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Classical Academy High School

207 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025View on map

  • Public
  • Escondido
  • 307 seniors
  • 1,395 students

Classical Academy High School is a public high school in Escondido (Escondido Union High) with 307 seniors. In fall 2025, 64% of its 56 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 60% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

64%

36 of 56 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

12%

36 of 307 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

18%

56 of 307 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

12%

4 of 34 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 24 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

Classical Academy High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 8 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    4 of 34 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.16)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    26%

    10 of 39 admitted

    This school26%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 4.03)

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    31%

    10 of 32 admitted

    This school31%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.33 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    35%

    11 of 31 admitted

    This school35%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.34 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Davis12 pts lower

    25%

    7 of 28 admitted

    This school25%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.33 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    72%

    13 of 18 admitted

    This school72%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Riverside6 pts higher

    93%

    13 of 14 admitted

    This school93%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    13 of 13 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 4.08)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report24 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

Classical Academy High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    28%

    11 of 39 admitted

    This school28%Overall30%

  • San Diego13 pts higher

    48%

    20 of 42 admitted

    This school48%Overall34%

  • Long Beach27 pts higher

    74%

    14 of 19 admitted

    This school74%Overall47%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    98%

    43 of 44 admitted

    This school98%Overall96%

  • San Jose

    ~85% · 3 yrs pooled8 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 (308 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

74%

228 of 308 graduates

UC or CSU

10%

30 graduates

Community college

38%

118 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC176%
CSU134%
CA private college206%
Out of state6019%
Community college11838%
Not enrolled8026%
Enrolled in college22874%
Total308100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races, Race not reported
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

26

AP courses offered

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

38

AP class sections

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

31% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

37%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

116 of 314 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)

24%

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

73 of 310 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 6 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 10 classes
  • Science: 6 classes
  • Social science: 13 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 75%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 52%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 38%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 25%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 21%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 60%County median 65%

Across California

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