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Soquel High School

401 Old San Jose Road, Soquel, CA 95073View on map

  • Public
  • Soquel
  • 264 seniors
  • 1,055 students

Soquel High School is a public high school in Soquel (Santa Cruz City High) with 264 seniors. In fall 2025, 72% of its 85 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Davis (UCD). 64% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

72%

61 of 85 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

23%

61 of 264 seniors

County median 24%

Seniors who applied to UC

32%

85 of 264 seniors

County median 32%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.3%

5 of 54 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

13%

7 of 54 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

Soquel High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 8 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    5 of 54 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.93)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    13%

    7 of 54 admitted

    This school13%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Irvine24 pts higher

    46%

    17 of 37 admitted

    This school46%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.92)

  • San Diego10 pts lower

    15%

    9 of 59 admitted

    This school15%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Santa Barbara11 pts lower

    21%

    14 of 66 admitted

    This school21%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 3.88)

  • DavisAbout the same

    38%

    21 of 55 admitted

    This school38%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Santa Cruz21 pts higher

    92%

    35 of 38 admitted

    This school92%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.94)

  • MercedAbout the same

    94%

    15 of 16 admitted

    This school94%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.65 (all applicants 3.59)

  • Riverside

    ~73% · 3 yrs pooled8 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

Soquel High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • San Luis Obispo14 pts lower

    16%

    13 of 81 admitted

    This school16%Overall30%

  • San Diego9 pts lower

    25%

    17 of 68 admitted

    This school25%Overall34%

  • Long Beach6 pts higher

    53%

    33 of 62 admitted

    This school53%Overall47%

  • San Jose20 pts lower

    60%

    26 of 43 admitted

    This school60%Overall80%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    97%

    30 of 31 admitted

    This school97%Overall94%

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

Any college

85%

158 of 185 graduates

UC or CSU

26%

49 graduates

Community college

50%

92 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC2011%
CSU2916%
CA private college42%
Out of state137%
Community college9250%
Not enrolled2715%
Enrolled in college15885%
Total185100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

20

AP courses offered

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

19

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

53%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

122 of 231 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)

22%

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

49 of 220 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 5 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 4 classes
  • Science: 2 classes
  • Social science: 7 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 68%County median 61%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 39%County median 30%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 34%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 14%County median 14%
  • Low-income students 27%County median 36%
  • Graduates completing courses 64%County median 64%

Across California

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