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Morse High School

6905 Skyline Drive, San Diego, CA 92114View on map

  • Public
  • San Diego
  • 377 seniors
  • 1,635 students

Morse High School is a public high school in San Diego (San Diego Unified) with 377 seniors. In fall 2025, 77% of its 83 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). 61% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

77%

64 of 83 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

17%

64 of 377 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

22%

83 of 377 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.3%

4 of 48 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

18%

6 of 34 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

Morse High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    4 of 48 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.87)

  • Berkeley4 pts higher

    18%

    6 of 34 admitted

    This school18%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 3.88)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    25%

    16 of 63 admitted

    This school25%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.84)

  • San Diego15 pts higher

    40%

    32 of 81 admitted

    This school40%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.80)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    34%

    10 of 29 admitted

    This school34%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.68)

  • Davis6 pts higher

    43%

    9 of 21 admitted

    This school43%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    73%

    8 of 11 admitted

    This school73%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Riverside4 pts lower

    83%

    39 of 47 admitted

    This school83%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.76)

  • MercedAbout the same

    97%

    32 of 33 admitted

    This school97%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.79 (all applicants 3.78)

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

Morse High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 4 campuses, worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo23 pts higher

    53%

    17 of 32 admitted

    This school53%Overall30%

  • San Diego19 pts higher

    54%

    57 of 106 admitted

    This school54%Overall34%

  • Fullerton8 pts higher

    95%

    19 of 20 admitted

    This school95%Overall87%

  • San Marcos5 pts lower

    91%

    48 of 53 admitted

    This school91%Overall96%

  • Northridge

    ~80% · 2 yrs pooled9 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 (345 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

67%

230 of 345 graduates

UC or CSU

15%

51 graduates

Community college

47%

161 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC226%
CSU298%
CA private college41%
Out of state144%
Community college16147%
Not enrolled11533%
Enrolled in college23067%
Total345100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

8

AP courses offered

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

9

AP class sections

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

11% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

19%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

67 of 358 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)

6%

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

23 of 395 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 2 classes
  • Science: 2 classes
  • Social science: 2 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 57%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 20%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 18%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 6%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 70%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 61%County median 65%

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