Colfax High School

  • Public
  • Colfax
  • 138 seniors
  • 602 students
Year

UC admit rate

79%

23 of 29 applicants, fall 2025

County median 75%

Seniors admitted to a UC

17%

23 of 138 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

21%

29 of 138 seniors

County median 19%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

42%

5 of 12 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

31%

4 of 13 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

Colfax High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 7 of 7 campuses.

  • Los Angeles32 pts higher

    42%

    5 of 12 admitted

    This school42%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.16)

  • Berkeley17 pts higher

    31%

    4 of 13 admitted

    This school31%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 4.16)

  • Irvine11 pts higher

    33%

    4 of 12 admitted

    This school33%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 4.22)

  • San Diego10 pts higher

    35%

    6 of 17 admitted

    This school35%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.15)

  • Santa Barbara31 pts higher

    64%

    7 of 11 admitted

    This school64%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.12)

  • Davis18 pts higher

    56%

    10 of 18 admitted

    This school56%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.08)

  • Santa Cruz14 pts higher

    86%

    12 of 14 admitted

    This school86%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 4.02)

  • too few applicants to reportβ€” applied

  • too few applicants to reportβ€” 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

Colfax High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    32%

    7 of 22 admitted

    This school32%Overall30%

  • San Diego22 pts higher

    56%

    9 of 16 admitted

    This school56%Overall34%

  • Sacramento6 pts higher

    100%

    11 of 11 admitted

    This school100%Overall94%

  • Chico4 pts lower

    90%

    9 of 10 admitted

    This school90%Overall94%

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

Any college

71%

116 of 163 graduates

UC or CSU

13%

21 graduates

Community college

45%

74 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC74%
CSU149%
CA private college42%
Out of state1710%
Community college7445%
Not enrolled4729%
Enrolled in college11671%
Total163100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income, 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 62%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 50%County median 39%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 25%County median 33%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 20%County median 16%
  • Low-income students 22%County median 38%
  • Graduates completing courses 58%County median 66%

Across California

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