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Santa Barbara Senior High School

700 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103View on map

  • Public
  • Santa Barbara
  • 557 seniors
  • 1,769 students

Santa Barbara Senior High School is a public high school in Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara Unified) with 557 seniors. In fall 2025, 75% of its 179 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 75%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 56% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

75%

134 of 179 applicants, fall 2025

County median 75%

Seniors admitted to a UC

24%

134 of 557 seniors

County median 17%

Seniors who applied to UC

32%

179 of 557 seniors

County median 24%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.1%

11 of 136 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

12%

14 of 118 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    11 of 136 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.01)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    14 of 118 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.07)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    19%

    14 of 74 admitted

    This school19%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.97)

  • San Diego8 pts lower

    17%

    18 of 107 admitted

    This school17%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Santa Barbara14 pts higher

    47%

    48 of 103 admitted

    This school47%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Davis16 pts higher

    53%

    48 of 90 admitted

    This school53%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.07)

  • Santa Cruz15 pts higher

    87%

    73 of 84 admitted

    This school87%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    23 of 25 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    22 of 22 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.84 (all applicants 3.84)

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

Santa Barbara Senior High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo8 pts lower

    22%

    29 of 131 admitted

    This school22%Overall30%

  • San Diego14 pts higher

    49%

    62 of 127 admitted

    This school49%Overall34%

  • Long Beach15 pts higher

    63%

    55 of 88 admitted

    This school63%Overall47%

  • San Jose9 pts higher

    89%

    17 of 19 admitted

    This school89%Overall80%

  • Northridge4 pts lower

    89%

    34 of 38 admitted

    This school89%Overall93%

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

Any college

80%

406 of 510 graduates

UC or CSU

14%

70 graduates

Community college

51%

258 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC469%
CSU245%
CA private college306%
Out of state489%
Community college25851%
Not enrolled10420%
Enrolled in college40680%
Total510100%

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

8

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.

24% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

19%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

85 of 448 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)

14%

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

80 of 560 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 4 classes
  • Social science: 11 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 51%County median 52%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 26%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 21%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 10%County median 7%
  • Low-income students 61%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 56%County median 48%

Across California

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