California public high schools by College-Going Rate

The College-Going Rate (CGR) is defined as the percentage of California public high school students who completed high school in a given year and subsequently enrolled in any public or private postsecondary institution (in-state or out-of-state) in the United States within 12 or 16 months of completing high school.

CDE builds the rate by matching California high school completers to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment records. We publish CDE's aggregate and hold no student-level data of our own.

#	High school	Enrolled within 12 months
1	University High Fresno County · Fresno Unified	96.5% 98.2% within 16 months 113 completers
2	Stockton Early College Academy San Joaquin County · Stockton Unified	96.2% 96.2% within 16 months 105 completers
3	Hawthorne Math and Science Academy Los Angeles County · Hawthorne	95.9% 96.7% within 16 months 121 completers
4	West Campus Sacramento County · Sacramento City Unified	95.3% 95.8% within 16 months 191 completers
5	Dr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy Los Angeles County · Los Angeles Unified	94.4% 94.4% within 16 months 125 completers
6	Oxford Academy Orange County · Anaheim Union High	93.7% 94.2% within 16 months 189 completers
7	San Marino High Los Angeles County · San Marino Unified	93.7% 94.7% within 16 months 189 completers
8	Da Vinci Science Los Angeles County · Wiseburn Unified	93.4% 94.9% within 16 months 137 completers
9	Orcutt Academy Charter Santa Barbara County · Orcutt Union Elementary	93.3% 93.3% within 16 months 149 completers
10	Summit Public School: Shasta San Mateo County · Jefferson Union High	93.3% 93.3% within 16 months 105 completers
11	Diamond Bar High Los Angeles County · Walnut Valley Unified	93.2% 94% within 16 months 664 completers
12	Ednovate - USC Hybrid High College Prep Los Angeles County · Los Angeles Unified	93.1% 93.8% within 16 months 130 completers
13	Temple City High Los Angeles County · Temple City Unified	93% 94.1% within 16 months 443 completers
14	Westview High San Diego County · Poway Unified	93% 93.3% within 16 months 554 completers
15	Del Norte High San Diego County · Poway Unified	92.9% 93.9% within 16 months 608 completers
16	Evergreen Valley High Santa Clara County · East Side Union High	92.8% 93.6% within 16 months 699 completers
17	SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise) Los Angeles County · Antelope Valley Union High	92.7% 95.4% within 16 months 109 completers
18	Lowell High San Francisco County · San Francisco Unified	92.5% 93.3% within 16 months 654 completers
19	Mills High San Mateo County · San Mateo Union High	92.5% 93.9% within 16 months 279 completers
20	Saratoga High Santa Clara County · Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High	92.4% 94% within 16 months 301 completers
21	KIPP San Jose Collegiate Santa Clara County · East Side Union High	92.2% 93% within 16 months 129 completers
22	Western Sierra Collegiate Academy Placer County · Rocklin Unified	92.2% 93% within 16 months 128 completers
23	La Canada High Los Angeles County · La Canada Unified	91.9% 93.2% within 16 months 309 completers
24	Acalanes High Contra Costa County · Acalanes Union High	91.8% 94.4% within 16 months 305 completers
25	Burlingame High San Mateo County · San Mateo Union High	91.6% 93% within 16 months 371 completers
26	Miramonte High Contra Costa County · Acalanes Union High	91.6% 94.5% within 16 months 274 completers
27	Portola High Orange County · Irvine Unified	91.6% 92.8% within 16 months 475 completers
28	Leland High Santa Clara County · San Jose Unified	91.3% 91.8% within 16 months 401 completers
29	Oak Park High Ventura County · Oak Park Unified	91.2% 92.8% within 16 months 318 completers
30	Ernest S. McBride, Sr. High Los Angeles County · Long Beach Unified	91.1% 91.7% within 16 months 157 completers
31	Mira Costa High Los Angeles County · Manhattan Beach Unified	91.1% 92.5% within 16 months 562 completers
32	Arnold O. Beckman High Orange County · Tustin Unified	91% 92.2% within 16 months 681 completers
33	Monta Vista High Santa Clara County · Fremont Union High	90.9% 91.7% within 16 months 482 completers
34	Walnut High Los Angeles County · Walnut Valley Unified	90.9% 92.8% within 16 months 530 completers
35	Westlake High Ventura County · Conejo Valley Unified	90.6% 91.6% within 16 months 534 completers
36	Fountain Valley High Orange County · Huntington Beach Union High	90.5% 91.9% within 16 months 863 completers
37	Corona del Mar High Orange County · Newport-Mesa Unified	90.3% 92.8% within 16 months 414 completers
38	Leigh High Santa Clara County · Campbell Union High	90.3% 90.8% within 16 months 423 completers
39	Lynbrook High Santa Clara County · Fremont Union High	90.3% 91.5% within 16 months 445 completers
40	Anderson W. Clark Magnet High Los Angeles County · Glendale Unified	90.2% 91.6% within 16 months 285 completers
41	OCSA Orange County · Orange County Department of Education	90.2% 91.2% within 16 months 397 completers
42	Palos Verdes High Los Angeles County · Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	90.2% 91.6% within 16 months 356 completers
43	Irvine High Orange County · Irvine Unified	90% 91.3% within 16 months 400 completers
44	Scripps Ranch High San Diego County · San Diego Unified	90% 91% within 16 months 480 completers
45	Los Alamitos High Orange County · Los Alamitos Unified	89.9% 91.1% within 16 months 731 completers
46	Campolindo High Contra Costa County · Acalanes Union High	89.8% 91.7% within 16 months 314 completers
47	Clovis North High Fresno County · Clovis Unified	89.8% 90.9% within 16 months 538 completers
48	Piedmont High Alameda County · Piedmont City Unified	89.8% 91.4% within 16 months 186 completers
49	Woodbridge High Orange County · Irvine Unified	89.8% 91.3% within 16 months 527 completers
50	Arcadia High Los Angeles County · Arcadia Unified	89.7% 92.5% within 16 months 717 completers

How this board is built

The top 50 of 1121 California public high schools whose 2022-23 class had at least 100 completers, ranked by the 12-month rate. The floor is there because a class of forty moves several points when four students change their minds; CDE's 16-month rate for the same class is shown beside it, since it is the same students counted later, not a second measure.

CDE suppresses (*) any cell where the student population is 10 or fewer. Those 137 schools are excluded from the ranking — the figure exists and is withheld, which is not a zero. CDE publishes rates for 2092 public high schools in all.

What absence means

A school missing from this page either had fewer than 100 completers in the 2022-23 class, or CDE masks its figures because the class is small. Neither is a statement about the school. Every California public high school we hold a rate for shows it on its own page, ranked against nobody.

Source: California Department of Education, College-Going Rate (DataQuest) ↗, cohort 2022-23, file posted 17-Sep-2025. Data file: cgr12mo23.txt ↗.

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