Rancho Alamitos High School

  • Public
  • Garden Grove
  • 373 seniors
  • 1,380 students
Year

UC admit rate

87%

88 of 101 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

24%

88 of 373 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

27%

101 of 373 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.2%

6 of 65 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

14%

4 of 28 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

Rancho Alamitos 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

    9%

    6 of 65 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.33 (all applicants 3.91)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    4 of 28 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.96)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    20%

    19 of 93 admitted

    This school20%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.81)

  • San Diego14 pts higher

    39%

    26 of 66 admitted

    This school39%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Santa Barbara11 pts higher

    43%

    10 of 23 admitted

    This school43%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.74)

  • Davis5 pts higher

    42%

    11 of 26 admitted

    This school42%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Santa Cruz25 pts lower

    46%

    6 of 13 admitted

    This school46%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.62)

  • Riverside7 pts higher

    95%

    70 of 74 admitted

    This school95%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.80 (all applicants 3.76)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    42 of 42 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.74 (all applicants 3.74)

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

Rancho Alamitos High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 2.

  • Long Beach16 pts lower

    31%

    44 of 140 admitted

    This school31%Overall47%

  • Pomona9 pts lower

    65%

    57 of 88 admitted

    This school65%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    85%

    115 of 135 admitted

    This school85%Overall87%

  • Dominguez HillsAbout the same

    92%

    55 of 60 admitted

    This school92%Overall91%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    91%

    50 of 55 admitted

    This school91%Overall92%

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

Any college

73%

253 of 345 graduates

UC or CSU

30%

102 graduates

Community college

39%

135 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC247%
CSU7823%
CA private college123%
Out of state41%
Community college13539%
Not enrolled9227%
Enrolled in college25373%
Total345100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Asian, White
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities, 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 64%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 33%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 33%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 13%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 88%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 52%County median 57%

Across California

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