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Head-Royce School

  • Private
  • Alameda
  • 100 seniors
  • 916 students

Head-Royce School is a private high school in Alameda County (Oakland Unified) with 100 seniors. In fall 2025, 74% of its 87 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB).

Year

UC admit rate

74%

64 of 87 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

64%

64 of 100 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

87%

87 of 100 seniors

County median 41%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.5%

8 of 84 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

14%

10 of 74 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

Head-Royce School applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    8 of 84 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 4.01)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    10 of 74 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Irvine8 pts lower

    15%

    10 of 68 admitted

    This school15%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.10 (all applicants 4.00)

  • San Diego14 pts lower

    11%

    9 of 82 admitted

    This school11%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Santa Barbara22 pts lower

    10%

    8 of 79 admitted

    This school10%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Davis15 pts lower

    22%

    15 of 67 admitted

    This school22%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    70%

    42 of 60 admitted

    This school70%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.02 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Riverside14 pts lower

    73%

    27 of 37 admitted

    This school73%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.94)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    22 of 23 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.87)

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

Head-Royce School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo5 pts higher

    35%

    14 of 40 admitted

    This school35%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    34%

    10 of 29 admitted

    This school34%Overall34%

  • Pomona14 pts lower

    60%

    12 of 20 admitted

    This school60%Overall74%

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.