UC San Diego feeder schools 2025: top high schools by admits
This page summarizes UC San Diego feeder schools in Fall 2025, ranks the California high schools sending the most admits to UC San Diego, and highlights counties and schools with the strongest recent results. Use it to compare UC San Diegoapplicants, admits, enrollees, admit rates, and school-level UC admissions histories.
What high schools send the most admits to UC San Diego?
In Fall 2025, Granada Hills Charter High Sch sent the most admits to UC San Diego, with 96 admits from 386 applicants. Across reported California public and private high schools, this dataset shows 86,639 applicants, 21,332 admits, and 4,840 enrollees for UC San Diego.
Rankings use admitted students as the primary measure. Use the applicant, enrollee, and admit-rate columns to understand whether a school has high demand, strong admission results, or high enrollment.
UC San Diego feeder schools FAQ
Short answers for families comparing top high schools, admit volume, and campus-specific UC outcomes.
What are the top feeder schools to UC San Diego?
In Fall 2025, the top high schools by admits to UC San Diego were Granada Hills Charter High Sch with 96 admits, Eleanor Roosevelt High School with 92 admits, and Berkeley High School with 91 admits. This ranking uses admitted students, with applicants and enrollees shown separately.
What does UC San Diego feeder school mean here?
On this page, a UC San Diego feeder school means a high school with reported applicants, admits, or enrollees for UC San Diego in the UC source-school data. The main ranking is by admitted students, not by school reputation or a special admissions relationship.
Does attending a UC San Diego feeder school improve admissions chances?
No. These rankings are historical school-level outcomes, not individual admissions predictions. Applicant strength, course rigor, grades, activities, essays, major context, campus choices, and the applicant pool still matter.
Is the UC San Diego feeder ranking based on admits or enrollment?
The primary ranking is based on admits to UC San Diego in Fall 2025. The table also shows applicants, enrollees, and admit rate so families can separate demand, admission results, and actual enrollment.
Where does the UC San Diego feeder-school data come from?
The data comes from the University of California Information Center admissions by source school tables. collegeacceptance.info organizes the source-school data by campus, high school, county, applicants, admits, enrollees, and admit rate.
California schools ranked by UC San Diego admits
Fall 2025 · 1,556 schools · Showing 1–50
| Rank / School | City | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Admit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Granada Hills Charter High SchCA Public · Los Angeles | Granada Hills | 386 | 96 | 27 | 24.9% |
| 2. Eleanor Roosevelt High SchoolCA Public · Riverside | Eastvale | 291 | 92 | 35 | 31.6% |
| 3. Berkeley High SchoolCA Public · Alameda | Berkeley | 380 | 91 | 19 | 23.9% |
| 4. La Quinta High SchoolCA Public · Orange | Westminster | 193 | 87 | 23 | 45.1% |
| 5. Canyon Crest AcademyCA Public · San Diego | San Diego | 382 | 81 | 17 | 21.2% |
| 6. Valley Christian High SchoolCA Private · Santa Clara | San Jose | 251 | 76 | 12 | 30.3% |
| 7. Dougherty Valley High SchoolCA Public · Contra Costa | San Ramon | 578 | 74 | 24 | 12.8% |
| 8. Arnold O Beckman High SchoolCA Public · Orange | Irvine | 308 | 73 | 20 | 23.7% |
| 9. Arcadia High SchoolCA Public · Los Angeles | Arcadia | 432 | 71 | 17 | 16.4% |
| 10. Troy High SchoolCA Public · Orange | Fullerton | 353 | 70 | 14 | 19.8% |
