Imperial High School

  • Public
  • Imperial
  • 343 seniors
  • 1,449 students
Year

UC admit rate

82%

27 of 33 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

8%

27 of 343 seniors

County median 11%

Seniors who applied to UC

10%

33 of 343 seniors

County median 15%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

17%

3 of 18 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

β€”

β€” of 11 applicants, fall 2025

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

Imperial High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 5 campuses, worse at 1.

  • Los Angeles7 pts higher

    17%

    3 of 18 admitted

    This school17%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 4.08)

  • Irvine36 pts higher

    58%

    11 of 19 admitted

    This school58%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.99)

  • San Diego20 pts higher

    45%

    13 of 29 admitted

    This school45%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Santa Barbara48 pts higher

    80%

    8 of 10 admitted

    This school80%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Riverside4 pts lower

    83%

    15 of 18 admitted

    This school83%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.90)

  • too few applicants to report11 applied

  • too few applicants to report10 applied

  • too few applicants to report9 applied

  • ~72% Β· 3 yrs pooled5 applied

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

Imperial High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 2 campuses.

  • San Diego32 pts higher

    67%

    50 of 75 admitted

    This school67%Overall34%

  • San Marcos4 pts higher

    100%

    26 of 26 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

  • ~100% Β· 2 yrs pooled8 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.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (306 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

80%

245 of 306 graduates

UC or CSU

10%

32 graduates

Community college

60%

183 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC207%
CSU124%
CA private college41%
Out of state269%
Community college18360%
Not enrolled6120%
Enrolled in college24580%
Total306100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, 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 60%County median 52%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 24%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 23%County median 22%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 7%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 48%County median 75%
  • Graduates completing courses 50%County median 37%

Across California

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