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Mission Bay High School

2475 Grand Avenue, San Diego, CA 92109View on map

  • Public
  • San Diego
  • 265 seniors
  • 1,280 students

Mission Bay High School is a public high school in San Diego (San Diego Unified) with 265 seniors. In fall 2025, 75% of its 100 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Berkeley (Cal). 72% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

75%

75 of 100 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

28%

75 of 265 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

38%

100 of 265 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

11%

7 of 65 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

8.8%

5 of 57 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

Mission Bay High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    7 of 65 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Berkeley5 pts lower

    9%

    5 of 57 admitted

    This school9%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Irvine12 pts lower

    10%

    5 of 49 admitted

    This school10%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.95)

  • San Diego5 pts lower

    20%

    11 of 54 admitted

    This school20%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts lower

    25%

    16 of 64 admitted

    This school25%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Davis9 pts higher

    46%

    25 of 54 admitted

    This school46%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa Cruz15 pts higher

    86%

    49 of 57 admitted

    This school86%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.88)

  • Riverside6 pts lower

    81%

    17 of 21 admitted

    This school81%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.76)

  • MercedAbout the same

    94%

    17 of 18 admitted

    This school94%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.90)

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

Mission Bay High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    30%

    20 of 66 admitted

    This school30%Overall30%

  • San Diego30 pts higher

    65%

    66 of 102 admitted

    This school65%Overall34%

  • Long Beach4 pts higher

    51%

    28 of 55 admitted

    This school51%Overall47%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    94%

    15 of 16 admitted

    This school94%Overall94%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    93%

    14 of 15 admitted

    This school93%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 (276 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

84%

232 of 276 graduates

UC or CSU

27%

74 graduates

Community college

41%

114 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC3312%
CSU4115%
CA private college114%
Out of state3312%
Community college11441%
Not enrolled4416%
Enrolled in college23284%
Total276100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

8

AP courses offered

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

14

AP class sections

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

22% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

29%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

88 of 300 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

37 of 268 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Foreign language: 6 classes
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 5 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 74%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 42%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 45%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 24%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 50%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 72%County median 65%

Across California

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