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Century High School

1401 South Grand Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92705View on map

  • Public
  • Santa Ana
  • 500 seniors
  • 1,356 students

Century High School is a public high school in Santa Ana (Santa Ana Unified) with 500 seniors. In fall 2025, 75% of its 63 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Riverside (UCR), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 38% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

75%

47 of 63 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

9%

47 of 500 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

13%

63 of 500 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

11%

4 of 38 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 18 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

Century High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    4 of 38 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.79)

  • Irvine9 pts lower

    14%

    8 of 59 admitted

    This school14%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.63)

  • San Diego16 pts higher

    41%

    15 of 37 admitted

    This school41%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.67)

  • Santa Barbara34 pts higher

    67%

    10 of 15 admitted

    This school67%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.64)

  • Davis12 pts lower

    25%

    4 of 16 admitted

    This school25%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.59)

  • Santa Cruz31 pts lower

    40%

    8 of 20 admitted

    This school40%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.47)

  • Riverside18 pts lower

    69%

    29 of 42 admitted

    This school69%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.58)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    25 of 26 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.71 (all applicants 3.67)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report18 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

Century High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    44%

    33 of 75 admitted

    This school44%Overall47%

  • Pomona18 pts lower

    56%

    19 of 34 admitted

    This school56%Overall74%

  • Fullerton10 pts higher

    97%

    89 of 92 admitted

    This school97%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 (335 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

61%

204 of 335 graduates

UC or CSU

17%

56 graduates

Community college

36%

121 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC268%
CSU309%
CA private college216%
Out of state62%
Community college12136%
Not enrolled13139%
Enrolled in college20461%
Total335100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

8

AP courses offered

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

20

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

28%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

88 of 320 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)

3%

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

11 of 323 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 5 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 4 classes
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 3 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 31%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 13%County median 41%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 8%County median 33%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 21%
  • Low-income students 90%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 38%County median 57%

Across California

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