What are the best high schools in San Diego 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 San Diego were Gompers Preparatory Academy (90%, 256 of 286), Del Norte High School (81%, 909 of 1,124) and Canyon Crest Academy (78%, 1,057 of 1,360). 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 San Diego?

69%. The 47 published high schools in San Diego sent 15,922 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025, and 11,008 were admitted to at least one UC campus. Every high school in San Diego County together, as UC counts them, had 67%; 23 of the 47 ranked schools in San Diego were above that.

Which high school in San Diego gets the most students into UC Berkeley?

Canyon Crest Academy, with 106 admitted of 1,040 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025. All of San Diego's published high schools together sent UC Berkeley 8,040 applicants and 1,073 were admitted (13%). Among schools with at least 30 UC Berkeley applicants, Crawford High School had the highest rate, 28% (41 of 148).

Which high school in San Diego gets the most students into UCLA?

Canyon Crest Academy, with 112 admitted of 1,169 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025. All of San Diego's published high schools together sent UCLA 10,254 applicants and 982 were admitted (10%). Among schools with at least 30 UCLA applicants, High Tech High Media Arts had the highest rate, 17% (13 of 76).

Which high school in San Diego sends the most UC applicants?

Canyon Crest Academy, with 1,360 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025. Of the 47 published schools in San Diego, 40 are public and 7 are private.

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Best high schools in San Diego for UC admissions

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From fall 2023 to fall 2025, the 47 published high schools in San Diego sent 15,922 applicants to the University of California, and 11,008 were admitted to at least one campus (69%). Among schools with at least 100 applicants, Gompers Preparatory Academy had the highest rate, 90% (256 of 286).

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

San Diego 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.

Rank	School	Type	Applied	Any UC	Berkeley	UCLA
1	Gompers Preparatory Academy	Public	286	90%	17%	11%
2	King-Chavez Community High School	Public	45	89%	Not published	Not published
3	Kearny College Connections	Public	68	81%	25%	27%
4	Del Norte High School	Public	1,124	81%	14%	8%
5	Cambridge School	Private	36	81%	Not published	46%
6	East Village Middle College HS	Public	40	80%	33%	43%
7	Canyon Crest Academy	Public	1,360	78%	10%	10%
8	High Tech High International	Public	155	77%	22%	11%
9	Crawford High School	Public	248	75%	28%	13%
10	Westview High School	Public	1,024	75%	13%	8%
11	High Tech High Media Arts	Public	141	74%	21%	17%
12	Southwest High School	Public	366	74%	17%	8%
13	Mission Bay High	Public	314	74%	15%	14%
14	Ofarrell Charter School	Public	170	73%	Not published	13%
15	San Ysidro High School	Public	387	72%	21%	9%
16	High Tech High School	Public	181	72%	13%	12%
17	Kearny School Biomed Science Tech	Public	74	72%	25%	Not published
18	San Diego High School	Public	507	72%	20%	12%
19	Mount Carmel High School	Public	541	71%	9%	8%
20	San Diego Jewish Academy	Private	61	70%	Not published	19%
21	Rancho Bernardo High School	Public	730	70%	10%	8%
22	Hoover High School	Public	361	68%	19%	8%
23	Scripps Ranch High	Public	813	67%	8%	10%
24	Canyon Hills High School	Public	282	67%	12%	10%
25	Montgomery High School	Public	333	67%	14%	7%
26	Torrey Pines High School	Public	1,096	67%	14%	8%
27	School Entrepreneurship & Tech	Public	44	66%	Not published	Not published
28	University City High School	Public	531	66%	6%	9%
29	Morse High School	Public	237	65%	12%	8%
30	Patrick Henry High School	Public	684	64%	9%	10%
31	Madison High School	Public	102	64%	33%	Not published
32	High Tech High Mesa	Public	181	64%	10%	10%
33	Health Sciences High/Mid Coll	Public	124	63%	19%	11%
34	Point Loma High School	Public	454	62%	13%	9%
35	Francis Parker School	Private	289	62%	17%	9%
36	Altus Charter School of San Diego	Public	39	62%	Not published	Not published
37	San Diego School Create/Perform	Public	187	61%	21%	11%
38	Kearny Digital Media & Design	Public	44	61%	Not published	Not published
39	Cathedral Catholic H S	Private	554	60%	14%	11%
40	Lincoln High School	Public	218	60%	14%	11%
41	Academy of Our Lady of Peace	Private	329	58%	12%	11%
42	Clairemont High School	Public	169	58%	18%	10%
43	Mount Everest Academy	Public	57	58%	25%	33%
44	Maranatha Christian Schools	Private	69	55%	Not published	23%
45	Saint Augustine High School	Private	218	53%	12%	9%
46	E3 Civic High	Public	135	53%	14%	9%
47	Mira Mesa High School	Public	514	53%	14%	9%

San Diego combined

The 47 schools above added together, fall 2023 to fall 2025: 40 public and 7 private. The county and California rows count every school UC lists, published here or not.

Applicants from	To	Applied	Admitted	Rate
San Diego	Any UC campus	15,922	11,008	69%
San Diego	UC Berkeley	8,040	1,073	13%
San Diego	UCLA	10,254	982	10%
San Diego County	Any UC campus	34,688	23,349	67%
California	Any UC campus	393,310	283,716	72%

San Diego high schools ranked by UC Berkeley admit rate

39 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.

