Poway to Palomar Middle College High School

11111 Rancho Bernardo Road, San Diego, CA 92127View on map

  • Public
  • San Diego
  • 46 seniors
  • 96 students

Poway to Palomar Middle College High School is a public high school in San Diego (Poway Unified) with 46 seniors. In fall 2025, 73% of its 15 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Davis (UCD).

Year

UC admit rate

73%

11 of 15 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

24%

11 of 46 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

33%

15 of 46 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 11 applicants, 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

Poway to Palomar Middle College High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 2 campuses, about the same at 1.

  • Irvine32 pts higher

    54%

    7 of 13 admitted

    This school54%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.89)

  • DavisAbout the same

    36%

    4 of 11 admitted

    This school36%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.85)

  • too few applicants to report13 applied

  • too few applicants to report11 applied

  • too few applicants to report9 applied

  • too few applicants to report9 applied

  • ~80% · 2 yrs pooled7 applied

  • ~75% · 2 yrs pooled6 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

Poway to Palomar Middle College High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 1 campus, about the same at 1.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    30%

    3 of 10 admitted

    This school30%Overall30%

  • 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.

Advanced Placement

13%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

7 of 54 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)

2%

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

1 of 41 graduates

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

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 82%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 46%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 41%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 24%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 13%County median 57%

Across California

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