Mission Vista High School

  • Public
  • Oceanside
  • 398 seniors
  • 1,673 students
Year

UC admit rate

75%

110 of 147 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

28%

110 of 398 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

37%

147 of 398 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.9%

8 of 81 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

7.9%

5 of 63 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

Mission Vista 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

    10%

    8 of 81 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Berkeley6 pts lower

    8%

    5 of 63 admitted

    This school8%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Irvine5 pts lower

    17%

    17 of 101 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.82)

  • San Diego4 pts higher

    29%

    34 of 116 admitted

    This school29%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa Barbara12 pts lower

    21%

    18 of 87 admitted

    This school21%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.80)

  • Davis5 pts higher

    42%

    29 of 69 admitted

    This school42%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    70%

    43 of 61 admitted

    This school70%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.66)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    84%

    62 of 74 admitted

    This school84%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.75)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    43 of 44 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.73 (all applicants 3.70)

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

Mission Vista High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo14 pts lower

    16%

    14 of 89 admitted

    This school16%Overall30%

  • San Diego15 pts lower

    19%

    27 of 141 admitted

    This school19%Overall34%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    84%

    53 of 63 admitted

    This school84%Overall87%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    97%

    142 of 147 admitted

    This school97%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 (365 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

63%

231 of 365 graduates

UC or CSU

30%

108 graduates

Community college

22%

79 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC3710%
CSU7119%
CA private college62%
Out of state3810%
Community college7922%
Not enrolled13437%
Enrolled in college23163%
Total365100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Two or more races, Filipino
  • Student need: Low-income, 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 89%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 48%County median 31%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 53%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 27%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 45%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 78%County median 65%

Across California

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