Rio Mesa High School

  • Public
  • Oxnard
  • 476 seniors
  • 1,836 students
Year

UC admit rate

73%

43 of 59 applicants, fall 2025

County median 75%

Seniors admitted to a UC

9%

43 of 476 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

12%

59 of 476 seniors

County median 23%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

11%

4 of 36 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

29%

4 of 14 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

Rio Mesa 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

    11%

    4 of 36 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.78)

  • Berkeley15 pts higher

    29%

    4 of 14 admitted

    This school29%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.80)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    19%

    7 of 37 admitted

    This school19%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.81)

  • San Diego11 pts higher

    35%

    11 of 31 admitted

    This school35%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa Barbara8 pts higher

    40%

    14 of 35 admitted

    This school40%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.70)

  • DavisAbout the same

    35%

    8 of 23 admitted

    This school35%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.57)

  • Santa Cruz13 pts lower

    58%

    7 of 12 admitted

    This school58%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.75 (all applicants 3.45)

  • Riverside10 pts lower

    77%

    20 of 26 admitted

    This school77%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.75 (all applicants 3.53)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    20 of 20 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.53 (all applicants 3.53)

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

Rio Mesa High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • Pomona31 pts lower

    43%

    6 of 14 admitted

    This school43%Overall74%

  • Fullerton4 pts higher

    91%

    20 of 22 admitted

    This school91%Overall87%

  • Channel Islands5 pts lower

    88%

    29 of 33 admitted

    This school88%Overall93%

  • NorthridgeAbout the same

    90%

    28 of 31 admitted

    This school90%Overall93%

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

Any college

79%

357 of 451 graduates

UC or CSU

12%

54 graduates

Community college

64%

287 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC235%
CSU317%
CA private college41%
Out of state123%
Community college28764%
Not enrolled9421%
Enrolled in college35779%
Total451100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Filipino, Two or more races
  • 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 46%County median 55%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 20%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 21%County median 24%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 8%County median 9%
  • Low-income students 79%County median 40%
  • Graduates completing courses 37%County median 44%

Across California

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