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San Diego SCPA

2425 Dusk Drive, San Diego, CA 92139View on map

  • Public
  • San Diego
  • 179 seniors
  • 1,357 students

San Diego SCPA is a public high school in San Diego (San Diego Unified) with 179 seniors. In fall 2025, 70% of its 60 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Irvine (UCI). 85% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

70%

42 of 60 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

23%

42 of 179 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

34%

60 of 179 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

11%

4 of 38 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

25%

4 of 16 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

San Diego SCPA applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    4 of 38 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.91)

  • Berkeley12 pts higher

    25%

    4 of 16 admitted

    This school25%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.94)

  • Irvine12 pts lower

    10%

    3 of 30 admitted

    This school10%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.84)

  • San Diego11 pts lower

    14%

    7 of 51 admitted

    This school14%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts lower

    26%

    5 of 19 admitted

    This school26%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Davis19 pts higher

    56%

    9 of 16 admitted

    This school56%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa Cruz29 pts higher

    100%

    13 of 13 admitted

    This school100%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.93)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    87%

    20 of 23 admitted

    This school87%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    15 of 15 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.86)

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).

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (172 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

76%

130 of 172 graduates

UC or CSU

27%

47 graduates

Community college

37%

63 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC169%
CSU3118%
CA private college21%
Out of state1810%
Community college6337%
Not enrolled4224%
Enrolled in college13076%
Total172100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

1

AP course offered

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

1

AP class sections

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

3% of students are in AP courses

2023–24 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

9%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

19 of 207 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)

8%

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

13 of 173 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Mathematics: 1 class

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 58%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 22%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 22%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 11%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 54%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 85%County median 65%

Across California

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