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Skyline High School

12250 Skyline Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94619View on map

  • Public
  • Oakland
  • 303 seniors
  • 1,216 students

Skyline High School is a public high school in Oakland (Oakland Unified) with 303 seniors. In fall 2025, 80% of its 121 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Berkeley (Cal), UC Davis (UCD), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 64% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

80%

97 of 121 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

32%

97 of 303 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

40%

121 of 303 seniors

County median 41%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

13%

10 of 75 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

19%

16 of 85 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

Skyline High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 7 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • Los Angeles4 pts higher

    13%

    10 of 75 admitted

    This school13%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Berkeley5 pts higher

    19%

    16 of 85 admitted

    This school19%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Irvine6 pts higher

    28%

    17 of 61 admitted

    This school28%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.92)

  • San Diego13 pts higher

    38%

    28 of 73 admitted

    This school38%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    33%

    23 of 70 admitted

    This school33%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Davis16 pts higher

    53%

    44 of 83 admitted

    This school53%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Santa Cruz4 pts higher

    76%

    53 of 70 admitted

    This school76%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Riverside4 pts higher

    91%

    30 of 33 admitted

    This school91%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.85)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    24 of 25 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.77 (all applicants 3.73)

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

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

  • San Luis Obispo13 pts higher

    43%

    23 of 54 admitted

    This school43%Overall30%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    81%

    62 of 77 admitted

    This school81%Overall80%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    92%

    45 of 49 admitted

    This school92%Overall94%

  • San Francisco11 pts lower

    85%

    58 of 68 admitted

    This school85%Overall96%

  • East Bay15 pts lower

    82%

    40 of 49 admitted

    This school82%Overall97%

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

Any college

74%

206 of 280 graduates

UC or CSU

30%

84 graduates

Community college

28%

79 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC4616%
CSU3814%
CA private college83%
Out of state3513%
Community college7928%
Not enrolled7426%
Enrolled in college20674%
Total280100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American, White, Asian, Two or more races
  • 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

32

AP class sections

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

37% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

30%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

93 of 305 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)

19%

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

66 of 355 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 7 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 6 classes
  • Social science: 12 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 60%County median 54%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 39%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 29%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 22%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 75%County median 68%
  • Graduates completing courses 64%County median 75%

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