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Rim of the World High School

27400 Highway 18, Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352View on map

  • Public
  • Lake Arrowhead
  • 229 seniors
  • 803 students

Rim of the World High School is a public high school in Lake Arrowhead (Rim of the World Unified) with 229 seniors. In fall 2025, 91% of its 32 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 40% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

91%

29 of 32 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

13%

29 of 229 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

14%

32 of 229 seniors

County median 18%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

16%

3 of 19 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 12 applicants, 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

Rim of the World High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 6 of 7 campuses, about the same at 1.

  • Los Angeles6 pts higher

    16%

    3 of 19 admitted

    This school16%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.06)

  • Irvine6 pts higher

    29%

    4 of 14 admitted

    This school29%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.95)

  • San Diego13 pts higher

    38%

    6 of 16 admitted

    This school38%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Santa Barbara10 pts higher

    42%

    8 of 19 admitted

    This school42%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Davis13 pts higher

    50%

    7 of 14 admitted

    This school50%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Santa Cruz5 pts higher

    76%

    13 of 17 admitted

    This school76%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.90)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    22 of 25 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report12 applied

  • Merced

    ~83% · 3 yrs pooled7 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

Rim of the World High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, worse at 2.

  • Pomona6 pts higher

    80%

    20 of 25 admitted

    This school80%Overall74%

  • Fullerton4 pts lower

    82%

    14 of 17 admitted

    This school82%Overall87%

  • San Marcos4 pts higher

    100%

    10 of 10 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

  • San Bernardino5 pts lower

    94%

    29 of 31 admitted

    This school94%Overall98%

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

Any college

49%

106 of 216 graduates

UC or CSU

19%

42 graduates

Community college

23%

49 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC126%
CSU3014%
CA private college52%
Out of state105%
Community college4923%
Not enrolled11051%
Enrolled in college10649%
Total216100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

16

AP courses offered

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

20

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

36%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

69 of 191 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)

17%

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

32 of 189 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 3 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 5 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 1 class
  • 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 49%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 19%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 17%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 3%County median 7%
  • Low-income students 62%County median 73%
  • Graduates completing courses 40%County median 49%

Across California

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