Salinas High School

  • Public
  • Salinas
  • 611 seniors
  • 2,356 students
Year

UC admit rate

79%

93 of 117 applicants, fall 2025

County median 77%

Seniors admitted to a UC

15%

93 of 611 seniors

County median 20%

Seniors who applied to UC

19%

117 of 611 seniors

County median 26%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.8%

6 of 61 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

16%

10 of 63 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

Salinas High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 7 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    6 of 61 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 4.13)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    16%

    10 of 63 admitted

    This school16%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.08)

  • Irvine28 pts higher

    50%

    38 of 76 admitted

    This school50%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.09)

  • San Diego25 pts higher

    50%

    26 of 52 admitted

    This school50%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Santa Barbara17 pts higher

    49%

    32 of 65 admitted

    This school49%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Davis17 pts higher

    55%

    36 of 66 admitted

    This school55%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Santa Cruz15 pts higher

    87%

    33 of 38 admitted

    This school87%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Riverside13 pts higher

    100%

    36 of 36 admitted

    This school100%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 4.07)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    38 of 38 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.96)

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

Salinas High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 4 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo49 pts higher

    79%

    103 of 130 admitted

    This school79%Overall30%

  • San Diego8 pts higher

    43%

    46 of 108 admitted

    This school43%Overall34%

  • San Jose5 pts higher

    85%

    70 of 82 admitted

    This school85%Overall80%

  • Sacramento4 pts higher

    98%

    79 of 81 admitted

    This school98%Overall94%

  • Monterey BayAbout the same

    97%

    77 of 79 admitted

    This school97%Overall95%

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

Any college

82%

437 of 535 graduates

UC or CSU

24%

130 graduates

Community college

51%

273 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC295%
CSU10119%
CA private college41%
Out of state306%
Community college27351%
Not enrolled9818%
Enrolled in college43782%
Total535100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Two or more races, Asian
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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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 69%County median 49%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 34%County median 16%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 32%County median 17%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 15%County median 5%
  • Low-income students 75%County median 82%
  • Graduates completing courses 57%County median 53%

Across California

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