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Laguna Beach High School

625 Park Avenue, Laguna Beach, CA 92651View on map

  • Public
  • Laguna Beach
  • 196 seniors
  • 820 students

Laguna Beach High School is a public high school in Laguna Beach (Laguna Beach Unified) with 196 seniors. In fall 2025, 64% of its 91 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Berkeley (Cal). 83% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

64%

58 of 91 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

30%

58 of 196 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

46%

91 of 196 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

12%

9 of 75 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

21%

13 of 62 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

Laguna Beach High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 8 campuses, about the same at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    9 of 75 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 4.08)

  • Berkeley8 pts higher

    21%

    13 of 62 admitted

    This school21%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.09)

  • Irvine18 pts higher

    40%

    19 of 47 admitted

    This school40%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 4.04)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    24%

    15 of 62 admitted

    This school24%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    31%

    21 of 67 admitted

    This school31%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.02)

  • DavisAbout the same

    38%

    15 of 39 admitted

    This school38%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    70%

    23 of 33 admitted

    This school70%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Riverside8 pts higher

    95%

    19 of 20 admitted

    This school95%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Merced

    ~86% · 3 yrs pooled6 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

Laguna Beach High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 4 of 4 campuses.

  • San Luis Obispo10 pts higher

    40%

    28 of 70 admitted

    This school40%Overall30%

  • San Diego9 pts higher

    43%

    28 of 65 admitted

    This school43%Overall34%

  • San Jose11 pts higher

    91%

    10 of 11 admitted

    This school91%Overall80%

  • Fullerton13 pts higher

    100%

    22 of 22 admitted

    This school100%Overall87%

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

Any college

88%

236 of 269 graduates

UC or CSU

18%

49 graduates

Community college

32%

85 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC2610%
CSU239%
CA private college124%
Out of state9033%
Community college8532%
Not enrolled3312%
Enrolled in college23688%
Total269100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

21

AP courses offered

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

38

AP class sections

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

46% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

69%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

146 of 213 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)

45%

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

114 of 252 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 6 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 5 classes
  • Mathematics: 6 classes
  • Science: 6 classes
  • Social science: 13 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 83%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 60%County median 41%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 49%County median 33%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 32%County median 21%
  • Low-income students 21%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 83%County median 57%

Across California

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