Early College High School

2990 Mesa Verde Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626View on map

  • Public
  • Costa Mesa
  • 52 seniors
  • 148 students

Early College High School is a public high school in Costa Mesa (Newport-Mesa Unified) with 52 seniors. In fall 2025, 68% of its 34 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 79% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

68%

23 of 34 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

44%

23 of 52 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

65%

34 of 52 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 19 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 11 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

Early College High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 6 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 4.

  • IrvineAbout the same

    22%

    6 of 27 admitted

    This school22%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.74)

  • San Diego5 pts lower

    20%

    3 of 15 admitted

    This school20%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.80)

  • Santa Barbara11 pts lower

    21%

    3 of 14 admitted

    This school21%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.85)

  • Davis17 pts higher

    54%

    7 of 13 admitted

    This school54%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa Cruz15 pts lower

    57%

    13 of 23 admitted

    This school57%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.68)

  • Riverside27 pts lower

    60%

    9 of 15 admitted

    This school60%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.69)

  • too few applicants to report19 applied

  • too few applicants to report11 applied

  • ~90% · 3 yrs pooled8 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

Early College High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 2 campuses, worse at 1.

  • Long Beach27 pts lower

    20%

    6 of 30 admitted

    This school20%Overall47%

  • Fullerton10 pts higher

    97%

    34 of 35 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 (52 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

87%

45 of 52 graduates

UC or CSU

40%

21 graduates

Community college

35%

18 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC1019%
CSU1121%
CA private college24%
Out of state48%
Community college1835%
Not enrolled713%
Enrolled in college4587%
Total52100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White
  • Student need: Low-income
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Advanced Placement

0%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

0 of 38 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)

0%

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

0 of 53 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 83%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 66%County median 41%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 47%County median 33%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 34%County median 21%
  • Low-income students 66%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 79%County median 57%

Across California

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