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Pacific Collegiate Charter

3004 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060View on map

  • Public
  • Santa Cruz
  • 78 seniors
  • 551 students

Pacific Collegiate Charter is a public high school in Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County Office of Education) with 78 seniors. In fall 2025, 89% of its 61 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 95% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

89%

54 of 61 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

69%

54 of 78 seniors

County median 24%

Seniors who applied to UC

78%

61 of 78 seniors

County median 32%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

7.5%

3 of 40 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

28%

10 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

Pacific Collegiate Charter applicants did better than all California applicants at 6 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    3 of 40 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.11)

  • Berkeley14 pts higher

    28%

    10 of 36 admitted

    This school28%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.09)

  • Irvine28 pts higher

    50%

    17 of 34 admitted

    This school50%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.04)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    22%

    10 of 45 admitted

    This school22%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    14 of 46 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Davis4 pts higher

    41%

    19 of 46 admitted

    This school41%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.07)

  • Santa Cruz17 pts higher

    89%

    32 of 36 admitted

    This school89%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Riverside4 pts higher

    91%

    20 of 22 admitted

    This school91%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    15 of 15 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.81)

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

Pacific Collegiate Charter applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    31%

    13 of 42 admitted

    This school31%Overall30%

  • San Diego24 pts higher

    59%

    20 of 34 admitted

    This school59%Overall34%

  • Long Beach23 pts higher

    70%

    14 of 20 admitted

    This school70%Overall47%

  • San Francisco4 pts higher

    100%

    15 of 15 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

  • HumboldtAbout the same

    100%

    19 of 19 admitted

    This school100%Overall99%

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

Any college

85%

77 of 91 graduates

UC or CSU

35%

32 graduates

Community college

19%

17 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC2123%
CSU1112%
CA private college55%
Out of state2325%
Community college1719%
Not enrolled1415%
Enrolled in college7785%
Total91100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino
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Advanced Placement

26

AP courses offered

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

39

AP class sections

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

76% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

98%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

65 of 66 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)

86%

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

76 of 88 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 7 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 5 classes
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 9 classes
  • Social science: 9 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 88%County median 61%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 76%County median 30%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 57%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 50%County median 14%
  • Low-income students 8%County median 36%
  • Graduates completing courses 95%County median 64%

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