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Design Tech High School

275 Oracle Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94065View on map

  • Public
  • Redwood City
  • 138 seniors
  • 563 students

Design Tech High School is a public high school in Redwood City (San Mateo Union High) with 138 seniors. In fall 2025, 81% of its 94 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 96% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

81%

76 of 94 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

55%

76 of 138 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

68%

94 of 138 seniors

County median 42%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.3%

6 of 72 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

17%

12 of 72 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

Design Tech High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    6 of 72 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.09)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    17%

    12 of 72 admitted

    This school17%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.08)

  • Irvine6 pts lower

    16%

    10 of 63 admitted

    This school16%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.08)

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    31%

    25 of 81 admitted

    This school31%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    21 of 69 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.07)

  • Davis5 pts lower

    32%

    22 of 68 admitted

    This school32%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts lower

    65%

    35 of 54 admitted

    This school65%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.10 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Riverside4 pts lower

    83%

    30 of 36 admitted

    This school83%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    27 of 27 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 4.04)

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

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

  • San Luis Obispo16 pts lower

    14%

    10 of 73 admitted

    This school14%Overall30%

  • San Diego12 pts higher

    47%

    27 of 58 admitted

    This school47%Overall34%

  • Long Beach20 pts higher

    67%

    16 of 24 admitted

    This school67%Overall47%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    80%

    33 of 41 admitted

    This school80%Overall80%

  • San Francisco4 pts higher

    100%

    17 of 17 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

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

Any college

86%

105 of 122 graduates

UC or CSU

34%

41 graduates

Community college

18%

22 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC2218%
CSU1916%
CA private college97%
Out of state3327%
Community college2218%
Not enrolled1714%
Enrolled in college10586%
Total122100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races
  • Student need: Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

2%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

3 of 134 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)

2%

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

2 of 120 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 81%County median 62%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 59%County median 37%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 54%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 36%County median 19%
  • Low-income students 8%County median 35%
  • Graduates completing courses 96%County median 66%

Across California

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