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Rancho Bernardo High School

13010 Paseo Lucido, San Diego, CA 92128View on map

  • Public
  • San Diego
  • 538 seniors
  • 2,247 students

Rancho Bernardo High School is a public high school in San Diego (Poway Unified) with 538 seniors. In fall 2025, 75% of its 221 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 68% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

75%

166 of 221 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

31%

166 of 538 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

41%

221 of 538 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

3.5%

5 of 142 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

7.7%

8 of 104 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

Rancho Bernardo High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 5.

  • Los Angeles6 pts lower

    4%

    5 of 142 admitted

    This school4%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Berkeley6 pts lower

    8%

    8 of 104 admitted

    This school8%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.07)

  • Irvine35 pts higher

    58%

    87 of 151 admitted

    This school58%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.96)

  • San Diego11 pts lower

    14%

    23 of 169 admitted

    This school14%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Santa Barbara10 pts lower

    22%

    31 of 138 admitted

    This school22%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Davis9 pts lower

    28%

    29 of 103 admitted

    This school28%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts higher

    77%

    68 of 88 admitted

    This school77%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Riverside7 pts higher

    94%

    102 of 108 admitted

    This school94%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.92)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    55 of 57 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.85)

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

Rancho Bernardo High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo7 pts lower

    23%

    28 of 123 admitted

    This school23%Overall30%

  • San Diego5 pts higher

    39%

    79 of 202 admitted

    This school39%Overall34%

  • Pomona4 pts higher

    77%

    48 of 62 admitted

    This school77%Overall74%

  • Fullerton8 pts higher

    95%

    54 of 57 admitted

    This school95%Overall87%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    93%

    100 of 108 admitted

    This school93%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 (567 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

85%

480 of 567 graduates

UC or CSU

34%

191 graduates

Community college

29%

167 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC9316%
CSU9817%
CA private college183%
Out of state10418%
Community college16729%
Not enrolled8715%
Enrolled in college48085%
Total567100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

22

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.

26% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

47%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

267 of 571 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)

41%

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

247 of 601 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 6 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 7 classes
  • Science: 4 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 73%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 64%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 39%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 35%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 14%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 68%County median 65%

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