Garden Grove High School

  • Public
  • Garden Grove
  • 529 seniors
  • 2,103 students
Year

UC admit rate

85%

144 of 170 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

27%

144 of 529 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

32%

170 of 529 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.4%

11 of 131 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

18%

14 of 77 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

Garden Grove High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 6 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    11 of 131 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Berkeley5 pts higher

    18%

    14 of 77 admitted

    This school18%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Irvine4 pts higher

    26%

    41 of 155 admitted

    This school26%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.89)

  • San Diego27 pts higher

    52%

    68 of 130 admitted

    This school52%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Santa Barbara8 pts higher

    41%

    29 of 71 admitted

    This school41%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.91)

  • DavisAbout the same

    39%

    15 of 38 admitted

    This school39%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Santa Cruz17 pts lower

    54%

    13 of 24 admitted

    This school54%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.61)

  • Riverside6 pts higher

    93%

    93 of 100 admitted

    This school93%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    53 of 53 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (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).

California State University

Garden Grove High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo10 pts higher

    39%

    13 of 33 admitted

    This school39%Overall30%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    45%

    91 of 204 admitted

    This school45%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    73%

    72 of 99 admitted

    This school73%Overall74%

  • Fullerton6 pts higher

    93%

    178 of 192 admitted

    This school93%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills7 pts higher

    98%

    54 of 55 admitted

    This school98%Overall91%

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

Any college

76%

407 of 534 graduates

UC or CSU

31%

168 graduates

Community college

40%

216 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC387%
CSU13024%
CA private college163%
Out of state71%
Community college21640%
Not enrolled12724%
Enrolled in college40776%
Total534100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Asian, White
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities
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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 72%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 47%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 45%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 22%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 81%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 60%County median 57%

Across California

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