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Southwest Senior High School

1685 Hollister Street, San Diego, CA 92154View on map

  • Public
  • San Diego
  • 404 seniors
  • 1,567 students

Southwest Senior High School is a public high school in San Diego (Sweetwater Union High) with 404 seniors. In fall 2025, 78% of its 108 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 57% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

78%

84 of 108 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

21%

84 of 404 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

27%

108 of 404 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 61 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

16%

6 of 37 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

Southwest Senior High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 8 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 1.

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    16%

    6 of 37 admitted

    This school16%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.88)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    25%

    19 of 76 admitted

    This school25%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.90)

  • San Diego11 pts higher

    36%

    33 of 92 admitted

    This school36%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    31%

    11 of 35 admitted

    This school31%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.60)

  • Davis4 pts higher

    41%

    14 of 34 admitted

    This school41%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.71)

  • Santa Cruz18 pts lower

    53%

    16 of 30 admitted

    This school53%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.55)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    48 of 52 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.79 (all applicants 3.75)

  • MercedAbout the same

    97%

    34 of 35 admitted

    This school97%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.84 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report61 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

Southwest Senior High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1.

  • San Diego39 pts higher

    73%

    108 of 147 admitted

    This school73%Overall34%

  • Fullerton8 pts higher

    95%

    69 of 73 admitted

    This school95%Overall87%

  • Los Angeles5 pts higher

    97%

    66 of 68 admitted

    This school97%Overall92%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    95%

    94 of 99 admitted

    This school95%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 (385 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

70%

269 of 385 graduates

UC or CSU

30%

114 graduates

Community college

35%

133 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC4712%
CSU6717%
CA private college133%
Out of state92%
Community college13335%
Not enrolled11630%
Enrolled in college26970%
Total385100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

16

AP courses offered

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

48

AP class sections

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

40% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

49%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

175 of 359 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)

11%

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

45 of 397 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 8 classes
  • Foreign language: 7 classes
  • Mathematics: 6 classes
  • Science: 5 classes
  • Social science: 17 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 53%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 19%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 20%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 6%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 87%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 57%County median 65%

Across California

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