| 11. California High SchoolCA Public · Contra Costa | San Ramon | 317 | 68 | 23 | 21.4% |
| 12. Crescenta Valley High SchoolCA Public · Los Angeles | La Crescenta | 244 | 68 | 14 | 27.9% |
| 13. Garden Grove High SchoolCA Public · Orange | Garden Grove | 130 | 68 | 22 | 52.3% |
| 14. George Washington High SchoolCA Public · San Francisco | San Francisco | 204 | 66 | 28 | 32.4% |
| 15. Diamond Bar High SchoolCA Public · Los Angeles | Diamond Bar | 369 | 65 | 13 | 17.6% |
| 16. Amador Valley High SchoolCA Public · Alameda | Pleasanton | 347 | 65 | 19 | 18.7% |
| 17. Orange County Hs Of The ArtsCA Public · Orange | Santa Ana | 210 | 65 | 14 | 30.9% |
| 18. Palisades Charter High SchoolCA Public · Los Angeles | Pacific Palisades | 276 | 63 | 7 | 22.8% |
| 19. American High SchoolCA Public · Alameda | Fremont | 370 | 62 | 19 | 16.8% |
| 20. Dublin High SchoolCA Public · Alameda | Dublin | 449 | 61 | 19 | 13.6% |
| 21. Olympian High SchoolCA Public · San Diego | Chula Vista | 191 | 61 | 33 | 31.9% |
| 22. Mission Hills High SchoolCA Public · San Diego | San Marcos | 167 | 61 | 27 | 36.5% |
| 23. Northwood High SchoolCA Public · Orange | Irvine | 334 | 60 | 23 | 18.0% |
| 24. Mira Costa High SchoolCA Public · Los Angeles | Manhattan Beach | 259 | 60 | 5 | 23.2% |
| 25. Sunny Hills High SchoolCA Public · Orange | Fullerton | 250 | 60 | 20 | 24.0% |
| 26. Walnut High SchoolCA Public · Los Angeles | Walnut | 244 | 60 | 22 | 24.6% |
| 27. Long Beach Polytechnic HsCA Public · Los Angeles | Long Beach | 193 | 60 | 15 | 31.1% |
| 28. Ruben S Ayala High SchoolCA Public · San Bernardino | Chino Hills | 236 | 59 | 17 | 25.0% |
| 29. Cypress High SchoolCA Public · Orange | Cypress | 202 | 59 | 22 | 29.2% |
| 30. Birmingham Community HsCA Public · Los Angeles | Lake Balboa | 155 | 59 | 16 | 38.1% |
| 31. Palos Verdes Peninsula HsCA Public · Los Angeles | Rolling Hills Estat | 289 | 58 | 17 | 20.1% |
| 32. Santa Monica High SchoolCA Public · Los Angeles | Santa Monica | 257 | 58 | 10 | 22.6% |
| 33. Mountain View High SchoolCA Public · Santa Clara | Mountain View | 281 | 57 | 17 | 20.3% |
| 34. Aliso Niguel High SchoolCA Public · Orange | Aliso Viejo | 176 | 57 | 28 | 32.4% |
| 35. California Acad Math & ScienceCA Public · Los Angeles | Carson | 131 | 57 | 22 | 43.5% |
| 36. Culver City High SchoolCA Public · Los Angeles | Culver City | 168 | 56 | 20 | 33.3% |
| 37. Davis Senior High SchoolCA Public · Yolo | Davis | 243 | 54 | 13 | 22.2% |
| 38. Portola High SchoolCA Public · Orange | Irvine | 343 | 53 | 14 | 15.4% |
| 39. Homestead High SchoolCA Public · Santa Clara | Cupertino | 315 | 53 | 7 | 16.8% |
| 40. Foothill High SchoolCA Public · Alameda | Pleasanton | 268 | 53 | 19 | 19.8% |
| 41. Mountain House High SchoolCA Public · San Joaquin | Mountain House | 256 | 53 | 19 | 20.7% |
| 42. Temecula Valley High SchoolCA Public · Riverside | Temecula | 155 | 53 | 25 | 34.2% |
| 43. Del Norte High SchoolCA Public · San Diego | San Diego | 366 | 52 | 12 | 14.2% |
| 44. Abraham Lincoln High SchoolCA Public · San Francisco | San Francisco | 202 | 52 | 17 | 25.7% |
| 45. Cupertino High SchoolCA Public · Santa Clara | Cupertino | 301 | 51 | 11 | 16.9% |
| 46. University High SchoolCA Public · Orange | Irvine | 319 | 50 | 13 | 15.7% |
| 47. Redondo Union High SchoolCA Public · Los Angeles | Redondo Beach | 213 | 49 | 7 | 23.0% |
| 48. Downey High SchoolCA Public · Los Angeles | Downey | 147 | 49 | 13 | 33.3% |
| 49. Galileo Acad Of Science & TechCA Public · San Francisco | San Francisco | 147 | 49 | 20 | 33.3% |
| 50. Westminster High SchoolCA Public · Orange | Westminster | 140 | 49 | 10 | 35.0% |