Alta Vista Alternative High School
215 East Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101View on map
- Public
- Santa Barbara
- 62 seniors
- 101 students
Alta Vista Alternative High School is a public high school in Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara Unified) with 62 seniors. 28% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.
UC admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
too few applicants to report
62 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
11%
7 of 62 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate
too few applicants to report
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
too few applicants to report5 applied
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too few applicants to report— applied
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too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— 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
too few applicants to report4 applied
too few applicants to report2 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 (68 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
56%
38 of 68 graduates
UC or CSU
3%
2 graduates
Community college
46%
31 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 1 | 1% |
| CSU | 1 | 1% |
| CA private college | 1 | 1% |
| Out of state | 4 | 6% |
| Community college | 31 | 46% |
| Not enrolled | 30 | 44% |
| Enrolled in college | 38 | 56% |
| Total | 68 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Female, Male
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White
- Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
Advanced Placement
5%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
3 of 58 graduates
A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.
2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
3%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
2 of 65 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, 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 52%County median 52%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 23%County median 23%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 19%County median 18%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 0%County median 7%
- Low-income students 69%County median 58%
- Graduates completing courses 28%County median 48%