High Tech High Mesa

5331 Mount Alifan, San Diego, CA 92111View on map

  • Public
  • San Diego
  • 103 seniors
  • 432 students

High Tech High Mesa is a public high school in San Diego (San Diego County Office of Education) with 103 seniors. In fall 2025, 77% of its 57 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). 99% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

77%

44 of 57 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

43%

44 of 103 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

55%

57 of 103 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

11%

3 of 28 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 24 applicants, 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.

University of California

High Tech High Mesa applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 8 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    3 of 28 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.16)

  • Irvine8 pts lower

    15%

    5 of 34 admitted

    This school15%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.09)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    26%

    11 of 43 admitted

    This school26%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts higher

    36%

    8 of 22 admitted

    This school36%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.17)

  • Davis25 pts higher

    62%

    13 of 21 admitted

    This school62%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.15)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts higher

    77%

    20 of 26 admitted

    This school77%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 4.09)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    24 of 27 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.98)

  • MercedAbout the same

    95%

    20 of 21 admitted

    This school95%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.98)

  • too few applicants to report24 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

High Tech High Mesa applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo20 pts higher

    50%

    20 of 40 admitted

    This school50%Overall30%

  • San Diego34 pts higher

    68%

    58 of 85 admitted

    This school68%Overall34%

  • Pomona4 pts higher

    78%

    28 of 36 admitted

    This school78%Overall74%

  • HumboldtAbout the same

    100%

    16 of 16 admitted

    This school100%Overall99%

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 (97 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

76%

74 of 97 graduates

UC or CSU

33%

32 graduates

Community college

25%

24 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC1010%
CSU2223%
CA private college88%
Out of state1010%
Community college2425%
Not enrolled2324%
Enrolled in college7476%
Total97100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

2%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

2 of 96 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)

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 73%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 55%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 41%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 35%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 43%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 99%County median 65%

Across California

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