Castlemont High School

8601 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94605View on map

  • Public
  • Oakland
  • 191 seniors
  • 694 students

Castlemont High School is a public high school in Oakland (Oakland Unified) with 191 seniors. In fall 2025, 85% of its 26 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Davis (UCD). 32% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

85%

22 of 26 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

12%

22 of 191 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

14%

26 of 191 seniors

County median 41%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

too few applicants to report

Fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 19 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

Castlemont High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 4 campuses, worse at 3.

  • San Diego18 pts higher

    43%

    6 of 14 admitted

    This school43%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.80 (all applicants 3.50)

  • Davis11 pts lower

    26%

    5 of 19 admitted

    This school26%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.84 (all applicants 3.56)

  • Santa Cruz36 pts lower

    35%

    7 of 20 admitted

    This school35%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.79 (all applicants 3.57)

  • Merced7 pts lower

    89%

    16 of 18 admitted

    This school89%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.46 (all applicants 3.47)

  • too few applicants to report19 applied

  • too few applicants to report9 applied

  • too few applicants to report8 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

Castlemont High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, worse at 5.

  • San Jose6 pts lower

    74%

    23 of 31 admitted

    This school74%Overall80%

  • Los Angeles17 pts lower

    75%

    9 of 12 admitted

    This school75%Overall92%

  • Sacramento6 pts lower

    88%

    29 of 33 admitted

    This school88%Overall94%

  • San Francisco23 pts lower

    73%

    32 of 44 admitted

    This school73%Overall96%

  • East Bay11 pts lower

    85%

    41 of 48 admitted

    This school85%Overall97%

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

Any college

55%

69 of 126 graduates

UC or CSU

18%

23 graduates

Community college

35%

44 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC1310%
CSU108%
CA private college00%
Out of state22%
Community college4435%
Not enrolled5745%
Enrolled in college6955%
Total126100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Homeless, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

0%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

0 of 202 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)

0%

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

0 of 141 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 9%County median 54%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 3%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 0%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 1%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 99%County median 68%
  • Graduates completing courses 32%County median 75%

Across California

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