Blog · Who feeds which college · October 2, 2026
The high school that sends the most students to UCLA is Mira Costa High School
- Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach shows 25 graduates per class year enrolling at UCLA. That is first of 165 schools whose published lists name University of California-Los Angeles.
- Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana is second, with 14 per class year.
- On the acceptances side, a separate list, Arcadia High School is first with 39 students admitted in the Class of 2026.
Some high schools publish a matriculation list. That is a list where a school says which colleges its graduates enrolled in. We rank those lists by graduates per class year. Per class year means the count a school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. That one step is what lets the rows be read next to each other. A school that prints five years of names will show a bigger total than a school that prints one year. Dividing by the class years puts a one-year list and a five-year list on the same page. Each number in the table is the school's own printed count. The class years are the school's own words too.
Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach is first. Its list prints 25 students at UCLA. The school labels that list "Class of 2026." It covers one class year. So the printed total and the per-year number are the same.
The 10 high schools with the most graduates per class year at UCLA
| 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 | 25.0 | 25 | Class of 2026 |
| 2 | Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA | public | 14.0 | 14 | Class of 2026 |
| 3 | Santa Margarita Catholic High School | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA | private | 10.0 | 10 | Class of 2025 |
| 4 | Loyola High School | Los Angeles, CA | private | 8.8 | 44 | 2020-24 |
| 5 | Mountain View High School | Mountain View, CA | public | 8.3 | 25 | CLASS of 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| 6 | California School of the Arts — San Gabriel Valley | Duarte, CA | public | 8.0 | 8 | Class of 2026 |
| 7 | Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA | public | 8.0 | 8 | 2025 |
| 8 | Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA | private | 7.0 | 14 | Class of 2024 & 2025 |
| 9 | California Academy of Mathematics & Science | Carson, CA | public | 7.0 | 7 | Class of 2023 |
| 10 | Leigh High School | San Jose, CA | public | 6.9 | 69 | 2017–2026 |
The California School of the Arts — San Gabriel Valley count sits in a column the school heads "Matriculation (Class of 2026)."
Every school in this top 10 is in California. UCLA is a California campus. All 10 of these lists come from in-state schools. The top three rows read 25 per class year at Mira Costa, 14 at Orange County School of the Arts, and 10 at Santa Margarita Catholic High School. Some of these lists cover one class year. Others cover several years, and the table prints each school's own label.
Acceptances are a different list. An acceptances list says where students were admitted. It does not say where they enrolled. We rank those lists on their own. We never mix them with enrollment. Arcadia High School is first there, with 39 students admitted in its Class of 2026.
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 that school's graduates.
See the full board, with the top 25 and the acceptances section: UCLA feeder schools. The college page is here: University of California-Los Angeles.
Boards as of October 2, 2026. Schools publish new lists every fall, so the live board is the current ranking.