Westminster High School

  • Public
  • Westminster
  • 644 seniors
  • 2,436 students
Year

UC admit rate

78%

143 of 183 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

22%

143 of 644 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

28%

183 of 644 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.3%

10 of 121 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

19%

14 of 72 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    10 of 121 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.76)

  • Berkeley6 pts higher

    19%

    14 of 72 admitted

    This school19%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Irvine5 pts lower

    17%

    28 of 166 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.73)

  • San Diego10 pts higher

    35%

    49 of 140 admitted

    This school35%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.76)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    22 of 73 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Davis5 pts lower

    32%

    13 of 41 admitted

    This school32%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.56)

  • Santa Cruz23 pts lower

    48%

    14 of 29 admitted

    This school48%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.41)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    85%

    108 of 127 admitted

    This school85%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.76 (all applicants 3.65)

  • MercedAbout the same

    93%

    57 of 61 admitted

    This school93%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.67)

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

Westminster High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 5 of 5 campuses.

  • San Luis Obispo25 pts higher

    55%

    28 of 51 admitted

    This school55%Overall30%

  • Long Beach42 pts higher

    89%

    218 of 245 admitted

    This school89%Overall47%

  • Pomona4 pts higher

    78%

    80 of 103 admitted

    This school78%Overall74%

  • Fullerton8 pts higher

    95%

    182 of 192 admitted

    This school95%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills9 pts higher

    100%

    76 of 76 admitted

    This school100%Overall91%

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

Any college

75%

448 of 596 graduates

UC or CSU

29%

171 graduates

Community college

45%

268 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC478%
CSU12421%
CA private college31%
Out of state61%
Community college26845%
Not enrolled14825%
Enrolled in college44875%
Total596100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, Hispanic or Latino, White
  • Student need: Low-income, Homeless, English learners, Students with disabilities
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Where graduates went, as reported by the school

Schools publish these themselves and count different things; each list says what it counts.

Class of 2025: graduates admitted to 2 Ivy League and 7 other top universities, 58 colleges in all.

Including Harvard University, Yale University and Stanford University.

From the school's profile; last checked Sep 2026.

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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 72%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 41%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 38%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 24%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 87%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 51%County median 57%

Across California

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Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses

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