Aptos High School

  • Public
  • Aptos
  • 292 seniors
  • 1,258 students
Year

UC admit rate

74%

70 of 95 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

24%

70 of 292 seniors

County median 24%

Seniors who applied to UC

33%

95 of 292 seniors

County median 32%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.6%

5 of 58 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

15%

8 of 53 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

Aptos High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    5 of 58 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.05)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    15%

    8 of 53 admitted

    This school15%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.07)

  • Irvine25 pts higher

    48%

    19 of 40 admitted

    This school48%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.00)

  • San Diego11 pts lower

    14%

    9 of 65 admitted

    This school14%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa Barbara9 pts lower

    24%

    15 of 63 admitted

    This school24%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Davis14 pts higher

    51%

    27 of 53 admitted

    This school51%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Santa Cruz19 pts higher

    90%

    37 of 41 admitted

    This school90%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Riverside13 pts higher

    100%

    16 of 16 admitted

    This school100%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.90)

  • MercedAbout the same

    95%

    19 of 20 admitted

    This school95%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.80 (all applicants 3.74)

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

Aptos High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 4.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    26%

    21 of 80 admitted

    This school26%Overall30%

  • San Diego4 pts higher

    38%

    30 of 79 admitted

    This school38%Overall34%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    79%

    34 of 43 admitted

    This school79%Overall80%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    92%

    22 of 24 admitted

    This school92%Overall94%

  • Monterey BayAbout the same

    97%

    35 of 36 admitted

    This school97%Overall95%

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

Any college

85%

249 of 292 graduates

UC or CSU

26%

77 graduates

Community college

49%

143 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC279%
CSU5017%
CA private college52%
Out of state248%
Community college14349%
Not enrolled4315%
Enrolled in college24985%
Total292100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, 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 46%County median 67%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 31%County median 34%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 18%County median 31%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 14%County median 14%
  • Low-income students 54%County median 36%
  • Graduates completing courses 66%County median 64%

Across California

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