Santa Fe High School

  • Public
  • Santa Fe Springs
  • 523 seniors
  • 1,756 students
Year

UC admit rate

66%

76 of 115 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

15%

76 of 523 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

22%

115 of 523 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.5%

6 of 71 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

11%

4 of 37 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    6 of 71 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.93)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    11%

    4 of 37 admitted

    This school11%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.93)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    19%

    16 of 84 admitted

    This school19%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.80)

  • San Diego16 pts higher

    41%

    31 of 75 admitted

    This school41%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Santa Barbara10 pts lower

    23%

    14 of 62 admitted

    This school23%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.76)

  • Davis10 pts lower

    27%

    6 of 22 admitted

    This school27%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts lower

    64%

    16 of 25 admitted

    This school64%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.60)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    85%

    46 of 54 admitted

    This school85%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.70)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    21 of 21 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.82)

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

Santa Fe High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • Long Beach6 pts higher

    53%

    85 of 161 admitted

    This school53%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    75%

    71 of 95 admitted

    This school75%Overall74%

  • Fullerton4 pts higher

    91%

    149 of 164 admitted

    This school91%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills7 pts higher

    99%

    68 of 69 admitted

    This school99%Overall91%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    91%

    73 of 80 admitted

    This school91%Overall92%

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

Any college

68%

279 of 409 graduates

UC or CSU

30%

123 graduates

Community college

32%

130 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC256%
CSU9824%
CA private college92%
Out of state174%
Community college13032%
Not enrolled13032%
Enrolled in college27968%
Total409100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners, 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 69%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 49%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 31%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 23%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 77%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 65%County median 64%

Across California

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