Portola High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  8%

  27 of 330 admitted

  This school8%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.95)

• Berkeley≈About the same

  10%

  30 of 288 admitted

  This school10%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.97)

• Irvine▲8 pts higher

  30%

  109 of 358 admitted

  This school30%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.90)

• San Diego▼9 pts lower

  15%

  53 of 343 admitted

  This school15%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.93)

• Santa Barbara≈About the same

  29%

  87 of 299 admitted

  This school29%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.91)

• Davis▲9 pts higher

  47%

  115 of 247 admitted

  This school47%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.92)

• Santa Cruz▼6 pts lower

  66%

  113 of 172 admitted

  This school66%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.82)

• Riverside≈About the same

  88%

  233 of 264 admitted

  This school88%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.85)

• Merced≈About the same

  96%

  128 of 134 admitted

  This school96%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.84)

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).

• San Diego▼5 pts lower

  30%

  53 of 178 admitted

  This school30%Overall34%

• Long Beach≈About the same

  50%

  94 of 189 admitted

  This school50%Overall47%

• Pomona▲13 pts higher

  87%

  111 of 128 admitted

  This school87%Overall74%

• San Jose▲10 pts higher

  90%

  35 of 39 admitted

  This school90%Overall80%

• Fullerton▲9 pts higher

  96%

  190 of 198 admitted

  This school96%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.