Santana High School
- Public
- Santee
- 425 seniors
- 1,619 students
UC admit rate
67%
42 of 63 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
10%
42 of 425 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
15%
63 of 425 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
16%
5 of 32 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley admit rate
17%
4 of 23 applicants, fall 2025
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
Santana High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 8 campuses, worse at 3.
- Los Angeles6 pts higher
16%
5 of 32 admitted
This school16%All CA10%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.95)
- Berkeley4 pts higher
17%
4 of 23 admitted
This school17%All CA13%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.91)
- San Diego6 pts lower
19%
8 of 43 admitted
This school19%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.83)
- Santa Barbara12 pts higher
44%
11 of 25 admitted
This school44%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.95)
- Davis6 pts lower
31%
5 of 16 admitted
This school31%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.84)
- Santa Cruz8 pts lower
64%
7 of 11 admitted
This school64%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.83)
- Riverside9 pts higher
96%
22 of 23 admitted
This school96%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.86)
- Merced4 pts higher
100%
18 of 18 admitted
This school100%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.81)
too few applicants to report28 applied
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
Santana High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.
- San Luis Obispo4 pts lower
26%
6 of 23 admitted
This school26%Overall30%
- San Diego14 pts higher
48%
45 of 93 admitted
This school48%Overall34%
- Long BeachAbout the same
48%
20 of 42 admitted
This school48%Overall47%
- Fullerton6 pts higher
93%
26 of 28 admitted
This school93%Overall87%
- San MarcosAbout the same
96%
44 of 46 admitted
This school96%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 (367 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
72%
266 of 367 graduates
UC or CSU
20%
74 graduates
Community college
43%
156 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 13 | 4% |
| CSU | 61 | 17% |
| CA private college | 4 | 1% |
| Out of state | 32 | 9% |
| Community college | 156 | 43% |
| Not enrolled | 101 | 28% |
| Enrolled in college | 266 | 72% |
| Total | 367 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Male, Female
- Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Asian
- Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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 65%County median 63%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 42%County median 31%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 31%County median 29%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 19%County median 11%
- Low-income students 46%County median 57%
- Graduates completing courses 61%County median 65%
Across California
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Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses
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