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Newport Harbor High School

600 Irvine Avenue, Newport Beach, CA 92663View on map

  • Public
  • Newport Beach
  • 526 seniors
  • 2,044 students

Newport Harbor High School is a public high school in Newport Beach (Newport-Mesa Unified) with 526 seniors. In fall 2025, 80% of its 162 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 61% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

80%

130 of 162 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

25%

130 of 526 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

31%

162 of 526 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

12%

12 of 102 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

12%

8 of 66 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

Newport Harbor High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 6 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    12 of 102 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 4.05)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    8 of 66 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Irvine14 pts higher

    36%

    27 of 75 admitted

    This school36%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.93)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    27%

    27 of 100 admitted

    This school27%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts higher

    38%

    41 of 107 admitted

    This school38%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Davis7 pts higher

    44%

    19 of 43 admitted

    This school44%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts higher

    78%

    53 of 68 admitted

    This school78%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Riverside11 pts higher

    98%

    45 of 46 admitted

    This school98%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    29 of 29 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.82)

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

Newport Harbor High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo4 pts lower

    26%

    25 of 98 admitted

    This school26%Overall30%

  • San Diego14 pts higher

    48%

    51 of 106 admitted

    This school48%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    49%

    32 of 65 admitted

    This school49%Overall47%

  • Pomona12 pts higher

    86%

    31 of 36 admitted

    This school86%Overall74%

  • Fullerton10 pts higher

    96%

    53 of 55 admitted

    This school96%Overall87%

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

Any college

84%

441 of 526 graduates

UC or CSU

15%

81 graduates

Community college

38%

199 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC367%
CSU459%
CA private college194%
Out of state14227%
Community college19938%
Not enrolled8516%
Enrolled in college44184%
Total526100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

21

AP courses offered

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

61

AP class sections

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

42% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

50%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

261 of 524 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)

25%

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

147 of 582 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 12 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 8 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 6 classes
  • Science: 10 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 65%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 44%County median 41%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 32%County median 33%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 22%County median 21%
  • Low-income students 41%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 61%County median 57%

Across California

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