Pacific Coast Academy
13915 Danielson Street #103, Poway, CA 92064View on map
- Public
- Poway
- 144 seniors
- 8,109 students
Pacific Coast Academy is a public high school in Poway (Dehesa Elementary) with 144 seniors. In fall 2025, 67% of its 15 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD). 30% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.
UC admit rate
67%
10 of 15 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
7%
10 of 144 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
10%
15 of 144 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
Pacific Coast Academy applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 1 campus.
- San Diego8 pts higher
33%
4 of 12 admitted
This school33%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.04)
too few applicants to report9 applied
too few applicants to report8 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report6 applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— 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
~80% · 2 yrs pooled7 applied
too few applicants to report4 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 (142 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
45%
64 of 142 graduates
UC or CSU
6%
9 graduates
Community college
27%
39 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 7 | 5% |
| CSU | 2 | 1% |
| CA private college | 3 | 2% |
| Out of state | 13 | 9% |
| Community college | 39 | 27% |
| Not enrolled | 78 | 55% |
| Enrolled in college | 64 | 45% |
| Total | 142 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Male, Female
- Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races
- Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
Advanced Placement
24
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
14
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
3% of students are in AP courses
2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card
5%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
8 of 157 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)
1%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
1 of 149 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- Computer science: 1 class
- English: 2 classes
- Foreign language: 1 class
- Mathematics: 2 classes
- Science: 3 classes
- Social science: 5 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 78%County median 63%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 49%County median 32%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 41%County median 28%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 28%County median 11%
- Low-income students 33%County median 57%
- Graduates completing courses 30%County median 65%