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Estancia High School

2323 Placentia Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92627View on map

  • Public
  • Costa Mesa
  • 264 seniors
  • 954 students

Estancia High School is a public high school in Costa Mesa (Newport-Mesa Unified) with 264 seniors. In fall 2025, 74% of its 43 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 38% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

74%

32 of 43 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

12%

32 of 264 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

16%

43 of 264 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 31 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 15 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

Estancia High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 7 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • Irvine8 pts higher

    30%

    10 of 33 admitted

    This school30%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.81)

  • San Diego23 pts higher

    48%

    12 of 25 admitted

    This school48%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    33%

    9 of 27 admitted

    This school33%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.88)

  • Davis10 pts lower

    27%

    3 of 11 admitted

    This school27%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.88)

  • Santa Cruz9 pts lower

    63%

    10 of 16 admitted

    This school63%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Riverside26 pts lower

    62%

    8 of 13 admitted

    This school62%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.69 (all applicants 3.55)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    14 of 14 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.74 (all applicants 3.74)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report31 applied

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report15 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

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

  • San Luis Obispo42 pts higher

    72%

    13 of 18 admitted

    This school72%Overall30%

  • San Diego16 pts lower

    19%

    8 of 43 admitted

    This school19%Overall34%

  • Long Beach22 pts lower

    25%

    13 of 51 admitted

    This school25%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    73%

    11 of 15 admitted

    This school73%Overall74%

  • Fullerton13 pts higher

    100%

    48 of 48 admitted

    This school100%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 (212 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

71%

150 of 212 graduates

UC or CSU

14%

30 graduates

Community college

50%

107 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC147%
CSU168%
CA private college105%
Out of state31%
Community college10750%
Not enrolled6229%
Enrolled in college15071%
Total212100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

15

AP courses offered

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

20

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

36%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

86 of 241 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)

14%

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

37 of 258 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 2 classes
  • English: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 2 classes
  • Science: 2 classes
  • Social science: 5 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 55%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 24%County median 41%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 23%County median 33%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 9%County median 21%
  • Low-income students 81%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 38%County median 57%

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