Madison High School

  • Public
  • San Diego
  • 204 seniors
  • 753 students
Year

UC admit rate

69%

25 of 36 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

12%

25 of 204 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

18%

36 of 204 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

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β€” of 21 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley admit rate

β€”

β€” of 14 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

Madison High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1.

  • San Diego13 pts higher

    38%

    11 of 29 admitted

    This school38%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa Barbara22 pts higher

    55%

    6 of 11 admitted

    This school55%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.81)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    90%

    9 of 10 admitted

    This school90%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.75)

  • too few applicants to report21 applied

  • too few applicants to report16 applied

  • too few applicants to report14 applied

  • too few applicants to report8 applied

  • too few applicants to report7 applied

  • ~62% Β· 3 yrs pooled6 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

Madison High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1.

  • San Diego28 pts higher

    62%

    36 of 58 admitted

    This school62%Overall34%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    95%

    40 of 42 admitted

    This school95%Overall96%

  • Fresno4 pts higher

    100%

    10 of 10 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

  • too few applicants to report8 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 (204 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

76%

155 of 204 graduates

UC or CSU

15%

31 graduates

Community college

57%

116 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC84%
CSU2311%
CA private college1<1%
Out of state73%
Community college11657%
Not enrolled4924%
Enrolled in college15576%
Total204100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Black or African American, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, Homeless
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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 45%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 24%County median 31%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 16%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 9%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 75%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 68%County median 65%

Across California

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Campus-by-campus detail for 13 campuses

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