Mission Hills High School

  • Public
  • San Marcos
  • 680 seniors
  • 2,764 students
Year

UC admit rate

79%

149 of 189 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

22%

149 of 680 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

28%

189 of 680 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

10%

13 of 127 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

6.5%

6 of 93 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

Mission Hills High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    13 of 127 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.34 (all applicants 4.07)

  • Berkeley7 pts lower

    6%

    6 of 93 admitted

    This school6%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 4.14)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    24%

    32 of 133 admitted

    This school24%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 4.01)

  • San Diego12 pts higher

    37%

    61 of 167 admitted

    This school37%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa Barbara19 pts higher

    51%

    58 of 113 admitted

    This school51%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Davis16 pts higher

    53%

    39 of 73 admitted

    This school53%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Santa Cruz8 pts higher

    80%

    71 of 89 admitted

    This school80%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.96)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    85%

    69 of 81 admitted

    This school85%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    44 of 44 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.96)

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

Mission Hills High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo11 pts lower

    18%

    19 of 104 admitted

    This school18%Overall30%

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    40%

    86 of 215 admitted

    This school40%Overall34%

  • Long Beach4 pts lower

    43%

    60 of 140 admitted

    This school43%Overall47%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    87%

    69 of 79 admitted

    This school87%Overall87%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    97%

    252 of 259 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 (638 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

80%

509 of 638 graduates

UC or CSU

35%

222 graduates

Community college

36%

228 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC6610%
CSU15624%
CA private college163%
Out of state437%
Community college22836%
Not enrolled12920%
Enrolled in college50980%
Total638100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Asian, Filipino, Two or more races, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners, 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 58%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 27%County median 31%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 29%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 7%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 46%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 72%County median 65%

Across California

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