Huntington Beach High School

  • Public
  • Huntington Beach
  • 698 seniors
  • 2,510 students
Year

UC admit rate

71%

154 of 216 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

22%

154 of 698 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

31%

216 of 698 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.9%

15 of 152 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

19%

22 of 114 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    15 of 152 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Berkeley6 pts higher

    19%

    22 of 114 admitted

    This school19%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Irvine6 pts higher

    29%

    44 of 153 admitted

    This school29%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.93)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    23%

    38 of 162 admitted

    This school23%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa Barbara9 pts lower

    23%

    37 of 158 admitted

    This school23%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Davis4 pts lower

    33%

    31 of 95 admitted

    This school33%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    73%

    53 of 73 admitted

    This school73%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    93%

    75 of 81 admitted

    This school93%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    48 of 48 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.89)

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

Huntington Beach 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 Obispo8 pts lower

    21%

    29 of 135 admitted

    This school21%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    32%

    60 of 186 admitted

    This school32%Overall34%

  • Long Beach49 pts higher

    96%

    197 of 206 admitted

    This school96%Overall47%

  • Fullerton10 pts higher

    96%

    134 of 139 admitted

    This school96%Overall87%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    98%

    60 of 61 admitted

    This school98%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 (674 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

87%

584 of 674 graduates

UC or CSU

25%

168 graduates

Community college

38%

254 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC589%
CSU11016%
CA private college375%
Out of state12519%
Community college25438%
Not enrolled9013%
Enrolled in college58487%
Total674100%

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: Low-income, Students with disabilities, Homeless
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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 66%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 54%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 35%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 25%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 34%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 65%County median 57%

Across California

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