Foothill High School

  • Public
  • Santa Ana
  • 536 seniors
  • 2,050 students
Year

UC admit rate

75%

120 of 161 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

22%

120 of 536 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

30%

161 of 536 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

11%

12 of 107 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

16%

12 of 75 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 5 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    12 of 107 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 3.93)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    16%

    12 of 75 admitted

    This school16%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.03)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    23%

    25 of 110 admitted

    This school23%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.86)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    25%

    27 of 110 admitted

    This school25%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Santa Barbara11 pts lower

    22%

    22 of 101 admitted

    This school22%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.88)

  • Davis7 pts higher

    44%

    34 of 77 admitted

    This school44%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Santa Cruz8 pts lower

    63%

    36 of 57 admitted

    This school63%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.81)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    90%

    61 of 68 admitted

    This school90%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    29 of 29 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.75 (all applicants 3.75)

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 3 of 5 campuses, worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo10 pts lower

    19%

    21 of 109 admitted

    This school19%Overall30%

  • San Diego12 pts lower

    22%

    26 of 118 admitted

    This school22%Overall34%

  • Long Beach11 pts higher

    58%

    67 of 116 admitted

    This school58%Overall47%

  • Pomona6 pts higher

    80%

    47 of 59 admitted

    This school80%Overall74%

  • Fullerton11 pts higher

    97%

    106 of 109 admitted

    This school97%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 (552 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

86%

472 of 552 graduates

UC or CSU

22%

119 graduates

Community college

42%

231 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC417%
CSU7814%
CA private college295%
Out of state9317%
Community college23142%
Not enrolled8014%
Enrolled in college47286%
Total552100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Asian, Two or more races
  • 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 68%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 44%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 37%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 23%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 50%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 72%County median 57%

Across California

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