Northgate High School

  • Public
  • Walnut Creek
  • 377 seniors
  • 1,578 students
Year

UC admit rate

80%

143 of 178 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

38%

143 of 377 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

47%

178 of 377 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.7%

11 of 127 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

11%

13 of 119 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

Northgate 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

    9%

    11 of 127 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.04)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    11%

    13 of 119 admitted

    This school11%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Irvine8 pts lower

    15%

    17 of 117 admitted

    This school15%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.02)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    22%

    31 of 139 admitted

    This school22%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    40 of 132 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Davis5 pts lower

    32%

    44 of 136 admitted

    This school32%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Santa Cruz8 pts higher

    79%

    76 of 96 admitted

    This school79%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Riverside7 pts higher

    94%

    68 of 72 admitted

    This school94%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.94)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    47 of 48 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (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

Northgate High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 4.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    32%

    43 of 135 admitted

    This school32%Overall30%

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    41%

    60 of 148 admitted

    This school41%Overall34%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    80%

    61 of 76 admitted

    This school80%Overall80%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    93%

    69 of 74 admitted

    This school93%Overall94%

  • Monterey BayAbout the same

    97%

    34 of 35 admitted

    This school97%Overall95%

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

Any college

88%

322 of 364 graduates

UC or CSU

35%

126 graduates

Community college

32%

115 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC6418%
CSU6217%
CA private college185%
Out of state6317%
Community college11532%
Not enrolled4212%
Enrolled in college32288%
Total364100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races, Filipino
  • Student need: Low-income, 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 74%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 51%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 46%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 29%County median 10%
  • Low-income students 21%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 75%County median 61%

Across California

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