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Tahquitz High School

4425 Titan Trail, Hemet, CA 92545View on map

  • Public
  • Hemet
  • 421 seniors
  • 1,692 students

Tahquitz High School is a public high school in Hemet (Hemet Unified) with 421 seniors. In fall 2025, 78% of its 60 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 81%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 62% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

78%

47 of 60 applicants, fall 2025

County median 81%

Seniors admitted to a UC

11%

47 of 421 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

14%

60 of 421 seniors

County median 23%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 28 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

21%

3 of 14 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

Tahquitz High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 7 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • Berkeley8 pts higher

    21%

    3 of 14 admitted

    This school21%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.96)

  • Irvine8 pts higher

    30%

    12 of 40 admitted

    This school30%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.65)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    28%

    11 of 40 admitted

    This school28%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.67)

  • Santa Barbara34 pts higher

    67%

    10 of 15 admitted

    This school67%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.66)

  • Davis9 pts higher

    46%

    6 of 13 admitted

    This school46%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Riverside11 pts lower

    76%

    38 of 50 admitted

    This school76%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.79 (all applicants 3.60)

  • Merced7 pts lower

    89%

    16 of 18 admitted

    This school89%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report28 applied

  • Santa Cruz

    ~37% · 3 yrs pooled7 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

Tahquitz High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • Pomona21 pts lower

    53%

    38 of 72 admitted

    This school53%Overall74%

  • Fullerton9 pts lower

    78%

    70 of 90 admitted

    This school78%Overall87%

  • San Marcos4 pts lower

    92%

    206 of 224 admitted

    This school92%Overall96%

  • San BernardinoAbout the same

    95%

    122 of 128 admitted

    This school95%Overall98%

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

Any college

53%

175 of 331 graduates

UC or CSU

13%

43 graduates

Community college

33%

110 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC237%
CSU206%
CA private college124%
Out of state103%
Community college11033%
Not enrolled15647%
Enrolled in college17553%
Total331100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

13

AP courses offered

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

21

AP class sections

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

24% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

26%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

106 of 409 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)

5%

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

22 of 421 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 3 classes
  • English: 3 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 4 classes
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 8 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 52%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 17%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 20%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 3%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 87%County median 83%
  • Graduates completing courses 62%County median 54%

Across California

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