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Northgate High School

425 Castle Rock Road, Walnut Creek, CA 94598View on map

  • Public
  • Walnut Creek
  • 377 seniors
  • 1,578 students

Northgate High School is a public high school in Walnut Creek (Mt. Diablo Unified) with 377 seniors. In fall 2025, 80% of its 178 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Davis (UCD), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 75% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

80%

143 of 178 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

38%

143 of 377 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

47%

178 of 377 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.7%

11 of 127 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

11%

13 of 119 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    11 of 127 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.04)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    11%

    13 of 119 admitted

    This school11%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Irvine8 pts lower

    15%

    17 of 117 admitted

    This school15%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.02)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    22%

    31 of 139 admitted

    This school22%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    40 of 132 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Davis5 pts lower

    32%

    44 of 136 admitted

    This school32%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Santa Cruz8 pts higher

    79%

    76 of 96 admitted

    This school79%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Riverside7 pts higher

    94%

    68 of 72 admitted

    This school94%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.94)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    47 of 48 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.89)

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

Northgate High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 4.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    32%

    43 of 135 admitted

    This school32%Overall30%

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    41%

    60 of 148 admitted

    This school41%Overall34%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    80%

    61 of 76 admitted

    This school80%Overall80%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    93%

    69 of 74 admitted

    This school93%Overall94%

  • Monterey BayAbout the same

    97%

    34 of 35 admitted

    This school97%Overall95%

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

Any college

88%

322 of 364 graduates

UC or CSU

35%

126 graduates

Community college

32%

115 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC6418%
CSU6217%
CA private college185%
Out of state6317%
Community college11532%
Not enrolled4212%
Enrolled in college32288%
Total364100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

19

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.

42% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

55%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

202 of 370 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)

45%

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

168 of 373 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 7 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 6 classes
  • Social science: 14 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 83%County median 50%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 61%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 56%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 30%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 21%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 75%County median 61%

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