San Diego High School

  • Public
  • San Diego
  • 480 seniors
  • 1,408 students
Year

UC admit rate

70%

107 of 152 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

22%

107 of 480 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

32%

152 of 480 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

7.9%

7 of 89 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

19%

14 of 75 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    7 of 89 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Berkeley5 pts higher

    19%

    14 of 75 admitted

    This school19%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Irvine15 pts lower

    7%

    5 of 69 admitted

    This school7%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.76)

  • San Diego16 pts higher

    41%

    49 of 121 admitted

    This school41%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.75)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts lower

    27%

    24 of 88 admitted

    This school27%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Davis13 pts higher

    50%

    25 of 50 admitted

    This school50%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    70%

    42 of 60 admitted

    This school70%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Riverside7 pts lower

    80%

    41 of 51 admitted

    This school80%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.67)

  • Merced8 pts lower

    88%

    37 of 42 admitted

    This school88%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.74 (all applicants 3.63)

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

San Diego High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 1 campus.

  • San Diego16 pts higher

    50%

    73 of 146 admitted

    This school50%Overall34%

  • too few applicants to report1 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 (485 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

70%

339 of 485 graduates

UC or CSU

27%

130 graduates

Community college

37%

181 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC7616%
CSU5411%
CA private college82%
Out of state204%
Community college18137%
Not enrolled14630%
Enrolled in college33970%
Total485100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Black or African American, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income, Homeless, English learners, 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 60%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 23%County median 31%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 25%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 9%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 61%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 58%County median 65%

Across California

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