{"a_g_completion_pct":95.6,"at_a_glance":["Helix High School is a public high school in La Mesa, San Diego County, California with 621 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 27 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 167 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 621, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 66% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 791 UC applications and received 167 offers, a UC admit rate of 21.1% (counted at each campus); 53 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UC San Diego than at any other UC campus (15 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 21.","96% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","79% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","Of its graduates who enrolled at a UC, 88% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2019).","Enrollment was 2,571 students in 2026, up 4% since 2018.","Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named."],"caveats":["UC admits and applications are counted at each campus: a student admitted to three UCs counts three times. The UC Reach Score is those admits divided by the senior class, times 100, so a strong school scores above 100.","A published college list is the school's own document, copied as printed; counts are the school's, never ours, and an unnumbered list carries no counts.","Enrollment is NCES CCD for national pages and CDE for California pages; graduation and readiness measures are the state's or EDFacts' own definitions, named in each sentence.","Every figure here is also rendered on the HTML page it describes."],"city":"La Mesa","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":79.1,"county":"San Diego","enrollment":{"since_total":2465,"since_year":2018,"total":2571,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"Helix High School's UC Reach Score is 27 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 167 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 621, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 66% of California high schools.","q":"What is Helix High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 791 UC applications and received 167 offers, a UC admit rate of 21.1% (counted at each campus); 53 enrolled.","q":"How many students from Helix High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of Helix High School's graduates enrolled at UC San Diego than at any other UC campus (15 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 21.","q":"Which UC campus do Helix High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"96% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","q":"What percentage of Helix High School graduates complete the A-G requirements?"},{"a":"79% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","q":"What percentage of Helix High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 2,571 students in 2026, up 4% since 2018.","q":"How many students attend Helix High School?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"Helix High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":null,"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Public","slug":"helix-high-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":null,"uc":{"admit_rate":"21.1%","admits":167,"applications":791,"ca_percentile":66,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":53,"seniors":621,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Around the CA median","uc_reach_score":27,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":87.5,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/helix-high-school"}