Foothill High School

  • Public
  • Pleasanton
  • 504 seniors
  • 2,156 students
Year

UC admit rate

87%

264 of 304 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

52%

264 of 504 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

60%

304 of 504 seniors

County median 41%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

7.4%

18 of 242 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

7.5%

18 of 239 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

Foothill High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    7%

    18 of 242 admitted

    This school7%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Berkeley6 pts lower

    8%

    18 of 239 admitted

    This school8%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Irvine6 pts lower

    17%

    42 of 254 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.92)

  • San Diego5 pts lower

    20%

    53 of 268 admitted

    This school20%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts lower

    25%

    68 of 269 admitted

    This school25%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Davis12 pts lower

    26%

    68 of 266 admitted

    This school26%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts higher

    79%

    171 of 217 admitted

    This school79%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Riverside4 pts higher

    91%

    180 of 198 admitted

    This school91%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.89)

  • MercedAbout the same

    99%

    154 of 155 admitted

    This school99%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.86)

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

Foothill High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo14 pts lower

    16%

    41 of 256 admitted

    This school16%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    32%

    77 of 241 admitted

    This school32%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    50%

    85 of 169 admitted

    This school50%Overall47%

  • San Jose5 pts higher

    85%

    180 of 211 admitted

    This school85%Overall80%

  • Chico5 pts higher

    98%

    65 of 66 admitted

    This school98%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 (540 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

89%

481 of 540 graduates

UC or CSU

37%

200 graduates

Community college

23%

125 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC13425%
CSU6612%
CA private college255%
Out of state13124%
Community college12523%
Not enrolled5911%
Enrolled in college48189%
Total540100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, White, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races, Filipino, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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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 83%County median 55%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 69%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 50%County median 22%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 43%County median 10%
  • Low-income students 13%County median 68%
  • Graduates completing courses 84%County median 75%

Across California

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