Estancia High School
- Public
- Costa Mesa
- 264 seniors
- 954 students
UC admit rate
74%
32 of 43 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
12%
32 of 264 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
16%
43 of 264 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
—
— of 31 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley admit rate
—
— of 15 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
Estancia High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 7 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.
- Irvine8 pts higher
30%
10 of 33 admitted
This school30%All CA22%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.81)
- San Diego23 pts higher
48%
12 of 25 admitted
This school48%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.87)
- Santa BarbaraAbout the same
33%
9 of 27 admitted
This school33%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.88)
- Davis10 pts lower
27%
3 of 11 admitted
This school27%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.88)
- Santa Cruz9 pts lower
63%
10 of 16 admitted
This school63%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.82)
- Riverside26 pts lower
62%
8 of 13 admitted
This school62%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.69 (all applicants 3.55)
- Merced4 pts higher
100%
14 of 14 admitted
This school100%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.74 (all applicants 3.74)
too few applicants to report31 applied
too few applicants to report15 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
Estancia High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.
- San Luis Obispo42 pts higher
72%
13 of 18 admitted
This school72%Overall30%
- San Diego16 pts lower
19%
8 of 43 admitted
This school19%Overall34%
- Long Beach22 pts lower
25%
13 of 51 admitted
This school25%Overall47%
- PomonaAbout the same
73%
11 of 15 admitted
This school73%Overall74%
- Fullerton13 pts higher
100%
48 of 48 admitted
This school100%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 (212 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
71%
150 of 212 graduates
UC or CSU
14%
30 graduates
Community college
50%
107 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 14 | 7% |
| CSU | 16 | 8% |
| CA private college | 10 | 5% |
| Out of state | 3 | 1% |
| Community college | 107 | 50% |
| Not enrolled | 62 | 29% |
| Enrolled in college | 150 | 71% |
| Total | 212 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Male, Female
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White
- Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities
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 63%County median 64%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 22%County median 40%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 24%County median 32%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 10%County median 18%
- Low-income students 81%County median 58%
- Graduates completing courses 38%County median 57%
Across California
Other schools in Newport-Mesa Unified and nearby
Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses
Campus trends over the years, earlier years, and side-by-side views are in the full report.
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