Balboa High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  11%

  11 of 99 admitted

  This school11%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.87)

• Berkeley≈About the same

  13%

  17 of 130 admitted

  This school13%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.85)

• Irvine▼8 pts lower

  14%

  14 of 97 admitted

  This school14%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.81)

• San Diego≈About the same

  23%

  23 of 98 admitted

  This school23%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.85)

• Santa Barbara▼10 pts lower

  22%

  18 of 81 admitted

  This school22%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.80)

• Davis▼6 pts lower

  31%

  43 of 137 admitted

  This school31%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.82)

• Santa Cruz▼5 pts lower

  67%

  64 of 96 admitted

  This school67%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.73)

• Riverside≈About the same

  90%

  56 of 62 admitted

  This school90%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.83)

• Merced≈About the same

  97%

  73 of 75 admitted

  This school97%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.86)

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).

• San Luis Obispo▲25 pts higher

  55%

  47 of 86 admitted

  This school55%Overall30%

• San Jose≈About the same

  77%

  102 of 132 admitted

  This school77%Overall80%

• Sacramento≈About the same

  95%

  41 of 43 admitted

  This school95%Overall94%

• San Francisco▼4 pts lower

  92%

  140 of 152 admitted

  This school92%Overall96%

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.