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Mar Vista Senior High School

505 Elm Avenue, Imperial Beach, CA 91932View on map

  • Public
  • Imperial Beach
  • 290 seniors
  • 1,190 students

Mar Vista Senior High School is a public high school in Imperial Beach (Sweetwater Union High) with 290 seniors. In fall 2025, 82% of its 62 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). 50% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

82%

51 of 62 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

18%

51 of 290 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

21%

62 of 290 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 33 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

14%

3 of 22 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

Mar Vista Senior High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 8 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 3.

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    3 of 22 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.89)

  • Irvine4 pts lower

    18%

    6 of 33 admitted

    This school18%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.75)

  • San Diego7 pts higher

    31%

    17 of 54 admitted

    This school31%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    33%

    9 of 27 admitted

    This school33%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.76)

  • Davis7 pts lower

    30%

    7 of 23 admitted

    This school30%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.76)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    69%

    18 of 26 admitted

    This school69%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.76)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    23 of 26 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.74 (all applicants 3.67)

  • Merced4 pts lower

    93%

    25 of 27 admitted

    This school93%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.65 (all applicants 3.60)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report33 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

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

  • San Luis Obispo10 pts lower

    20%

    3 of 15 admitted

    This school20%Overall30%

  • San Diego29 pts higher

    64%

    58 of 91 admitted

    This school64%Overall34%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    97%

    29 of 30 admitted

    This school97%Overall96%

  • San Francisco9 pts lower

    87%

    13 of 15 admitted

    This school87%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 (288 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

72%

208 of 288 graduates

UC or CSU

22%

64 graduates

Community college

47%

134 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC238%
CSU4114%
CA private college31%
Out of state72%
Community college13447%
Not enrolled8028%
Enrolled in college20872%
Total288100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

14

AP courses offered

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

20

AP class sections

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

30% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

40%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

94 of 237 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)

14%

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

42 of 304 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 3 classes
  • English: 5 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 2 classes
  • Science: 2 classes
  • Social science: 7 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 62%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 17%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 23%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 7%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 60%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 50%County median 65%

Across California

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