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Aragon High School

900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, CA 94402View on map

  • Public
  • San Mateo
  • 438 seniors
  • 1,654 students

Aragon High School is a public high school in San Mateo (San Mateo Union High) with 438 seniors. In fall 2025, 86% of its 250 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Davis (UCD), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 75% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

86%

214 of 250 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

49%

214 of 438 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

57%

250 of 438 seniors

County median 42%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

6.8%

13 of 192 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

14%

27 of 197 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

Aragon High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 6 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    7%

    13 of 192 admitted

    This school7%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.03)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    27 of 197 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 4.00)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    19%

    37 of 195 admitted

    This school19%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.96)

  • San Diego10 pts lower

    14%

    30 of 207 admitted

    This school14%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    60 of 199 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.99)

  • DavisAbout the same

    34%

    68 of 199 admitted

    This school34%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa Cruz5 pts higher

    76%

    122 of 160 admitted

    This school76%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    104 of 113 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.88)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    91 of 93 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.88)

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

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

  • San Luis Obispo7 pts lower

    23%

    45 of 196 admitted

    This school23%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    34%

    62 of 183 admitted

    This school34%Overall34%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    79%

    110 of 139 admitted

    This school79%Overall80%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    88%

    46 of 52 admitted

    This school88%Overall87%

  • San Francisco4 pts lower

    92%

    93 of 101 admitted

    This school92%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 (435 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

87%

380 of 435 graduates

UC or CSU

31%

134 graduates

Community college

27%

119 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC7918%
CSU5513%
CA private college276%
Out of state10023%
Community college11927%
Not enrolled5513%
Enrolled in college38087%
Total435100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races, Filipino, Pacific Islander
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Advanced Placement

20

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

57

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

40% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

64%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

270 of 425 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)

52%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

227 of 438 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • English: 11 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 8 classes
  • Science: 14 classes
  • Social science: 17 classes

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 81%County median 62%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 65%County median 37%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 51%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 49%County median 19%
  • Low-income students 19%County median 35%
  • Graduates completing courses 75%County median 66%

Across California

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