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West Hills High School

8756 Mast Boulevard, Santee, CA 92071View on map

  • Public
  • Santee
  • 396 seniors
  • 1,616 students

West Hills High School is a public high school in Santee (Grossmont Union High) with 396 seniors. In fall 2025, 68% of its 65 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Irvine (UCI). 62% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

68%

44 of 65 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

11%

44 of 396 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

16%

65 of 396 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

17%

7 of 42 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

16%

4 of 25 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

West Hills High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 8 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • Los Angeles7 pts higher

    17%

    7 of 42 admitted

    This school17%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.11)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    16%

    4 of 25 admitted

    This school16%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.16)

  • Irvine5 pts lower

    17%

    6 of 35 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.01)

  • San Diego9 pts higher

    34%

    21 of 62 admitted

    This school34%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Santa Barbara16 pts higher

    48%

    12 of 25 admitted

    This school48%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Davis24 pts higher

    62%

    8 of 13 admitted

    This school62%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.88)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts higher

    77%

    10 of 13 admitted

    This school77%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Riverside4 pts lower

    83%

    15 of 18 admitted

    This school83%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Merced

    too few applicants to report9 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

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

  • San Luis Obispo8 pts lower

    21%

    6 of 28 admitted

    This school21%Overall30%

  • San Diego33 pts higher

    67%

    75 of 112 admitted

    This school67%Overall34%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    96%

    50 of 52 admitted

    This school96%Overall96%

  • Chico

    ~100% · 3 yrs pooled8 applied

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

Any college

75%

251 of 335 graduates

UC or CSU

20%

68 graduates

Community college

47%

156 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC237%
CSU4513%
CA private college31%
Out of state247%
Community college15647%
Not enrolled8425%
Enrolled in college25175%
Total335100%

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
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

14

AP courses offered

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

38

AP class sections

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

31% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

46%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

151 of 326 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)

20%

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

73 of 358 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 8 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 6 classes
  • Science: 4 classes
  • Social science: 16 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 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 42%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 31%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 15%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 44%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 62%County median 65%

Across California

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