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Trabuco Hills High School

27501 Mustang Run, Mission Viejo, CA 92691View on map

  • Public
  • Mission Viejo
  • 597 seniors
  • 2,489 students

Trabuco Hills High School is a public high school in Mission Viejo (Saddleback Valley Unified) with 597 seniors. In fall 2025, 77% of its 163 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 55% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

77%

126 of 163 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

21%

126 of 597 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

27%

163 of 597 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.2%

10 of 109 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

15%

11 of 74 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

Trabuco Hills High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    10 of 109 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.95)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    15%

    11 of 74 admitted

    This school15%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Irvine4 pts higher

    26%

    35 of 134 admitted

    This school26%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.89)

  • San Diego8 pts lower

    17%

    20 of 115 admitted

    This school17%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts higher

    37%

    34 of 93 admitted

    This school37%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.93)

  • DavisAbout the same

    38%

    29 of 76 admitted

    This school38%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    70%

    44 of 63 admitted

    This school70%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Riverside6 pts higher

    93%

    81 of 87 admitted

    This school93%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    40 of 40 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.82)

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

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

  • San Luis Obispo16 pts lower

    14%

    14 of 99 admitted

    This school14%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    32%

    35 of 109 admitted

    This school32%Overall34%

  • Long Beach4 pts higher

    51%

    64 of 125 admitted

    This school51%Overall47%

  • Pomona11 pts higher

    85%

    68 of 80 admitted

    This school85%Overall74%

  • Fullerton8 pts higher

    95%

    113 of 119 admitted

    This school95%Overall87%

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

Any college

87%

515 of 590 graduates

UC or CSU

18%

108 graduates

Community college

48%

281 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC498%
CSU5910%
CA private college264%
Out of state10017%
Community college28148%
Not enrolled7513%
Enrolled in college51587%
Total590100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

26

AP courses offered

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

63

AP class sections

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

34% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

45%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

276 of 608 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)

29%

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

187 of 642 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 12 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 6 classes
  • Mathematics: 7 classes
  • Science: 12 classes
  • Social science: 24 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 70%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 49%County median 41%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 40%County median 33%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 28%County median 21%
  • Low-income students 36%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 55%County median 57%

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