Dana Hills High School

  • Public
  • Dana Point
  • 473 seniors
  • 1,626 students
Year

UC admit rate

69%

79 of 115 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

17%

79 of 473 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

24%

115 of 473 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

11%

10 of 89 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

9.5%

6 of 63 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    10 of 89 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Berkeley4 pts lower

    10%

    6 of 63 admitted

    This school10%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Irvine8 pts lower

    14%

    11 of 78 admitted

    This school14%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.94)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    25%

    23 of 93 admitted

    This school25%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts higher

    38%

    26 of 68 admitted

    This school38%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Davis7 pts lower

    30%

    14 of 46 admitted

    This school30%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Santa Cruz20 pts higher

    92%

    33 of 36 admitted

    This school92%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    34 of 37 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    21 of 21 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.90)

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

Dana Hills 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 Obispo10 pts lower

    20%

    18 of 89 admitted

    This school20%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    36%

    34 of 95 admitted

    This school36%Overall34%

  • Long Beach13 pts higher

    60%

    37 of 62 admitted

    This school60%Overall47%

  • Fullerton9 pts higher

    96%

    49 of 51 admitted

    This school96%Overall87%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    95%

    19 of 20 admitted

    This school95%Overall94%

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

Any college

83%

446 of 537 graduates

UC or CSU

15%

82 graduates

Community college

45%

240 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC326%
CSU509%
CA private college163%
Out of state10820%
Community college24045%
Not enrolled9117%
Enrolled in college44683%
Total537100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races, Asian
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, Homeless, 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 71%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 40%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 34%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 16%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 40%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 55%County median 57%

Across California

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