Making Waves Academy

  • Public
  • Richmond
  • 136 seniors
  • 1,006 students
Year

UC admit rate

93%

63 of 68 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

46%

63 of 136 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

50%

68 of 136 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.4%

3 of 32 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

18%

9 of 49 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

Making Waves Academy applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    3 of 32 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.95)

  • Berkeley5 pts higher

    18%

    9 of 49 admitted

    This school18%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Irvine10 pts higher

    32%

    8 of 25 admitted

    This school32%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.02 (all applicants 3.91)

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    21%

    4 of 19 admitted

    This school21%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.79)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    33%

    8 of 24 admitted

    This school33%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.94)

  • DavisAbout the same

    38%

    20 of 52 admitted

    This school38%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.80)

  • Santa Cruz25 pts lower

    46%

    17 of 37 admitted

    This school46%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.79)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    21 of 24 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    49 of 49 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.73 (all applicants 3.73)

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

Making Waves Academy applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 4 campuses, about the same at 4.

  • San JoseAbout the same

    77%

    44 of 57 admitted

    This school77%Overall80%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    94%

    46 of 49 admitted

    This school94%Overall94%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    95%

    79 of 83 admitted

    This school95%Overall96%

  • East BayAbout the same

    96%

    68 of 71 admitted

    This school96%Overall97%

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

Any college

83%

75 of 90 graduates

UC or CSU

58%

52 graduates

Community college

17%

15 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC3033%
CSU2224%
CA private college44%
Out of state44%
Community college1517%
Not enrolled1517%
Enrolled in college7583%
Total90100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income, 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 68%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 20%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 24%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 10%
  • Low-income students 85%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 100%County median 61%

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Campus-by-campus detail for 13 campuses

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