Sweetwater High School

  • Public
  • National City
  • 664 seniors
  • 2,170 students
Year

UC admit rate

81%

117 of 144 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

18%

117 of 664 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

22%

144 of 664 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.3%

7 of 84 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

13%

8 of 61 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

Sweetwater High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    7 of 84 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.87)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    13%

    8 of 61 admitted

    This school13%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.33 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Irvine12 pts lower

    11%

    11 of 104 admitted

    This school11%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.82)

  • San Diego11 pts higher

    36%

    46 of 128 admitted

    This school36%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa Barbara14 pts higher

    47%

    20 of 43 admitted

    This school47%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Davis11 pts lower

    26%

    9 of 35 admitted

    This school26%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.75)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    68%

    17 of 25 admitted

    This school68%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.75)

  • Riverside6 pts higher

    93%

    63 of 68 admitted

    This school93%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.76)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    53 of 54 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.83)

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

Sweetwater High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • San Diego23 pts higher

    57%

    108 of 189 admitted

    This school57%Overall34%

  • Fullerton6 pts higher

    93%

    53 of 57 admitted

    This school93%Overall87%

  • Los Angeles4 pts higher

    96%

    23 of 24 admitted

    This school96%Overall92%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    93%

    76 of 82 admitted

    This school93%Overall96%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    95%

    21 of 22 admitted

    This school95%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 (686 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

57%

389 of 686 graduates

UC or CSU

16%

110 graduates

Community college

36%

248 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC446%
CSU6610%
CA private college172%
Out of state142%
Community college24836%
Not enrolled29743%
Enrolled in college38957%
Total686100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Filipino, White
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, 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 41%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 18%County median 31%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 14%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 79%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 33%County median 65%

Across California

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