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Top high schools for Cal State Long Beach

Fall 2025: every California high school with applicants to Cal State Long Beach, from the California State University.

Applicants admitted

47%

Cal State Long Beach admits 47% of all applicants (2023)

Enrolled freshmen scores, middle 50% (2020)

SAT1020–1240
ACT20–26

UC and CSU no longer consider SAT/ACT scores; last reported 2020.

Year

Most admitted to Cal State Long Beach

  1. 1.Millikan High SchoolLos Angeles389 admitted
  2. 2.Downey High SchoolLos Angeles349 admitted
  3. 3.Earl Warren High SchoolLos Angeles338 admitted
  4. 4.Polytechnic High SchoolLos Angeles309 admitted
  5. 5.Los Alamitos High SchoolOrange295 admitted
  6. 6.Wilson High SchoolLos Angeles253 admitted
  7. 7.Cypress High SchoolOrange246 admitted
  8. 8.Fountain Valley High SchoolOrange239 admitted
  9. 9.Cerritos High SchoolLos Angeles238 admitted
  10. 10.Eleanor Roosevelt High SchoolRiverside232 admitted

Highest Cal State Long Beach admit rate

  1. 1.Gretchen Whitney High SchoolLos Angeles98% of 117
  2. 2.Ernest S. McBride, Sr. High SchoolLos Angeles98% of 99
  3. 3.California Academy of Mathematics and ScienceLos Angeles97% of 109
  4. 4.Oxford AcademyOrange97% of 124
  5. 5.Eunice Sato Academy of Math & ScienceLos Angeles96% of 96
  6. 6.Huntington Beach High SchoolOrange96% of 206
  7. 7.Renaissance High School for the ArtsLos Angeles95% of 42
  8. 8.Saint Joseph High SchoolLos Angeles94% of 70
  9. 9.Los Alamitos High SchoolOrange94% of 315
  10. 10.Dr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation AcademyLos Angeles94% of 94

The admit rate list only includes schools with at least 25 applicants, so a school where a handful applied and all got in does not top it. Admitted counts each student once for this campus.

All schools with Cal State Long Beach applicants
School
Millikan High School
Long Beach · Los Angeles County · Public
41938993%823
Downey High School
Downey · Los Angeles County · Public
44834978%933
Earl Warren High School
Downey · Los Angeles County · Public
40033885%851
Polytechnic High School
Long Beach · Los Angeles County · Public
33230993%992
Los Alamitos High School
Los Alamitos · Orange County · Public
31529594%756
Wilson High School
Long Beach · Los Angeles County · Public
28125390%778
Cypress High School
Cypress · Orange County · Public
27324690%682
Fountain Valley High School
Fountain Valley · Orange County · Public
26323991%803
Cerritos High School
Cerritos · Los Angeles County · Public
27123888%541
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Eastvale · Riverside County · Public
64423236%1,083
Paramount High School
Paramount · Los Angeles County · Public
28022279%890
Westminster High School
Westminster · Orange County · Public
24521889%644
Santiago High School
Corona · Riverside County · Public
41420048%832
Huntington Beach High School
Huntington Beach · Orange County · Public
20619796%698
Manuel Dominguez High School
Compton · Los Angeles County · Public
28119268%370
Compton High School
Compton · Los Angeles County · Public
20916378%277
Lakewood High School
Lakewood · Los Angeles County · Public
18816387%611
Jordan High School
Long Beach · Los Angeles County · Public
17615186%525
Great Oak High School
Temecula · Riverside County · Public
32415046%733
Norwalk High School
Norwalk · Los Angeles County · Public
17514482%491
La Quinta High School
Westminster · Orange County · Public
30814045%542
Temecula Valley High School
Temecula · Riverside County · Public
31813843%683
Canyon High School
Anaheim · Orange County · Public
17813777%520
Cabrillo High School
Long Beach · Los Angeles County · Public
14513392%390
Sunny Hills High School
Fullerton · Orange County · Public
22213259%614
Arcadia High School
Arcadia · Los Angeles County · Public
22913057%817
Richard Gahr High School
Cerritos · Los Angeles County · Public
15412984%399
Arnold O. Beckman High School
Irvine · Orange County · Public
22212556%672
Oxford Academy
Cypress · Orange County · Public
12412097%201
Palm Desert High School
Palm Desert · Riverside County · Public
20211657%468
Gretchen Whitney High School
Cerritos · Los Angeles County · Public
11711598%176
Centennial High School
Corona · Riverside County · Public
32211435%673
Marina High School
Huntington Beach · Orange County · Public
13111386%507
La Quinta High School
La Quinta · Riverside County · Public
26211243%546
La Serna High School
Whittier · Los Angeles County · Public
19811257%554
Granada Hills Charter
Granada Hills · Los Angeles County · Public
24311146%1,154
La Mirada High School
La Mirada · Los Angeles County · Public
12611188%457
Lowell High School
San Francisco · San Francisco County · Public
21111052%642
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
Rolling Hills Estates · Los Angeles County · Public
18511059%571
Ruben S. Ayala High School
Chino Hills · San Bernardino County · Public
19911055%669
Temple City High School
Temple City · Los Angeles County · Public
17310862%437
California Academy of Mathematics and Science
Carson · Los Angeles County · Public
10910697%169
Chaparral High School
Temecula · Riverside County · Public
26010641%774
Mountain House High School
Mountain House · San Joaquin County · Public
18010659%580
Edison High School
Huntington Beach · Orange County · Public
11210493%550
Vista Murrieta High School
Murrieta · Riverside County · Public
27410438%803
Chino Hills High School
Chino Hills · San Bernardino County · Public
21410348%744
Torrance High School
Torrance · Los Angeles County · Public
15110167%452
Birmingham Community Charter High School
Lake Balboa · Los Angeles County · Public
27010037%713
Hector G. Godinez
Santa Ana · Orange County · Public
1829854%415

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