These Sacramento-area high schools get grads into competitive UC campuses most

Yahoo

24-05-2025

Thousands of Sacramento-area high school seniors apply every year to attend one or more of the University of California's 10 campuses, and students at some schools get accepted more often than students at others.
To see which local high schools had the most success during the fall 2024 cycle, The Sacramento Bee calculated:
▪ The percentage of all graduates who were admitted to a particular University of California campus. For example, 40 out of 589 Davis Senior High graduates were admitted as freshmen to UC Berkeley last year, equivalent to about 7% of all graduates.
▪ The percentage of graduates who applied to a particular campus and were admitted. For example, 233 Davis Senior High graduates applied for admission to the UC Berkeley last year, and 40 were admitted, for an admit rate of 17%.
The Bee looked specifically at the six UC campuses with the lowest admission rates — the toughest schools to get into.
St. Francis High, a private school in East Sacramento, had the highest percentage of graduates admitted to UC Berkeley, followed by West Campus in Fruitridge Manor and Mira Loma High in Arden Arcade. The highest admission rates were at South Tahoe High, Western Sierra Collegiate and Granite Bay High.
Sacramento Country Day, a private school in the Sierra Oaks neighborhood of the city, had the highest percentage of graduates who were admitted to UCLA, followed by St. Francis and Jesuit High School in Carmichael. The highest admit rates were at Grant High in Del Paso Heights, South Tahoe High and Sacramento Country Day.
Al-Arqam College Preparatory, a private south Sacramento school, had the highest percentage of graduates to be admitted to UC Davis, followed by West Campus and Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep. The highest admit rates were at Futures High in Robla, Sacramento Charter High and Health Professions High School in Upper Land Park.
West Campus had the highest percentage of graduates who were admitted to UC Irvine, followed by Franklin High in Elk Grove and Sacramento Country Day. The highest admit rates were at West Campus, Franklin High and Woodland High.
Umoja International Academy, a public school in East Sacramento, had the highest percentage of graduates who were admitted to UC San Diego, followed by West Campus and Sacramento Waldorf in Fair Oaks. The highest admit rates were at Umoja, Hiram Johnson High in Tahoe Park and Grant High.
Davis Senior High had the highest percentage of graduates who were admitted to UC Santa Barbara, followed by Sacramento Country Day and West Campus. The highest admit rates were at Charter Community Home School Academy, Hiram Johnson High and Casa Roble Fundamental High School in Orangevale.
Methodology and sources: The percentage of all graduates from a particular school admitted to a particular UC campus is the number of fall 2024 freshmen admits divided by the number of 2023-24 graduates. Graduate data is not available for private schools; instead, The Bee used data showing 12th grade enrollment in 2023-24 for each private high school. Admit rates for schools are the number of fall 2024 freshmen admits divided by the number of fall 2024 freshmen applicants. Data excludes schools where fewer than 10 students graduated in 2023-24, or where fewer than three students were admitted to a particular campus. As such, schools not shown are either small, or had few students admitted.