Hillsdale High School

  • Public
  • San Mateo
  • 411 seniors
  • 1,517 students
Year

UC admit rate

74%

114 of 155 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

28%

114 of 411 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

38%

155 of 411 seniors

County median 42%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.7%

9 of 103 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

14%

15 of 109 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

Hillsdale High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    9 of 103 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.06)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    15 of 109 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Irvine4 pts lower

    18%

    20 of 109 admitted

    This school18%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.02)

  • San Diego6 pts lower

    19%

    22 of 115 admitted

    This school19%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Santa Barbara8 pts lower

    25%

    28 of 114 admitted

    This school25%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Davis5 pts lower

    32%

    38 of 120 admitted

    This school32%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    73%

    63 of 86 admitted

    This school73%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Riverside11 pts higher

    98%

    61 of 62 admitted

    This school98%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.98)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    50 of 51 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.90)

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

Hillsdale High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo11 pts lower

    19%

    24 of 126 admitted

    This school19%Overall30%

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    30%

    38 of 126 admitted

    This school30%Overall34%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    80%

    79 of 99 admitted

    This school80%Overall80%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    91%

    32 of 35 admitted

    This school91%Overall94%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    93%

    51 of 55 admitted

    This school93%Overall96%

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

Any college

85%

337 of 395 graduates

UC or CSU

26%

101 graduates

Community college

38%

151 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC349%
CSU6717%
CA private college256%
Out of state6015%
Community college15138%
Not enrolled5815%
Enrolled in college33785%
Total395100%

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, Filipino
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, 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 72%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 42%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 40%County median 34%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 25%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 23%County median 35%
  • Graduates completing courses 70%County median 66%

Across California

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