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Edison High School

21400 Magnolia, Huntington Beach, CA 92646View on map

  • Public
  • Huntington Beach
  • 550 seniors
  • 2,098 students

Edison High School is a public high school in Huntington Beach (Huntington Beach Union High) with 550 seniors. In fall 2025, 74% of its 122 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Irvine (UCI). 64% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

74%

90 of 122 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

16%

90 of 550 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

22%

122 of 550 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.8%

8 of 82 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

18%

10 of 55 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

Edison High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    8 of 82 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Berkeley5 pts higher

    18%

    10 of 55 admitted

    This school18%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Irvine11 pts higher

    34%

    29 of 86 admitted

    This school34%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.91)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    26%

    23 of 88 admitted

    This school26%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts lower

    28%

    26 of 92 admitted

    This school28%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 3.92)

  • DavisAbout the same

    39%

    21 of 54 admitted

    This school39%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    74%

    40 of 54 admitted

    This school74%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.89)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    43 of 49 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    34 of 34 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.88)

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

Edison High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo9 pts lower

    21%

    18 of 87 admitted

    This school21%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    33%

    37 of 111 admitted

    This school33%Overall34%

  • Long Beach46 pts higher

    93%

    104 of 112 admitted

    This school93%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    74%

    25 of 34 admitted

    This school74%Overall74%

  • Fullerton9 pts higher

    96%

    64 of 67 admitted

    This school96%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 (451 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

88%

395 of 451 graduates

UC or CSU

21%

95 graduates

Community college

46%

206 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC399%
CSU5612%
CA private college82%
Out of state8619%
Community college20646%
Not enrolled5612%
Enrolled in college39588%
Total451100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

39

AP class sections

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

27% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

40%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

181 of 456 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

119 of 498 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 5 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 5 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 9 classes
  • Social science: 11 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 70%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 43%County median 41%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 35%County median 33%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 22%County median 21%
  • Low-income students 28%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 64%County median 57%

Across California

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