Sage Creek High School

  • Public
  • Carlsbad
  • 352 seniors
  • 1,236 students
Year

UC admit rate

75%

137 of 182 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

39%

137 of 352 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

52%

182 of 352 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.1%

11 of 121 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

8.5%

9 of 106 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

Sage Creek High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 6 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    11 of 121 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Berkeley5 pts lower

    8%

    9 of 106 admitted

    This school8%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Irvine10 pts lower

    12%

    15 of 122 admitted

    This school12%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.95)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    22%

    32 of 145 admitted

    This school22%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    29%

    38 of 130 admitted

    This school29%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Davis5 pts higher

    42%

    35 of 84 admitted

    This school42%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    70%

    57 of 82 admitted

    This school70%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.86)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    86%

    66 of 77 admitted

    This school86%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.84)

  • MercedAbout the same

    97%

    30 of 31 admitted

    This school97%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.78)

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

Sage Creek 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 Obispo8 pts lower

    22%

    27 of 124 admitted

    This school22%Overall30%

  • San Diego5 pts higher

    40%

    55 of 139 admitted

    This school40%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    48%

    34 of 71 admitted

    This school48%Overall47%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    92%

    24 of 26 admitted

    This school92%Overall94%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    98%

    78 of 80 admitted

    This school98%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 (312 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

70%

219 of 312 graduates

UC or CSU

34%

107 graduates

Community college

12%

36 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC4314%
CSU6421%
CA private college93%
Out of state6721%
Community college3612%
Not enrolled9330%
Enrolled in college21970%
Total312100%

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
  • 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 77%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 59%County median 31%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 44%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 32%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 19%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 88%County median 65%

Across California

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