Westminster High School
- Public
- Westminster
- 644 seniors
- 2,436 students
UC admit rate
78%
143 of 183 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
22%
143 of 644 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
28%
183 of 644 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
8.3%
10 of 121 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley admit rate
19%
14 of 72 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
Westminster High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 3.
- Los AngelesAbout the same
8%
10 of 121 admitted
This school8%All CA10%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.76)
- Berkeley6 pts higher
19%
14 of 72 admitted
This school19%All CA13%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.82)
- Irvine5 pts lower
17%
28 of 166 admitted
This school17%All CA22%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.73)
- San Diego10 pts higher
35%
49 of 140 admitted
This school35%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.76)
- Santa BarbaraAbout the same
30%
22 of 73 admitted
This school30%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.78)
- Davis5 pts lower
32%
13 of 41 admitted
This school32%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.56)
- Santa Cruz23 pts lower
48%
14 of 29 admitted
This school48%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.41)
- RiversideAbout the same
85%
108 of 127 admitted
This school85%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.76 (all applicants 3.65)
- MercedAbout the same
93%
57 of 61 admitted
This school93%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.67)
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
Westminster High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 5 of 5 campuses.
- San Luis Obispo25 pts higher
55%
28 of 51 admitted
This school55%Overall30%
- Long Beach42 pts higher
89%
218 of 245 admitted
This school89%Overall47%
- Pomona4 pts higher
78%
80 of 103 admitted
This school78%Overall74%
- Fullerton8 pts higher
95%
182 of 192 admitted
This school95%Overall87%
- Dominguez Hills9 pts higher
100%
76 of 76 admitted
This school100%Overall91%
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 (596 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
75%
448 of 596 graduates
UC or CSU
29%
171 graduates
Community college
45%
268 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 47 | 8% |
| CSU | 124 | 21% |
| CA private college | 3 | 1% |
| Out of state | 6 | 1% |
| Community college | 268 | 45% |
| Not enrolled | 148 | 25% |
| Enrolled in college | 448 | 75% |
| Total | 596 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Male, Female
- Race & ethnicity: Asian, Hispanic or Latino, White
- Student need: Low-income, Homeless, English learners, Students with disabilities
Where graduates went, as reported by the school
Schools publish these themselves and count different things; each list says what it counts.
Class of 2025: graduates admitted to 2 Ivy League and 7 other top universities, 58 colleges in all.
Including Harvard University, Yale University and Stanford University.
From the school's profile; last checked Sep 2026.
The full list with counts, and earlier classes, is in the full report.
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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 72%County median 64%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 41%County median 40%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 38%County median 32%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 24%County median 18%
- Low-income students 87%County median 58%
- Graduates completing courses 51%County median 57%
Across California
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