Blog · Who feeds which college · October 2, 2026
Mira Costa High School sends the most students to UC Berkeley
- Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach is first of 162 schools whose published lists name UC Berkeley, with 21 graduates per class year for the Class of 2026.
- All 10 schools in the top 10 are in California.
- On the acceptances side, Mira Costa High School is also first, at 45 admissions per class year.
A matriculation list is a list a school publishes saying where its graduates enrolled. Per class year means the count the school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. That lets a one-year list and a five-year list sit on the same page.
The school at the top
Mira Costa High School is a public school in Manhattan Beach. Its own list prints 21 graduates at UC Berkeley. The school labels that list "Class of 2026." That is one class year. So the printed total and the per class year figure are the same number: 21. Of the 162 schools whose published lists name UC Berkeley, Mira Costa is first.
The top 10
| Rank | High school | City, State | Type | Students per class year | Count as printed | Class years (the school's words) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA | public | 21.0 | 21 | Class of 2026 |
| 2 | Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA | public | 20.0 | 20 | Class of 2026 |
| 3 | Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA | public | 19.0 | 19 | 2025 |
| 4 | Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, CA | public | 18.0 | 18 | Class of 2026 |
| 5 | Palo Alto Senior High School | Palo Alto, CA | public | 16.0 | 16 | 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 (counted column: 2026) |
| 6 | Dublin High School | Dublin, CA | public | 15.0 | 15 | Class of 2023 |
| 7 | Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA | private | 14.0 | 28 | Class of 2024 & 2025 |
| 8 | Loyola High School | Los Angeles, CA | private | 11.8 | 59 | 2020-24 |
| 9 | Mountain View High School | Mountain View, CA | public | 11.3 | 34 | CLASS of 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| 10 | Lick Wilmerding High School | San Francisco, CA | private | 9.5 | 38 | past four years |
What the board shows
Every school in this top 10 is in California. The top three numbers sit close together. Mira Costa prints 21 per class year. Orange County School of the Arts prints 20. Henry M. Gunn High School prints 19.
The right-hand columns matter. Some of these schools printed one class year. Others printed several. Loyola High School printed 59 graduates across "2020-24," which is 11.8 per class year. Lick Wilmerding High School printed 38 across the "past four years," which is 9.5 per class year. Palo Alto Senior High School prints four class years side by side. The figure here comes from the column the school labels 2026.
On the acceptances side
Acceptances are a separate list. An enrollment list counts the graduates who went to a college. An acceptances list counts every college that admitted them. The two are never added together. Among the 27 schools ranked on the UC Berkeley acceptances board, Mira Costa High School is also first, at 45 admissions per class year.
About schools that are not here
A school that is not on this list did not publish a numbered matriculation list we could read. That is all absence means. It is never a statement about its graduates.
See the full board
- Full board, top 25 plus the acceptances section: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/university-of-california-berkeley
- UC Berkeley college page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/university-of-california-berkeley
Boards as of October 2, 2026. Schools publish new lists every fall, so the live board is the current ranking.