North Salinas High School

  • Public
  • Salinas
  • 526 seniors
  • 2,046 students
Year

UC admit rate

66%

54 of 82 applicants, fall 2025

County median 77%

Seniors admitted to a UC

10%

54 of 526 seniors

County median 20%

Seniors who applied to UC

16%

82 of 526 seniors

County median 26%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.1%

3 of 37 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

16%

8 of 51 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

North Salinas High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    3 of 37 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.85)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    16%

    8 of 51 admitted

    This school16%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.82)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    23%

    9 of 40 admitted

    This school23%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.76)

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    31%

    9 of 29 admitted

    This school31%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.72)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    32%

    12 of 38 admitted

    This school32%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.75)

  • DavisAbout the same

    34%

    20 of 59 admitted

    This school34%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.70)

  • Santa Cruz21 pts lower

    50%

    17 of 34 admitted

    This school50%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.55)

  • Riverside6 pts lower

    81%

    13 of 16 admitted

    This school81%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.61)

  • Merced12 pts lower

    84%

    21 of 25 admitted

    This school84%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.61)

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

North Salinas High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo33 pts higher

    63%

    34 of 54 admitted

    This school63%Overall30%

  • San Jose7 pts lower

    73%

    46 of 63 admitted

    This school73%Overall80%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    91%

    41 of 45 admitted

    This school91%Overall94%

  • Monterey BayAbout the same

    97%

    58 of 60 admitted

    This school97%Overall95%

  • FresnoAbout the same

    95%

    35 of 37 admitted

    This school95%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 (379 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

73%

277 of 379 graduates

UC or CSU

11%

43 graduates

Community college

61%

231 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC154%
CSU287%
CA private college21%
Out of state1<1%
Community college23161%
Not enrolled10227%
Enrolled in college27773%
Total379100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Filipino
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities, 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 48%County median 49%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 17%County median 16%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 17%County median 17%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 5%County median 5%
  • Low-income students 95%County median 82%
  • Graduates completing courses 53%County median 53%

Across California

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