{"a_g_completion_pct":77.3,"at_a_glance":["Portola High School is a public high school in Irvine, Orange County, California with 624 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 67 (Excellent, top 6% in California): 421 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 624, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 96% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 1,865 UC applications and received 421 offers, a UC admit rate of 22.6% (counted at each campus); 111 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UC Irvine than at any other UC campus (50 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 57.","77% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","92% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","It has about 640 students per school counselor.","Enrollment was 2,814 students in 2026, up 226% since 2018.","Portola High School publishes a college acceptances list for the Class of 2020 - 2024: 30 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Irvine (397), Riverside (378), Fullerton (246), Santa Barbara (232), San Diego (202). Source: Grade 12 Parent Information Meeting 2025 (Senior Planning Meeting, Class of 2025).","#1 for admits to UC Irvine.","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":"Irvine","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":91.6,"county":"Orange","enrollment":{"since_total":863,"since_year":2018,"total":2814,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"Portola High School's UC Reach Score is 67 (Excellent, top 6% in California): 421 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 624, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 96% of California high schools.","q":"What is Portola High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 1,865 UC applications and received 421 offers, a UC admit rate of 22.6% (counted at each campus); 111 enrolled.","q":"How many students from Portola High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of Portola High School's graduates enrolled at UC Irvine than at any other UC campus (50 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 57.","q":"Which UC campus do Portola High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"77% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","q":"What percentage of Portola High School graduates complete the A-G requirements?"},{"a":"92% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","q":"What percentage of Portola High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Portola High School publishes a college acceptances list for the Class of 2020 - 2024: 30 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Irvine (397), Riverside (378), Fullerton (246), Santa Barbara (232), San Diego (202). Source: Grade 12 Parent Information Meeting 2025 (Senior Planning Meeting, Class of 2025).","q":"Where do Portola High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 2,814 students in 2026, up 226% since 2018.","q":"How many students attend Portola High School?"}],"feeder_standing":{"admit_boards":[{"college":"University of California-Irvine","n":24,"per_year":79.4,"rank":1,"slug":"university-of-california-irvine","url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/university-of-california-irvine#admitted"},{"college":"University of California-Berkeley","n":27,"per_year":30.8,"rank":2,"slug":"university-of-california-berkeley","url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/university-of-california-berkeley#admitted"},{"college":"University of California-Riverside","n":15,"per_year":75.6,"rank":3,"slug":"university-of-california-riverside","url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/university-of-california-riverside#admitted"},{"college":"California State University-Fullerton","n":10,"per_year":49.2,"rank":3,"slug":"california-state-university-fullerton","url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/california-state-university-fullerton#admitted"},{"college":"University of California-Santa Barbara","n":23,"per_year":46.4,"rank":4,"slug":"university-of-california-santa-barbara","url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/university-of-california-santa-barbara#admitted"},{"college":"University of California-Davis","n":23,"per_year":35.6,"rank":4,"slug":"university-of-california-davis","url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/university-of-california-davis#admitted"},{"college":"University of California-Merced","n":12,"per_year":21.4,"rank":4,"slug":"university-of-california-merced","url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/university-of-california-merced#admitted"},{"college":"San Jose State University","n":10,"per_year":7.8,"rank":4,"slug":"san-jose-state-university","url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/san-jose-state-university#admitted"},{"college":"Cal Poly San Luis Obispo","n":13,"per_year":11.6,"rank":5,"slug":"california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo","url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo#admitted"},{"college":"California State University-Northridge","n":10,"per_year":4.0,"rank":5,"slug":"california-state-university-northridge","url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/california-state-university-northridge#admitted"},{"college":"University of California-Santa Cruz","n":18,"per_year":29.8,"rank":7,"slug":"university-of-california-santa-cruz","url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/university-of-california-santa-cruz#admitted"}],"boards":[],"ivy":null,"ivy_admits":null,"n_colleges":707,"top_badges":[]},"name":"Portola High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":{"colleges":30,"kind":"acceptances","numbered":true,"source_name":"Grade 12 Parent Information Meeting 2025 (Senior Planning Meeting, Class of 2025)","source_url":"https://portolahigh.iusd.org/sites/portolahigh/files/documents/Grade%2012%20Parent%20Information%20Meeting%202025.pdf","top":[{"college":"Irvine","count":397},{"college":"Riverside","count":378},{"college":"Fullerton","count":246},{"college":"Santa Barbara","count":232},{"college":"San Diego","count":202},{"college":"Davis","count":178},{"college":"Berkeley","count":154},{"college":"Santa Cruz","count":149},{"college":"Cal Poly Pomona","count":142},{"college":"Long Beach","count":110}],"verified":false,"years_label":"Class of 2020 - 2024"},"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Public","slug":"portola-high-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":640,"uc":{"admit_rate":"22.6%","admits":421,"applications":1865,"ca_percentile":96,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":111,"seniors":624,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Excellent","uc_reach_score":67,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":null,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/portola-high-school"}