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Paso Robles High School

801 Niblick Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446View on map

  • Public
  • Paso Robles
  • 411 seniors
  • 1,962 students

Paso Robles High School is a public high school in Paso Robles (Paso Robles Joint Unified) with 411 seniors. In fall 2025, 86% of its 64 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 75%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Davis (UCD). 33% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

86%

55 of 64 applicants, fall 2025

County median 75%

Seniors admitted to a UC

13%

55 of 411 seniors

County median 17%

Seniors who applied to UC

16%

64 of 411 seniors

County median 22%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

14%

4 of 29 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

19%

5 of 27 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

Paso Robles High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 7 of 9 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • Los Angeles4 pts higher

    14%

    4 of 29 admitted

    This school14%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.94)

  • Berkeley5 pts higher

    19%

    5 of 27 admitted

    This school19%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Irvine20 pts higher

    42%

    11 of 26 admitted

    This school42%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.88)

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    21%

    8 of 39 admitted

    This school21%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    29%

    12 of 41 admitted

    This school29%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Davis10 pts higher

    47%

    16 of 34 admitted

    This school47%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Santa Cruz15 pts higher

    87%

    26 of 30 admitted

    This school87%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    11 of 12 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    23 of 23 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.74 (all applicants 3.74)

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

Paso Robles High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 4 of 5 campuses, worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo14 pts higher

    43%

    40 of 92 admitted

    This school43%Overall30%

  • San Diego15 pts lower

    19%

    12 of 62 admitted

    This school19%Overall34%

  • San Jose8 pts higher

    88%

    30 of 34 admitted

    This school88%Overall80%

  • Chico4 pts higher

    97%

    37 of 38 admitted

    This school97%Overall94%

  • Fresno4 pts higher

    100%

    32 of 32 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

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

Any college

73%

274 of 374 graduates

UC or CSU

18%

69 graduates

Community college

43%

159 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC257%
CSU4412%
CA private college133%
Out of state339%
Community college15943%
Not enrolled10027%
Enrolled in college27473%
Total374100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

18

AP courses offered

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

27

AP class sections

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

19% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

32%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

146 of 452 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)

11%

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

49 of 451 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 6 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 6 classes
  • Science: 7 classes
  • Social science: 6 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 61%County median 60%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 32%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 31%County median 19%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 11%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 69%County median 52%
  • Graduates completing courses 33%County median 50%

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