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Santana High School

9915 North Magnolia Avenue, Santee, CA 92071View on map

  • Public
  • Santee
  • 425 seniors
  • 1,619 students

Santana High School is a public high school in Santee (Grossmont Union High) with 425 seniors. In fall 2025, 67% of its 63 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). 61% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

67%

42 of 63 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

10%

42 of 425 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

15%

63 of 425 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

16%

5 of 32 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

17%

4 of 23 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

Santana High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 8 campuses, worse at 3.

  • Los Angeles6 pts higher

    16%

    5 of 32 admitted

    This school16%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Berkeley4 pts higher

    17%

    4 of 23 admitted

    This school17%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.91)

  • San Diego6 pts lower

    19%

    8 of 43 admitted

    This school19%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa Barbara12 pts higher

    44%

    11 of 25 admitted

    This school44%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Davis6 pts lower

    31%

    5 of 16 admitted

    This school31%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Santa Cruz8 pts lower

    64%

    7 of 11 admitted

    This school64%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Riverside9 pts higher

    96%

    22 of 23 admitted

    This school96%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    18 of 18 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report28 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

Santana High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo4 pts lower

    26%

    6 of 23 admitted

    This school26%Overall30%

  • San Diego14 pts higher

    48%

    45 of 93 admitted

    This school48%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    48%

    20 of 42 admitted

    This school48%Overall47%

  • Fullerton6 pts higher

    93%

    26 of 28 admitted

    This school93%Overall87%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    96%

    44 of 46 admitted

    This school96%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 (367 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

72%

266 of 367 graduates

UC or CSU

20%

74 graduates

Community college

43%

156 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC134%
CSU6117%
CA private college41%
Out of state329%
Community college15643%
Not enrolled10128%
Enrolled in college26672%
Total367100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

13

AP courses offered

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

32

AP class sections

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

28% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

33%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

145 of 445 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)

21%

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

90 of 439 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 6 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 4 classes
  • Science: 4 classes
  • Social science: 13 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 66%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 46%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 31%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 17%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 46%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 61%County median 65%

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