Middle College High School

2600 Mission Bell Drive, San Pablo, CA 94806View on map

  • Public
  • San Pablo
  • 72 seniors
  • 290 students

Middle College High School is a public high school in San Pablo (West Contra Costa Unified) with 72 seniors. In fall 2025, 81% of its 63 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 100% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

81%

51 of 63 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

71%

51 of 72 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

88%

63 of 72 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 36 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

20%

10 of 50 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

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

  • Berkeley7 pts higher

    20%

    10 of 50 admitted

    This school20%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.04)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    22%

    8 of 36 admitted

    This school22%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.04)

  • San Diego17 pts lower

    8%

    3 of 37 admitted

    This school8%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.06)

  • Santa Barbara13 pts higher

    45%

    10 of 22 admitted

    This school45%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.98)

  • DavisAbout the same

    36%

    20 of 55 admitted

    This school36%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    69%

    22 of 32 admitted

    This school69%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.98)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    87%

    20 of 23 admitted

    This school87%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    30 of 30 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.93)

  • too few applicants to report36 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

Middle College High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 4 of 4 campuses.

  • San Luis Obispo9 pts higher

    39%

    7 of 18 admitted

    This school39%Overall30%

  • San Jose20 pts higher

    100%

    31 of 31 admitted

    This school100%Overall80%

  • Sacramento6 pts higher

    100%

    17 of 17 admitted

    This school100%Overall94%

  • San Francisco4 pts higher

    100%

    33 of 33 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

  • ~100% · 2 yrs pooled5 applied

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

Any college

94%

67 of 71 graduates

UC or CSU

65%

46 graduates

Community college

23%

16 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC3245%
CSU1420%
CA private college46%
Out of state11%
Community college1623%
Not enrolled46%
Enrolled in college6794%
Total71100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Asian
  • Student need: Low-income
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Advanced Placement

0%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

0 of 69 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)

0%

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

0 of 60 graduates

2023–24 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 84%County median 50%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 56%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 45%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 29%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 64%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 100%County median 61%

Across California

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