Samueli Academy

  • Public
  • Santa Ana
  • 136 seniors
  • 844 students
Year

UC admit rate

85%

41 of 48 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

30%

41 of 136 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

35%

48 of 136 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

12%

4 of 33 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

17%

3 of 18 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

Samueli Academy applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    4 of 33 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.01)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    17%

    3 of 18 admitted

    This school17%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.95)

  • Irvine16 pts higher

    38%

    15 of 39 admitted

    This school38%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.92)

  • San Diego21 pts higher

    46%

    16 of 35 admitted

    This school46%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts lower

    29%

    6 of 21 admitted

    This school29%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Davis32 pts higher

    69%

    11 of 16 admitted

    This school69%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    72%

    13 of 18 admitted

    This school72%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.89)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    24 of 27 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.86)

  • MercedAbout the same

    94%

    17 of 18 admitted

    This school94%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.92)

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

Samueli Academy applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • San Luis Obispo8 pts lower

    22%

    4 of 18 admitted

    This school22%Overall30%

  • Long Beach4 pts lower

    43%

    25 of 58 admitted

    This school43%Overall47%

  • Pomona4 pts lower

    69%

    25 of 36 admitted

    This school69%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    85%

    55 of 65 admitted

    This school85%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 (122 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

83%

101 of 122 graduates

UC or CSU

26%

32 graduates

Community college

46%

56 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC97%
CSU2319%
CA private college76%
Out of state65%
Community college5646%
Not enrolled2117%
Enrolled in college10183%
Total122100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
  • 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 58%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 26%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 24%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 7%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 75%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 47%County median 57%

Across California

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Campus-by-campus detail for 13 campuses

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