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Santa Catalina School

  • Private
  • Monterey
  • 38 seniors
  • 460 students

Santa Catalina School is a private high school in Monterey County (Monterey Peninsula Unified) with 38 seniors. In fall 2025, 87% of its 23 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 77%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA).

Year

UC admit rate

87%

20 of 23 applicants, fall 2025

County median 77%

Seniors admitted to a UC

53%

20 of 38 seniors

County median 20%

Seniors who applied to UC

61%

23 of 38 seniors

County median 26%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 19 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 16 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

Santa Catalina School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • Irvine25 pts higher

    47%

    8 of 17 admitted

    This school47%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.98)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    25%

    4 of 16 admitted

    This school25%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.01)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts lower

    25%

    5 of 20 admitted

    This school25%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Davis23 pts higher

    60%

    12 of 20 admitted

    This school60%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report19 applied

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report16 applied

  • Santa Cruz

    ~83% · 3 yrs pooled9 applied

  • Merced

    too few applicants to report8 applied

  • Riverside

    too few applicants to report8 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

Santa Catalina School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 1 campus.

  • San Diego11 pts higher

    45%

    5 of 11 admitted

    This school45%Overall34%

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.