Rank	School	Admitted	UC Berkeley
1	East Village Middle College HS	6 of 18	33%
2	Madison High School	4 of 12	33%
3	Crawford High School	41 of 148	28%
4	Kearny School Biomed Science Tech	6 of 24	25%
5	Kearny College Connections	3 of 12	25%
6	Mount Everest Academy	3 of 12	25%
7	High Tech High International	4 of 18	22%
8	San Ysidro High School	39 of 183	21%
9	San Diego School Create/Perform	14 of 66	21%
10	High Tech High Media Arts	17 of 81	21%
11	San Diego High School	50 of 249	20%
12	Hoover High School	30 of 155	19%
13	Health Sciences High/Mid Coll	4 of 21	19%
14	Clairemont High School	12 of 67	18%
15	Southwest High School	26 of 150	17%
16	Francis Parker School	36 of 208	17%
17	Gompers Preparatory Academy	15 of 87	17%
18	Mission Bay High	27 of 179	15%
19	Mira Mesa High School	30 of 207	14%
20	Lincoln High School	10 of 70	14%
21	Cathedral Catholic H S	41 of 293	14%
22	Montgomery High School	18 of 131	14%
23	Torrey Pines High School	98 of 717	14%
24	E3 Civic High	3 of 22	14%
25	Del Norte High School	103 of 762	14%
26	Point Loma High School	30 of 224	13%
27	Westview High School	83 of 627	13%
28	High Tech High School	11 of 87	13%
29	Morse High School	12 of 101	12%
30	Canyon Hills High School	16 of 135	12%
31	Saint Augustine High School	8 of 68	12%
32	Academy of Our Lady of Peace	21 of 179	12%
33	Canyon Crest Academy	106 of 1,040	10%
34	Rancho Bernardo High School	38 of 374	10%
35	High Tech High Mesa	6 of 62	10%
36	Patrick Henry High School	31 of 331	9%
37	Mount Carmel High School	15 of 167	9%
38	Scripps Ranch High	38 of 454	8%
39	University City High School	18 of 299	6%

How to get into UC Berkeley: the GPA and SAT of admitted applicants

San Diego high schools ranked by UCLA admit rate

41 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.

Rank	School	Admitted	UCLA
1	Cambridge School	6 of 13	46%
2	East Village Middle College HS	3 of 7	43%
3	Mount Everest Academy	4 of 12	33%
4	Kearny College Connections	3 of 11	27%
5	Maranatha Christian Schools	3 of 13	23%
6	San Diego Jewish Academy	3 of 16	19%
7	High Tech High Media Arts	13 of 76	17%
8	Mission Bay High	29 of 202	14%
9	Ofarrell Charter School	13 of 101	13%
10	Crawford High School	21 of 165	13%
11	High Tech High School	10 of 84	12%
12	San Diego High School	39 of 330	12%
13	Health Sciences High/Mid Coll	9 of 79	11%
14	Academy of Our Lady of Peace	24 of 214	11%
15	Gompers Preparatory Academy	19 of 170	11%
16	High Tech High International	7 of 63	11%
17	San Diego School Create/Perform	13 of 118	11%
18	Lincoln High School	9 of 84	11%
19	Cathedral Catholic H S	45 of 423	11%
20	Scripps Ranch High	56 of 559	10%
21	High Tech High Mesa	9 of 90	10%
22	Patrick Henry High School	41 of 411	10%
23	Canyon Hills High School	18 of 182	10%
24	Canyon Crest Academy	112 of 1,169	10%
25	Clairemont High School	6 of 63	10%
26	Francis Parker School	21 of 222	9%
27	E3 Civic High	7 of 75	9%
28	Saint Augustine High School	13 of 140	9%
29	Mira Mesa High School	29 of 319	9%
30	University City High School	31 of 343	9%
31	San Ysidro High School	22 of 245	9%
32	Point Loma High School	24 of 270	9%
33	Del Norte High School	74 of 881	8%
34	Hoover High School	21 of 251	8%
35	Morse High School	4 of 48	8%
36	Westview High School	63 of 763	8%
37	Mount Carmel High School	28 of 352	8%
38	Southwest High School	12 of 151	8%
39	Torrey Pines High School	66 of 841	8%
40	Rancho Bernardo High School	39 of 514	8%
41	Montgomery High School	13 of 184	7%

How to get into UCLA: the GPA and SAT of admitted applicants

Questions

What are the best high schools in San Diego 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 San Diego were Gompers Preparatory Academy (90%, 256 of 286), Del Norte High School (81%, 909 of 1,124) and Canyon Crest Academy (78%, 1,057 of 1,360). 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 San Diego?: 69%. The 47 published high schools in San Diego sent 15,922 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025, and 11,008 were admitted to at least one UC campus. Every high school in San Diego County together, as UC counts them, had 67%; 23 of the 47 ranked schools in San Diego were above that.
Which high school in San Diego gets the most students into UC Berkeley?: Canyon Crest Academy, with 106 admitted of 1,040 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025. All of San Diego's published high schools together sent UC Berkeley 8,040 applicants and 1,073 were admitted (13%). Among schools with at least 30 UC Berkeley applicants, Crawford High School had the highest rate, 28% (41 of 148).
Which high school in San Diego gets the most students into UCLA?: Canyon Crest Academy, with 112 admitted of 1,169 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025. All of San Diego's published high schools together sent UCLA 10,254 applicants and 982 were admitted (10%). Among schools with at least 30 UCLA applicants, High Tech High Media Arts had the highest rate, 17% (13 of 76).
Which high school in San Diego sends the most UC applicants?: Canyon Crest Academy, with 1,360 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025. Of the 47 published schools in San Diego, 40 are public and 7 are private.

How to cite

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

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