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Capistrano Valley High School

26301 Via Escolar, Mission Viejo, CA 92692View on map

  • Public
  • Mission Viejo
  • 496 seniors
  • 1,980 students

Capistrano Valley High School is a public high school in Mission Viejo (Capistrano Unified) with 496 seniors. In fall 2025, 73% of its 170 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Irvine (UCI). 63% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

73%

124 of 170 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

25%

124 of 496 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

34%

170 of 496 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

12%

15 of 129 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

10%

11 of 106 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

Capistrano Valley High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    15 of 129 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.10)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    10%

    11 of 106 admitted

    This school10%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.08)

  • Irvine11 pts higher

    33%

    42 of 127 admitted

    This school33%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.05)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    27%

    36 of 135 admitted

    This school27%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts higher

    36%

    44 of 121 admitted

    This school36%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.04)

  • DavisAbout the same

    35%

    28 of 81 admitted

    This school35%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts higher

    78%

    38 of 49 admitted

    This school78%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Riverside9 pts higher

    96%

    48 of 50 admitted

    This school96%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    27 of 27 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 4.01)

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

Capistrano Valley High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 4 of 5 campuses, worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo5 pts lower

    25%

    29 of 115 admitted

    This school25%Overall30%

  • San Diego16 pts higher

    50%

    67 of 133 admitted

    This school50%Overall34%

  • Long Beach14 pts higher

    61%

    59 of 96 admitted

    This school61%Overall47%

  • Pomona10 pts higher

    84%

    42 of 50 admitted

    This school84%Overall74%

  • Fullerton12 pts higher

    99%

    71 of 72 admitted

    This school99%Overall87%

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 (479 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

86%

414 of 479 graduates

UC or CSU

22%

104 graduates

Community college

47%

225 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC5411%
CSU5010%
CA private college245%
Out of state6113%
Community college22547%
Not enrolled6514%
Enrolled in college41486%
Total479100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

20

AP courses offered

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

67

AP class sections

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

44% 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

305 of 476 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)

37%

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

188 of 508 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 5 classes
  • English: 13 classes
  • Foreign language: 6 classes
  • Mathematics: 8 classes
  • Science: 11 classes
  • Social science: 24 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 72%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 50%County median 41%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 44%County median 33%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 31%County median 21%
  • Low-income students 37%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 63%County median 57%

Across California

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