Highland High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  8%

  5 of 63 admitted

  This school8%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.10 (all applicants 3.77)

• Berkeley≈About the same

  10%

  4 of 39 admitted

  This school10%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.89)

• Irvine▲7 pts higher

  29%

  16 of 55 admitted

  This school29%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.79)

• San Diego≈About the same

  28%

  13 of 46 admitted

  This school28%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.82)

• Santa Barbara▲15 pts higher

  47%

  17 of 36 admitted

  This school47%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.10 (all applicants 3.69)

• Davis▲4 pts higher

  41%

  12 of 29 admitted

  This school41%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.85)

• Santa Cruz≈About the same

  69%

  9 of 13 admitted

  This school69%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.54)

• Riverside▼7 pts lower

  80%

  40 of 50 admitted

  This school80%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.70)

• Merced▼6 pts lower

  90%

  28 of 31 admitted

  This school90%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.69)

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).

• Long Beach▼9 pts lower

  38%

  24 of 63 admitted

  This school38%Overall47%

• Pomona≈About the same

  72%

  13 of 18 admitted

  This school72%Overall74%

• Fullerton▲7 pts higher

  94%

  30 of 32 admitted

  This school94%Overall87%

• Northridge▼5 pts lower

  89%

  70 of 79 admitted

  This school89%Overall93%

• Sacramento

  ~90% · 2 yrs pooled7 applied

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.