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Orange High School

525 North Shaffer Street, Orange, CA 92867View on map

  • Public
  • Orange
  • 438 seniors
  • 1,710 students

Orange High School is a public high school in Orange (Orange Unified) with 438 seniors. In fall 2025, 65% of its 57 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Riverside (UCR). 36% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

65%

37 of 57 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

8%

37 of 438 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

13%

57 of 438 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.3%

3 of 36 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 12 applicants, 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

Orange High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    3 of 36 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.83)

  • Irvine9 pts lower

    14%

    6 of 44 admitted

    This school14%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.76)

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    31%

    9 of 29 admitted

    This school31%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Santa Barbara29 pts higher

    62%

    8 of 13 admitted

    This school62%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.66)

  • Davis12 pts lower

    25%

    3 of 12 admitted

    This school25%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.62)

  • Santa Cruz35 pts lower

    36%

    4 of 11 admitted

    This school36%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.54)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    84%

    27 of 32 admitted

    This school84%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.68)

  • Merced5 pts lower

    92%

    11 of 12 admitted

    This school92%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.57 (all applicants 3.58)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report12 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

Orange High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, worse at 2.

  • Long Beach11 pts lower

    36%

    31 of 87 admitted

    This school36%Overall47%

  • Pomona11 pts lower

    63%

    25 of 40 admitted

    This school63%Overall74%

  • Fullerton7 pts higher

    93%

    97 of 104 admitted

    This school93%Overall87%

  • Fresno4 pts higher

    100%

    11 of 11 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

  • San Luis Obispo

    ~52% · 3 yrs pooled8 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 (403 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

67%

269 of 403 graduates

UC or CSU

16%

63 graduates

Community college

46%

184 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC195%
CSU4411%
CA private college174%
Out of state51%
Community college18446%
Not enrolled13433%
Enrolled in college26967%
Total403100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

15

AP courses offered

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

26

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

28%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

127 of 458 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)

6%

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

24 of 389 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 5 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 2 classes
  • Science: 5 classes
  • Social science: 8 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 39%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 14%County median 41%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 11%County median 33%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 6%County median 21%
  • Low-income students 86%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 36%County median 57%

Across California

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