lower

    10%

    7 of 70 admitted

    This school10%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.98)

  • San Diego10 pts lower

    15%

    12 of 78 admitted

    This school15%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts lower

    25%

    24 of 95 admitted

    This school25%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Davis5 pts lower

    32%

    23 of 71 admitted

    This school32%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts higher

    79%

    44 of 56 admitted

    This school79%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.94)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    85%

    35 of 41 admitted

    This school85%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.88)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    23 of 24 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.84)

  • too few applicants to report66 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

Junipero Serra High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo10 pts lower

    20%

    21 of 105 admitted

    This school20%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    32%

    33 of 102 admitted

    This school32%Overall34%

  • San Jose10 pts lower

    70%

    31 of 44 admitted

    This school70%Overall80%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    95%

    20 of 21 admitted

    This school95%Overall94%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    96%

    26 of 27 admitted

    This school96%Overall96%

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.

Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses

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