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Miramonte High School

750 Moraga Way, Orinda, CA 94563View on map

  • Public
  • Orinda
  • 309 seniors
  • 1,168 students

Miramonte High School is a public high school in Orinda (Acalanes Union High) with 309 seniors. In fall 2025, 80% of its 194 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 89% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

80%

155 of 194 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

50%

155 of 309 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

63%

194 of 309 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

12%

18 of 155 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

10%

16 of 157 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

Miramonte High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    18 of 155 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.07)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    10%

    16 of 157 admitted

    This school10%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Irvine6 pts lower

    16%

    22 of 136 admitted

    This school16%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 4.01)

  • San Diego7 pts lower

    18%

    28 of 153 admitted

    This school18%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts lower

    29%

    46 of 161 admitted

    This school29%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Davis5 pts lower

    32%

    47 of 146 admitted

    This school32%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Santa Cruz8 pts higher

    80%

    87 of 109 admitted

    This school80%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.97)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    90%

    61 of 68 admitted

    This school90%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.88)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    40 of 41 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.94)

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

Miramonte High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo8 pts higher

    38%

    65 of 172 admitted

    This school38%Overall30%

  • San Diego17 pts higher

    52%

    78 of 151 admitted

    This school52%Overall34%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    96%

    23 of 24 admitted

    This school96%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 (274 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

92%

251 of 274 graduates

UC or CSU

23%

63 graduates

Community college

9%

26 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC3513%
CSU2810%
CA private college3312%
Out of state12947%
Community college269%
Not enrolled238%
Enrolled in college25192%
Total274100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

23

AP courses offered

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

70

AP class sections

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

64% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

86%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

266 of 310 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)

72%

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

210 of 291 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 7 classes
  • English: 7 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 7 classes
  • Mathematics: 9 classes
  • Science: 13 classes
  • Social science: 24 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 94%County median 50%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 72%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 66%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 48%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 5%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 89%County median 61%

Across California

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