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Oceanside High School

1 Pirates Cove, Oceanside, CA 92054View on map

  • Public
  • Oceanside
  • 454 seniors
  • 1,903 students

Oceanside High School is a public high school in Oceanside (Oceanside Unified) with 454 seniors. In fall 2025, 68% of its 85 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Irvine (UCI). 47% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

68%

58 of 85 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

13%

58 of 454 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

19%

85 of 454 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.4%

5 of 53 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

11%

4 of 36 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    5 of 53 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.33 (all applicants 3.98)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    11%

    4 of 36 admitted

    This school11%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.02)

  • Irvine9 pts lower

    14%

    7 of 51 admitted

    This school14%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.87)

  • San Diego4 pts higher

    29%

    20 of 68 admitted

    This school29%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    36%

    15 of 42 admitted

    This school36%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Davis9 pts lower

    28%

    8 of 29 admitted

    This school28%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts higher

    78%

    18 of 23 admitted

    This school78%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Riverside6 pts lower

    81%

    26 of 32 admitted

    This school81%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.61)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    22 of 22 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.83)

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

Oceanside High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • San Diego12 pts lower

    22%

    23 of 104 admitted

    This school22%Overall34%

  • Long Beach19 pts lower

    28%

    24 of 86 admitted

    This school28%Overall47%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    86%

    63 of 73 admitted

    This school86%Overall87%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    95%

    109 of 115 admitted

    This school95%Overall96%

  • Sacramento

    ~100% · 3 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 (361 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

44%

159 of 361 graduates

UC or CSU

17%

63 graduates

Community college

15%

55 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC206%
CSU4312%
CA private college113%
Out of state308%
Community college5515%
Not enrolled20256%
Enrolled in college15944%
Total361100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

20

AP courses offered

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

30

AP class sections

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

27% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

23%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

90 of 399 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)

18%

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

69 of 392 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 9 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 6 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 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 51%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 25%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 22%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 9%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 74%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 47%County median 65%

Across California

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