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Half Moon Bay High School

1 Lewis Foster Drive, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019View on map

  • Public
  • Half Moon Bay
  • 233 seniors
  • 834 students

Half Moon Bay High School is a public high school in Half Moon Bay (Cabrillo Unified) with 233 seniors. In fall 2025, 81% of its 75 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), and UC Berkeley (Cal). 57% of the class of 2022 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

81%

61 of 75 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

26%

61 of 233 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

32%

75 of 233 seniors

County median 42%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

12%

5 of 41 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

15%

7 of 46 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    5 of 41 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 4.14)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    15%

    7 of 46 admitted

    This school15%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 4.15)

  • Irvine5 pts lower

    17%

    6 of 35 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.03)

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    21%

    9 of 42 admitted

    This school21%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.07)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts higher

    40%

    23 of 58 admitted

    This school40%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Davis12 pts higher

    49%

    19 of 39 admitted

    This school49%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.09)

  • Santa Cruz11 pts higher

    82%

    42 of 51 admitted

    This school82%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Riverside7 pts higher

    94%

    16 of 17 admitted

    This school94%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Merced5 pts lower

    92%

    11 of 12 admitted

    This school92%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.80)

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

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

  • San Luis Obispo7 pts lower

    23%

    14 of 62 admitted

    This school23%Overall30%

  • San Diego11 pts higher

    45%

    23 of 51 admitted

    This school45%Overall34%

  • San Jose8 pts lower

    72%

    13 of 18 admitted

    This school72%Overall80%

  • Sonoma5 pts higher

    100%

    11 of 11 admitted

    This school100%Overall95%

  • San Francisco8 pts lower

    88%

    15 of 17 admitted

    This school88%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 (222 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

79%

175 of 222 graduates

UC or CSU

24%

53 graduates

Community college

37%

83 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC2712%
CSU2612%
CA private college52%
Out of state3415%
Community college8337%
Not enrolled4721%
Enrolled in college17579%
Total222100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

17

AP courses offered

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

27

AP class sections

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

35% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

50%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

124 of 250 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

62 of 260 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 6 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 2 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 2022. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 56%County median 62%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 29%County median 37%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 23%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 13%County median 19%
  • Low-income students 30%County median 35%
  • Graduates completing courses 57%County median 66%

Across California

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