Yorba Linda High School

  • Public
  • Yorba Linda
  • 332 seniors
  • 1,706 students
Year

UC admit rate

84%

118 of 141 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

36%

118 of 332 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

42%

141 of 332 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

7.8%

9 of 115 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

9.3%

8 of 86 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

Yorba Linda High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    9 of 115 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Berkeley4 pts lower

    9%

    8 of 86 admitted

    This school9%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.94)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    19%

    24 of 124 admitted

    This school19%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.88)

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    21%

    24 of 117 admitted

    This school21%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts lower

    27%

    30 of 111 admitted

    This school27%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.90)

  • DavisAbout the same

    39%

    33 of 85 admitted

    This school39%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Santa Cruz4 pts lower

    67%

    37 of 55 admitted

    This school67%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.81)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    90%

    91 of 101 admitted

    This school90%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.86)

  • MercedAbout the same

    94%

    31 of 33 admitted

    This school94%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.79)

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

Yorba Linda High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, worse at 2.

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    31%

    30 of 98 admitted

    This school31%Overall34%

  • Long Beach6 pts higher

    53%

    40 of 76 admitted

    This school53%Overall47%

  • Pomona5 pts higher

    79%

    53 of 67 admitted

    This school79%Overall74%

  • Fullerton10 pts higher

    97%

    95 of 98 admitted

    This school97%Overall87%

  • San Marcos14 pts lower

    82%

    18 of 22 admitted

    This school82%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 (397 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

85%

337 of 397 graduates

UC or CSU

27%

108 graduates

Community college

31%

122 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC5414%
CSU5414%
CA private college318%
Out of state7619%
Community college12231%
Not enrolled6015%
Enrolled in college33785%
Total397100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, 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 76%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 55%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 44%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 29%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 30%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 71%County median 57%

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