Atascadero High School
1 High School Hill, Atascadero, CA 93422View on map
- Public
- Atascadero
- 293 seniors
- 1,146 students
Atascadero High School is a public high school in Atascadero (Atascadero Unified) with 293 seniors. In fall 2025, 72% of its 32 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 75%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 36% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.
UC admit rate
72%
23 of 32 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
8%
23 of 293 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
11%
32 of 293 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
—
— of 19 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate
—
— of 16 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
Atascadero High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 6 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.
- Irvine21 pts higher
43%
6 of 14 admitted
This school43%All CA22%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 4.07)
- San Diego8 pts lower
17%
3 of 18 admitted
This school17%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.96)
- Santa BarbaraAbout the same
35%
7 of 20 admitted
This school35%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.05)
- Davis32 pts higher
69%
9 of 13 admitted
This school69%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.99)
- Santa Cruz17 pts higher
88%
15 of 17 admitted
This school88%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 4.01)
- Merced6 pts lower
90%
9 of 10 admitted
This school90%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 4.00)
too few applicants to report19 applied
too few applicants to report16 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
Atascadero High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 1 campus.
- San Luis Obispo20 pts higher
50%
21 of 42 admitted
This school50%Overall30%
~100% · 2 yrs pooled6 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 (232 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
66%
152 of 232 graduates
UC or CSU
12%
27 graduates
Community college
49%
113 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 8 | 3% |
| CSU | 19 | 8% |
| CA private college | 4 | 2% |
| Out of state | 8 | 3% |
| Community college | 113 | 49% |
| Not enrolled | 80 | 34% |
| Enrolled in college | 152 | 66% |
| Total | 232 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Male, Female
- Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino
- Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
Advanced Placement
14
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
13
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
18% of students are in AP courses
2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card
24%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
61 of 249 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)
9%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
19 of 222 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- English: 2 classes
- Fine and performing arts: 1 class
- Foreign language: 1 class
- Mathematics: 2 classes
- Science: 2 classes
- Social science: 5 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 55%County median 60%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 29%County median 21%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 25%County median 19%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 12%County median 6%
- Low-income students 45%County median 52%
- Graduates completing courses 36%County median 50%