Nipomo High School
- Public
- Nipomo
- 192 seniors
- 833 students
UC admit rate
81%
17 of 21 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
9%
17 of 192 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
11%
21 of 192 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
Nipomo High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 2 campuses.
- San Diego11 pts higher
36%
4 of 11 admitted
This school36%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.93)
- Santa Barbara22 pts higher
55%
6 of 11 admitted
This school55%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.00)
~59% · 3 yrs pooled8 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report6 applied
too few applicants to report6 applied
~59% · 3 yrs pooled5 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
Nipomo High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 3 campuses, worse at 2.
- San Luis Obispo30 pts higher
59%
19 of 32 admitted
This school59%Overall30%
- San Diego9 pts lower
25%
4 of 16 admitted
This school25%Overall34%
- Fresno5 pts lower
91%
10 of 11 admitted
This school91%Overall96%
~83% · 3 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 (187 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
68%
128 of 187 graduates
UC or CSU
17%
31 graduates
Community college
50%
93 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 7 | 4% |
| CSU | 24 | 13% |
| CA private college | 1 | 1% |
| Out of state | 3 | 2% |
| Community college | 93 | 50% |
| Not enrolled | 59 | 32% |
| Enrolled in college | 128 | 68% |
| Total | 187 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Female, Male
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White
- Student need: Low-income, Homeless, Students with disabilities
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 68%County median 60%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 20%County median 20%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 29%County median 29%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 10%
- Low-income students 70%County median 52%
- Graduates completing courses 39%County median 50%
Across California
Other schools in Lucia Mar Unified and nearby
Campus-by-campus detail for 13 campuses
Campus trends over the years, earlier years, and side-by-side views are in the full report.
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