Saddleback High School

  • Public
  • Santa Ana
  • 337 seniors
  • 1,407 students
Year

UC admit rate

68%

45 of 66 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

13%

45 of 337 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

20%

66 of 337 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

13%

6 of 45 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

β€”

β€” of 20 applicants, fall 2025

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

Saddleback High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 8 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 4.

  • Los Angeles4 pts higher

    13%

    6 of 45 admitted

    This school13%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.62)

  • Irvine5 pts lower

    17%

    9 of 52 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.63)

  • San Diego20 pts higher

    44%

    16 of 36 admitted

    This school44%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.63)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts higher

    39%

    12 of 31 admitted

    This school39%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.64)

  • DavisAbout the same

    40%

    8 of 20 admitted

    This school40%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.54)

  • Santa Cruz41 pts lower

    31%

    4 of 13 admitted

    This school31%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.16)

  • Riverside19 pts lower

    69%

    24 of 35 admitted

    This school69%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.75 (all applicants 3.47)

  • Merced12 pts lower

    84%

    16 of 19 admitted

    This school84%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.58 (all applicants 3.42)

  • too few applicants to report20 applied

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

Saddleback High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 2 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • Long Beach15 pts lower

    32%

    27 of 85 admitted

    This school32%Overall47%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    83%

    80 of 96 admitted

    This school83%Overall87%

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

Any college

73%

247 of 337 graduates

UC or CSU

14%

48 graduates

Community college

53%

180 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC237%
CSU257%
CA private college175%
Out of state21%
Community college18053%
Not enrolled9027%
Enrolled in college24773%
Total337100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Homeless, 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 30%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 10%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 8%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 3%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 94%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 41%County median 57%

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