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Colton High School

777 West Valley Boulevard, Colton, CA 92324View on map

  • Public
  • Colton
  • 448 seniors
  • 1,692 students

Colton High School is a public high school in Colton (Colton Joint Unified) with 448 seniors. In fall 2025, 67% of its 87 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 33% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

67%

58 of 87 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

13%

58 of 448 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

19%

87 of 448 seniors

County median 18%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.8%

5 of 57 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

Colton High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    5 of 57 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 3.59)

  • Irvine4 pts lower

    18%

    11 of 60 admitted

    This school18%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.56)

  • San Diego8 pts higher

    33%

    17 of 51 admitted

    This school33%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.52)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    32%

    9 of 28 admitted

    This school32%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.46)

  • Davis6 pts lower

    31%

    8 of 26 admitted

    This school31%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.46)

  • Santa Cruz19 pts lower

    52%

    12 of 23 admitted

    This school52%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.73 (all applicants 3.35)

  • Riverside22 pts lower

    65%

    48 of 74 admitted

    This school65%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.74 (all applicants 3.48)

  • Merced8 pts lower

    88%

    30 of 34 admitted

    This school88%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.71 (all applicants 3.61)

  • 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

Colton High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • Pomona20 pts lower

    54%

    28 of 52 admitted

    This school54%Overall74%

  • Fullerton4 pts higher

    91%

    50 of 55 admitted

    This school91%Overall87%

  • Northridge13 pts lower

    80%

    8 of 10 admitted

    This school80%Overall93%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    93%

    13 of 14 admitted

    This school93%Overall94%

  • San Bernardino4 pts lower

    94%

    79 of 84 admitted

    This school94%Overall98%

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

66%

204 of 308 graduates

UC or CSU

20%

62 graduates

Community college

41%

125 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC3110%
CSU3110%
CA private college114%
Out of state62%
Community college12541%
Not enrolled10434%
Enrolled in college20466%
Total308100%

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, Students with disabilities, Homeless
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Advanced Placement

15

AP courses offered

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

24

AP class sections

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

19% 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

107 of 379 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)

6%

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

23 of 396 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 5 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 2 classes
  • Science: 7 classes
  • Social science: 6 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 51%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 21%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 19%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 6%County median 7%
  • Low-income students 96%County median 73%
  • Graduates completing courses 33%County median 49%

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