Nipomo High School
525 North Thompson Road, Nipomo, CA 93444View on map
- Public
- Nipomo
- 192 seniors
- 833 students
Nipomo High School is a public high school in Nipomo (Lucia Mar Unified) with 192 seniors. In fall 2025, 81% of its 21 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 75%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD) and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 39% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.
UC admit rate
81%
17 of 21 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
9%
17 of 192 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
11%
21 of 192 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
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
Nipomo High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 2 campuses.
- San Diego11 pts higher
36%
4 of 11 admitted
This school36%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.93)
- Santa Barbara22 pts higher
55%
6 of 11 admitted
This school55%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.00)
~59% · 3 yrs pooled8 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report6 applied
too few applicants to report6 applied
~59% · 3 yrs pooled5 applied
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
Nipomo High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 3 campuses, worse at 2.
- San Luis Obispo30 pts higher
59%
19 of 32 admitted
This school59%Overall30%
- San Diego9 pts lower
25%
4 of 16 admitted
This school25%Overall34%
- Fresno5 pts lower
91%
10 of 11 admitted
This school91%Overall96%
~83% · 3 yrs pooled4 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 (187 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
68%
128 of 187 graduates
UC or CSU
17%
31 graduates
Community college
50%
93 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 7 | 4% |
| CSU | 24 | 13% |
| CA private college | 1 | 1% |
| Out of state | 3 | 2% |
| Community college | 93 | 50% |
| Not enrolled | 59 | 32% |
| Enrolled in college | 128 | 68% |
| Total | 187 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Female, Male
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White
- Student need: Low-income, Homeless, Students with disabilities
Advanced Placement
8
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
12
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
21% 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
73 of 193 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)
13%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
26 of 206 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- English: 3 classes
- Foreign language: 1 class
- Mathematics: 3 classes
- Science: 1 class
- Social science: 4 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 60%County median 60%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 21%County median 21%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 23%County median 19%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 6%County median 6%
- Low-income students 70%County median 52%
- Graduates completing courses 39%County median 50%