Santa Cruz County high schools by CSU admissions, fall 2025

Year

Ranked by CSU campus admits per senior. CSU reports each campus separately, so a student admitted to several campuses counts once at each campus, and the figure can pass 1.

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Include schools with under 50 seniors

Showing 1–14 of 14 schools


Pacific Collegiate Charter Santa Cruz · Public	78	78%	89%	69%	1.04	95%
Ceiba College Preparatory Academy Watsonville · Public	56	34%	89%	30%	0.75	94%
Santa Cruz High School Santa Cruz · Public	270	45%	75%	34%	0.66	79%
Monte Vista Christian Private	121	32%	74%	24%	0.55	—
Scotts Valley High School Scotts Valley · Public	152	39%	78%	31%	0.53	75%
Aptos High School Aptos · Public	292	33%	74%	24%	0.49	66%
Pajaro Valley High School Watsonville · Public	331	14%	68%	10%	0.46	43%
Soquel High School Soquel · Public	264	32%	72%	23%	0.45	64%
Watsonville High School Watsonville · Public	515	16%	80%	13%	0.45	40%
San Lorenzo Valley High School Felton · Public	163	22%	61%	14%	0.37	74%
Harbor High School Santa Cruz · Public	223	24%	72%	17%	0.34	61%
Ocean Grove Charter Boulder Creek · Public	139	—	—	—	0.04	27%
Santa Cruz County Community Santa Cruz · Public	249	—	—	—	—	12%
St. Francis High School Salesian College Preparatory, Inc. Private	52	42%	77%	33%	—	—

Fall 2025. Seniors are 12th graders enrolled that October. Ticks mark the county median. "Too few" means under 10 applicants or counts the source hides. A–G complete is the share of graduates who finished the UC/CSU required courses (public schools, latest published class).

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