Northwood High School

  • Public
  • Irvine
  • 603 seniors
  • 2,255 students
Year

UC admit rate

83%

312 of 374 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

52%

312 of 603 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

62%

374 of 603 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.3%

27 of 324 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

12%

34 of 287 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    27 of 324 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.02)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    34 of 287 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Irvine11 pts higher

    33%

    112 of 339 admitted

    This school33%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.99)

  • San Diego7 pts lower

    18%

    60 of 334 admitted

    This school18%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts lower

    29%

    79 of 274 admitted

    This school29%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Davis11 pts higher

    48%

    115 of 241 admitted

    This school48%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Santa Cruz11 pts higher

    82%

    139 of 169 admitted

    This school82%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.10 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    237 of 257 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.97)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    106 of 108 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.95)

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

Northwood High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo11 pts lower

    18%

    29 of 157 admitted

    This school18%Overall30%

  • San Diego6 pts lower

    29%

    46 of 160 admitted

    This school29%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    48%

    66 of 138 admitted

    This school48%Overall47%

  • Pomona8 pts higher

    82%

    90 of 110 admitted

    This school82%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    87%

    130 of 150 admitted

    This school87%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 (569 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

87%

493 of 569 graduates

UC or CSU

31%

178 graduates

Community college

37%

208 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC13524%
CSU438%
CA private college285%
Out of state7914%
Community college20837%
Not enrolled7613%
Enrolled in college49387%
Total569100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, White, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races, Filipino
  • 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 79%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 72%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 49%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 45%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 18%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 75%County median 57%

Across California

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