Burlingame High School

  • Public
  • Burlingame
  • 412 seniors
  • 1,627 students
Year

UC admit rate

75%

163 of 217 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

40%

163 of 412 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

53%

217 of 412 seniors

County median 42%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.0%

15 of 167 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

7.9%

13 of 164 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    15 of 167 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Berkeley6 pts lower

    8%

    13 of 164 admitted

    This school8%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Irvine5 pts lower

    17%

    25 of 147 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.93)

  • San Diego11 pts lower

    14%

    23 of 162 admitted

    This school14%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    54 of 179 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Davis5 pts lower

    32%

    54 of 169 admitted

    This school32%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    70%

    75 of 107 admitted

    This school70%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.86)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    79 of 89 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    56 of 56 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.80 (all applicants 3.80)

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

Burlingame High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    30%

    57 of 193 admitted

    This school30%Overall30%

  • San Diego5 pts higher

    40%

    68 of 171 admitted

    This school40%Overall34%

  • San Jose4 pts higher

    84%

    65 of 77 admitted

    This school84%Overall80%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    96%

    47 of 49 admitted

    This school96%Overall94%

  • San Francisco4 pts lower

    92%

    46 of 50 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.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (371 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

92%

340 of 371 graduates

UC or CSU

28%

103 graduates

Community college

29%

109 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC4512%
CSU5816%
CA private college185%
Out of state11030%
Community college10929%
Not enrolled318%
Enrolled in college34092%
Total371100%

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
  • Student need: Students with disabilities, Low-income
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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 83%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 66%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 53%County median 34%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 44%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 16%County median 35%
  • Graduates completing courses 81%County median 66%

Across California

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