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Best high schools in Downey for UC admissions

From fall 2023 to fall 2025, the 3 published high schools in Downey sent 1,508 applicants to the University of California, and 1,039 were admitted to at least one campus (69%). Among schools with at least 100 applicants, Warren High School had the highest rate, 72% (463 of 639).

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SourceUniversity of California Information Center, Admissions by source school, fall 1994 to fall 2025.

Downey high schools ranked by UC admit rate

Share of applicants admitted to at least one UC campus, fall 2023 to fall 2025. A school has its own page when the University of California printed both applicants and admits for at least 3 fall terms, including at least 2 falls from 2023 to 2025, and at least 30 applicants in those window years. A city page ranks those schools when the city has at least 3 of them, not counting online schools, and they are not already the whole county. A rate on this page counts only the years in which UC printed both the applicants and the admits.

RankSchoolTypeAppliedAny UCBerkeleyUCLA
1Warren High SchoolPublic63972%14%7%
2Downey High SchoolPublic70268%10%8%
3Saint Pius X-St. Matthias AcdmyPrivate16760%14%11%

Downey combined

The 3 schools above added together, fall 2023 to fall 2025: 2 public and 1 private. The county and California rows count every school UC lists, published here or not.

Applicants fromToAppliedAdmittedRate
DowneyAny UC campus1,5081,03969%
DowneyUC Berkeley5776812%
DowneyUCLA1,101898%
Los Angeles CountyAny UC campus109,85577,98471%
CaliforniaAny UC campus393,310283,71672%

Downey high schools ranked by UC Berkeley admit rate

3 of the city’s published schools have a UC Berkeley figure. A rate built on a handful of applicants moves a long way with one student, so the counts sit beside it.

RankSchoolAdmittedUC Berkeley
1Saint Pius X-St. Matthias Acdmy7 of 5014%
2Warren High School33 of 24114%
3Downey High School28 of 28610%

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Downey high schools ranked by UCLA admit rate

3 of the city’s published schools have a UCLA figure. A rate built on a handful of applicants moves a long way with one student, so the counts sit beside it.

RankSchoolAdmittedUCLA
1Saint Pius X-St. Matthias Acdmy14 of 13111%
2Downey High School42 of 5168%
3Warren High School33 of 4547%

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Questions

What are the best high schools in Downey for UC admissions?
By the share of applicants admitted to at least one UC campus from fall 2023 to fall 2025, among schools with at least 100 applicants, the highest in Downey were Warren High School (72%, 463 of 639), Downey High School (68%, 476 of 702) and Saint Pius X-St. Matthias Acdmy (60%, 100 of 167). A school's rate reflects who chose to apply as much as the school itself.
What is the UC acceptance rate for high schools in Downey?
69%. The 3 published high schools in Downey sent 1,508 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025, and 1,039 were admitted to at least one UC campus. Every high school in Los Angeles County together, as UC counts them, had 71%; 1 of the 3 ranked schools in Downey was above that.
Which high school in Downey gets the most students into UC Berkeley?
Warren High School, with 33 admitted of 241 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025. All of Downey's published high schools together sent UC Berkeley 577 applicants and 68 were admitted (12%). Among schools with at least 30 UC Berkeley applicants, Saint Pius X-St. Matthias Acdmy had the highest rate, 14% (7 of 50).
Which high school in Downey gets the most students into UCLA?
Downey High School, with 42 admitted of 516 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025. All of Downey's published high schools together sent UCLA 1,101 applicants and 89 were admitted (8%). Among schools with at least 30 UCLA applicants, Saint Pius X-St. Matthias Acdmy had the highest rate, 11% (14 of 131).
Which high school in Downey sends the most UC applicants?
Downey High School, with 702 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025. Of the 3 published schools in Downey, 2 are public and 1 is private.

How to cite

Aristo Scholars, "Best high schools in Downey for UC admissions," https://aristoscholars.com/uc-chances/city/downey, updated October 31, 2026. Figures from the University of California Information Center, Admissions by source school, fall 1994 to fall 2025.

A school’s rate is not one student’s chance

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