La Jolla High School

  • Public
  • La Jolla
  • 288 seniors
  • 1,147 students
Year

UC admit rate

66%

113 of 171 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

39%

113 of 288 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

59%

171 of 288 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

12%

15 of 128 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

19%

22 of 118 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    15 of 128 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 4.09)

  • Berkeley5 pts higher

    19%

    22 of 118 admitted

    This school19%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.13)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    22%

    21 of 97 admitted

    This school22%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.04)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    22%

    25 of 112 admitted

    This school22%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa Barbara9 pts higher

    41%

    57 of 138 admitted

    This school41%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 4.03)

  • DavisAbout the same

    38%

    40 of 106 admitted

    This school38%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts higher

    78%

    59 of 76 admitted

    This school78%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Riverside9 pts lower

    79%

    33 of 42 admitted

    This school79%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Merced15 pts lower

    82%

    27 of 33 admitted

    This school82%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.68)

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

La Jolla High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 3 campuses, worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo6 pts higher

    35%

    41 of 116 admitted

    This school35%Overall30%

  • San Diego34 pts higher

    69%

    112 of 163 admitted

    This school69%Overall34%

  • San Marcos6 pts lower

    90%

    44 of 49 admitted

    This school90%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.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (288 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

84%

243 of 288 graduates

UC or CSU

38%

110 graduates

Community college

15%

44 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC5720%
CSU5318%
CA private college248%
Out of state6523%
Community college4415%
Not enrolled4516%
Enrolled in college24384%
Total288100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races, Asian
  • 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 73%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 54%County median 31%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 38%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 32%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 25%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 90%County median 65%

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