Terra Nova High School

  • Public
  • Pacifica
  • 178 seniors
  • 713 students
Year

UC admit rate

75%

36 of 48 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

20%

36 of 178 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

27%

48 of 178 seniors

County median 42%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

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β€” of 22 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley admit rate

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β€” of 21 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

Terra Nova High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 6 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 5.

  • San Diego8 pts lower

    17%

    5 of 30 admitted

    This school17%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa Barbara15 pts lower

    17%

    5 of 29 admitted

    This school17%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Davis13 pts lower

    24%

    8 of 33 admitted

    This school24%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa Cruz9 pts lower

    63%

    20 of 32 admitted

    This school63%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Riverside7 pts lower

    80%

    12 of 15 admitted

    This school80%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.83)

  • MercedAbout the same

    94%

    15 of 16 admitted

    This school94%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.83)

  • too few applicants to report27 applied

  • too few applicants to report22 applied

  • too few applicants to report21 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

Terra Nova High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 3.

  • San Luis Obispo17 pts lower

    13%

    5 of 38 admitted

    This school13%Overall30%

  • San Diego8 pts lower

    27%

    13 of 49 admitted

    This school27%Overall34%

  • San Jose4 pts lower

    76%

    19 of 25 admitted

    This school76%Overall80%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    97%

    30 of 31 admitted

    This school97%Overall94%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    94%

    16 of 17 admitted

    This school94%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 (174 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

84%

146 of 174 graduates

UC or CSU

22%

39 graduates

Community college

49%

85 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC137%
CSU2615%
CA private college85%
Out of state148%
Community college8549%
Not enrolled2816%
Enrolled in college14684%
Total174100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races, Filipino
  • 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 64%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 41%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 29%County median 34%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 14%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 14%County median 35%
  • Graduates completing courses 58%County median 66%

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