Foothills High School is a public high school in San Marcos (San Marcos Unified).
Most-applied CSU: Cal State San Marcos
too few applicants to report
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.
California State University
too few applicants to report2 applied
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 (38 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
50%
19 of 38 graduates
UC or CSU
8%
3 graduates
Community college
37%
14 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 1 | 3% |
| CSU | 2 | 5% |
| CA private college | 1 | 3% |
| Out of state | 1 | 3% |
| Community college | 14 | 37% |
| Not enrolled | 19 | 50% |
| Enrolled in college | 19 | 50% |
| Total | 38 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Male, Female
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White
- Student need: Low-income
Advanced Placement
7%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
3 of 45 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 38 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, and the share of low-income students. The tick is the county median.
- Juniors meeting the English standard 44%County median 63%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 12%County median 32%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 12%County median 28%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 6%County median 11%
- Low-income students 51%County median 57%