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Harbor High School

300 La Fonda Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062View on map

  • Public
  • Santa Cruz
  • 223 seniors
  • 994 students

Harbor High School is a public high school in Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz City High) with 223 seniors. In fall 2025, 72% of its 53 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 61% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

72%

38 of 53 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

17%

38 of 223 seniors

County median 24%

Seniors who applied to UC

24%

53 of 223 seniors

County median 32%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

12%

3 of 25 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

20%

7 of 35 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

Harbor High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    3 of 25 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.11)

  • Berkeley7 pts higher

    20%

    7 of 35 admitted

    This school20%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.14)

  • Irvine17 pts higher

    39%

    9 of 23 admitted

    This school39%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.92)

  • San Diego18 pts higher

    43%

    16 of 37 admitted

    This school43%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.07)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    34%

    12 of 35 admitted

    This school34%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Davis11 pts higher

    48%

    16 of 33 admitted

    This school48%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Santa Cruz19 pts higher

    90%

    18 of 20 admitted

    This school90%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 4.09)

  • Merced5 pts lower

    92%

    11 of 12 admitted

    This school92%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.70)

  • Riverside

    ~87% · 3 yrs pooled7 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

Harbor High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo5 pts lower

    25%

    12 of 48 admitted

    This school25%Overall30%

  • San Diego28 pts higher

    63%

    25 of 40 admitted

    This school63%Overall34%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    83%

    19 of 23 admitted

    This school83%Overall80%

  • San Francisco4 pts higher

    100%

    19 of 19 admitted

    This school100%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 (236 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

81%

191 of 236 graduates

UC or CSU

23%

55 graduates

Community college

50%

119 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC2711%
CSU2812%
CA private college31%
Out of state146%
Community college11950%
Not enrolled4519%
Enrolled in college19181%
Total236100%

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, English learners, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

3

AP courses offered

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

2

AP class sections

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

6% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

4%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

8 of 226 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)

1%

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

2 of 272 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Mathematics: 2 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 61%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 29%County median 30%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 24%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 12%County median 14%
  • Low-income students 35%County median 36%
  • Graduates completing courses 61%County median 64%

Across California

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