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Cate School

  • Private
  • Santa Barbara
  • 73 seniors
  • 309 students

Cate School is a private high school in Santa Barbara County (Carpinteria Unified) with 73 seniors. In fall 2025, 50% of its 48 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 75%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC San Diego (UCSD).

Year

UC admit rate

50%

24 of 48 applicants, fall 2025

County median 75%

Seniors admitted to a UC

33%

24 of 73 seniors

County median 17%

Seniors who applied to UC

66%

48 of 73 seniors

County median 24%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.3%

4 of 43 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

21%

9 of 42 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

Cate School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 7 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    4 of 43 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.01)

  • Berkeley8 pts higher

    21%

    9 of 42 admitted

    This school21%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.98)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    24%

    4 of 17 admitted

    This school24%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.95)

  • San Diego5 pts lower

    20%

    7 of 35 admitted

    This school20%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa Barbara15 pts lower

    18%

    6 of 34 admitted

    This school18%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Davis13 pts higher

    50%

    7 of 14 admitted

    This school50%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Santa Cruz4 pts higher

    75%

    12 of 16 admitted

    This school75%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Merced

    too few applicants to report— applied

  • Riverside

    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).