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Mt. Eden High School

2300 Panama Street, Hayward, CA 94545View on map

  • Public
  • Hayward
  • 433 seniors
  • 1,868 students

Mt. Eden High School is a public high school in Hayward (Hayward Unified) with 433 seniors. In fall 2025, 85% of its 97 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 51% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

85%

82 of 97 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

19%

82 of 433 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

22%

97 of 433 seniors

County median 41%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

7.6%

4 of 53 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

10%

7 of 69 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

Mt. Eden High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 7 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    4 of 53 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.94)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    10%

    7 of 69 admitted

    This school10%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Irvine11 pts lower

    11%

    5 of 45 admitted

    This school11%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.89)

  • San Diego19 pts higher

    43%

    20 of 46 admitted

    This school43%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    12 of 40 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.78)

  • DavisAbout the same

    41%

    30 of 74 admitted

    This school41%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    75%

    38 of 51 admitted

    This school75%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.74)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    90%

    36 of 40 admitted

    This school90%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.80 (all applicants 3.73)

  • MercedAbout the same

    94%

    44 of 47 admitted

    This school94%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (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

Mt. Eden High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo21 pts higher

    51%

    22 of 43 admitted

    This school51%Overall30%

  • San Jose6 pts higher

    86%

    91 of 106 admitted

    This school86%Overall80%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    92%

    36 of 39 admitted

    This school92%Overall94%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    94%

    80 of 85 admitted

    This school94%Overall96%

  • East Bay5 pts lower

    92%

    99 of 108 admitted

    This school92%Overall97%

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

Any college

70%

283 of 403 graduates

UC or CSU

27%

110 graduates

Community college

38%

155 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC328%
CSU7819%
CA private college82%
Out of state102%
Community college15538%
Not enrolled12030%
Enrolled in college28370%
Total403100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

15

AP courses offered

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

36

AP class sections

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

28% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

38%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

180 of 480 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)

15%

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

64 of 435 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 3 classes
  • English: 6 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 9 classes
  • Science: 3 classes
  • Social science: 11 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 55%County median 54%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 23%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 21%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 9%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 83%County median 68%
  • Graduates completing courses 51%County median 75%

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