La Quinta High School

  • Public
  • La Quinta
  • 546 seniors
  • 2,445 students
Year

UC admit rate

80%

99 of 124 applicants, fall 2025

County median 81%

Seniors admitted to a UC

18%

99 of 546 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

23%

124 of 546 seniors

County median 23%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.2%

6 of 65 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

20%

8 of 41 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

La Quinta High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    6 of 65 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Berkeley6 pts higher

    20%

    8 of 41 admitted

    This school20%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.90)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    24%

    18 of 75 admitted

    This school24%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.91)

  • San Diego20 pts higher

    45%

    42 of 94 admitted

    This school45%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    36%

    21 of 59 admitted

    This school36%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Davis9 pts lower

    29%

    6 of 21 admitted

    This school29%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.72)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts lower

    65%

    24 of 37 admitted

    This school65%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.62)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    85%

    61 of 72 admitted

    This school85%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.73)

  • Merced7 pts lower

    89%

    24 of 27 admitted

    This school89%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.69 (all applicants 3.64)

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

La Quinta 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 Obispo6 pts higher

    35%

    44 of 124 admitted

    This school35%Overall30%

  • Long Beach4 pts lower

    43%

    112 of 262 admitted

    This school43%Overall47%

  • Fullerton5 pts higher

    92%

    206 of 224 admitted

    This school92%Overall87%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    97%

    222 of 228 admitted

    This school97%Overall96%

  • San BernardinoAbout the same

    97%

    176 of 182 admitted

    This school97%Overall98%

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

Any college

74%

414 of 556 graduates

UC or CSU

17%

96 graduates

Community college

51%

282 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC316%
CSU6512%
CA private college92%
Out of state275%
Community college28251%
Not enrolled14226%
Enrolled in college41474%
Total556100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Two or more races, Asian, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners, Homeless
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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 64%County median 52%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 30%County median 17%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 28%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 10%County median 5%
  • Low-income students 72%County median 83%
  • Graduates completing courses 61%County median 54%

Across California

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