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Grossmont High School

1100 Murray Drive, La Mesa, CA 91944View on map

  • Public
  • La Mesa
  • 563 seniors
  • 2,221 students

Grossmont High School is a public high school in La Mesa (Grossmont Union High) with 563 seniors. In fall 2025, 65% of its 81 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 53% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

65%

53 of 81 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

9%

53 of 563 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

14%

81 of 563 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.7%

4 of 46 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

26%

7 of 27 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    4 of 46 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.92)

  • Berkeley12 pts higher

    26%

    7 of 27 admitted

    This school26%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Irvine12 pts lower

    10%

    5 of 48 admitted

    This school10%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.81)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    25%

    16 of 63 admitted

    This school25%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts higher

    36%

    13 of 36 admitted

    This school36%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.76)

  • DavisAbout the same

    40%

    6 of 15 admitted

    This school40%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.74)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts lower

    64%

    18 of 28 admitted

    This school64%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.59)

  • Riverside19 pts lower

    68%

    17 of 25 admitted

    This school68%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.73 (all applicants 3.55)

  • MercedAbout the same

    94%

    15 of 16 admitted

    This school94%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.66 (all applicants 3.59)

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

Grossmont High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, worse at 3.

  • San Luis Obispo13 pts lower

    17%

    6 of 36 admitted

    This school17%Overall30%

  • San Diego18 pts higher

    52%

    58 of 111 admitted

    This school52%Overall34%

  • Long Beach6 pts higher

    53%

    28 of 53 admitted

    This school53%Overall47%

  • San Marcos8 pts lower

    88%

    49 of 56 admitted

    This school88%Overall96%

  • San Francisco13 pts lower

    83%

    15 of 18 admitted

    This school83%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 (459 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

76%

348 of 459 graduates

UC or CSU

19%

86 graduates

Community college

47%

217 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC245%
CSU6214%
CA private college112%
Out of state347%
Community college21747%
Not enrolled11124%
Enrolled in college34876%
Total459100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

16

AP courses offered

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

31

AP class sections

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

22% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

31%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

152 of 496 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)

10%

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

53 of 506 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 2 classes
  • English: 5 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 6 classes
  • Science: 5 classes
  • Social science: 10 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 59%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 30%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 29%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 11%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 62%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 53%County median 65%

Across California

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