Mira Mesa High School

  • Public
  • San Diego
  • 557 seniors
  • 2,147 students
Year

UC admit rate

63%

103 of 164 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

18%

103 of 557 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

29%

164 of 557 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.5%

10 of 105 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

20%

15 of 74 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

Mira Mesa High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    10 of 105 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Berkeley7 pts higher

    20%

    15 of 74 admitted

    This school20%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Irvine4 pts higher

    26%

    31 of 120 admitted

    This school26%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 3.98)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    24%

    36 of 147 admitted

    This school24%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    17 of 56 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Davis10 pts lower

    27%

    14 of 52 admitted

    This school27%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    74%

    25 of 34 admitted

    This school74%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Riverside9 pts lower

    78%

    50 of 64 admitted

    This school78%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.86)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    41 of 42 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.92)

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

Mira Mesa High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo17 pts lower

    13%

    6 of 46 admitted

    This school13%Overall30%

  • San Diego34 pts higher

    68%

    128 of 188 admitted

    This school68%Overall34%

  • Fullerton6 pts higher

    93%

    50 of 54 admitted

    This school93%Overall87%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    97%

    109 of 112 admitted

    This school97%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 (478 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

82%

390 of 478 graduates

UC or CSU

25%

118 graduates

Community college

51%

244 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC327%
CSU8618%
CA private college71%
Out of state214%
Community college24451%
Not enrolled8818%
Enrolled in college39082%
Total478100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Filipino, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, White, Two or more races, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, Homeless, 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 74%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 45%County median 31%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 41%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 22%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 53%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 69%County median 65%

Across California

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