How to Enroll at Cypress High School
Cypress High School enrolls students by Anaheim Union High School District attendance area: students who live inside the boundary register through the district's Aeries online enrollment system (AIR Online Enrollment), with no entrance exam.
Students who live outside the district, including Irvine residents, need an application approved by their district of residence before Anaheim Union High School District reviews it. Under Board Policy 8536, incoming transfers are limited to five reasons: continuing at the requested school, a sibling at the requested school, a child of a district employee, a parent or guardian employed within district boundaries, or a specific instructional program at the requested school. Approval also requires available space and satisfactory grades, credits, attendance and behavior; the district does not provide transportation, and a transfer is valid for one school year.
Anaheim Union High School District posts the year's incoming inter-district application form on its Transfers page; athletic eligibility may be affected, and parents should check with a school administrator.
Cypress High School's AP and honors courses are open to any interested student, subject to the annual limits of the Healthy Balance Policy; exceeding the limit requires a waiver signed by parent and student and a short online activity completed by the parent.
Courses and Signature Programs at Cypress High School
In the 2026-27 University of California A-G course list, Cypress High School has 153 approved courses, including 17 AP courses and 27 UC-approved honors courses (courses that receive extra weight in the UC GPA). See the full A-G list.
- Embedded Dual Enrollment
- Students take Cypress College courses within designated high school courses on the Cypress High School campus and earn college credit. The 2026-27 School Profile lists courses by grade, such as Introduction to Criminal Justice (AJ 110) in grade 9, College Writing (ENGL 100) in grade 12 and Sports Management (KIN 247) in grades 11 and 12. The school also offers after-school dual enrollment with Cypress College and Fullerton College.
- AP, Honors and the Healthy Balance Policy
- AP is the College Board's program of college-level courses. Cypress High School's AP and honors courses are open access, but weighted courses (AP, honors and dual enrollment) are capped each year at two in grade 9, three in grades 10 and 11 and four in grade 12, and a waiver allows one additional course.
- Career Technical Education (CTE)
- The school offers several CTE pathways, including a Sports & Entertainment pathway, and the district's Anaheim Innovative Mentoring Experience (AIME) connects students with industry mentors.
- Senior Capstone Project
- Every senior completes a capstone project demonstrating the school's five C's: communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and character.
Academic Results at Cypress High School: CAASPP and Graduation
In the 2024-25 California state tests (CAASPP), 68% of Cypress High School 11th graders met or exceeded the English language arts standard and 49.5% met or exceeded the math standard; the statewide figures for 11th graders were 57% and 30.5%. For the class of 2025, 96.1% of the 673 students in the four-year cohort graduated, and 75.6% of graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU admission.
| Cypress High School | California | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 ELA met or exceeded | 68% | 57% |
| Grade 11 math met or exceeded | 49.5% | 30.5% |
Twelve Years of UC Application Data at Cypress High School: Applicants, Admit Rates and GPA
The University of California publishes applicants, admits and enrollees for every California high school. Combined 2023–2025, 550 of 829 applications from Cypress High School to the UC system were admitted (66%). Categories with fewer than five students are not published by UC and appear as "—", not zero.
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| UC campus (fall 2025) | Applicants | Admits | Admit rate | Enrollees | Admit GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 134 | 11 | 8% | 7 | 4.17 |
| UC Los Angeles | 200 | 18 | 9% | 14 | 4.20 |
| UC San Diego | 202 | 59 | 29% | 22 | 4.19 |
| UC Davis | 102 | 36 | 35% | 4 | 4.11 |
| UC Irvine | 233 | 55 | 24% | 20 | 4.16 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 120 | 29 | 24% | 3 | 4.23 |
| UC Merced | 77 | 76 | 99% | — | 3.92 |
| UC Riverside | 151 | 138 | 91% | 19 | 3.91 |
| UC Santa Cruz | 53 | 40 | 75% | 4 | 4.01 |
Student Body at Cypress High School
In 2025-26, 48.2% of Cypress High School students were socioeconomically disadvantaged and 4% were English learners.
Cypress High School: Frequently Asked Questions
Can Irvine families transfer to Cypress High School?
Cypress High School belongs to Anaheim Union High School District, so an Irvine family must first apply through its district of residence, such as Irvine Unified, before the district reviews the request. Under Board Policy 8536, incoming transfers are limited to five reasons, including continuing at the school, a sibling at the school, a district employee's child, a parent working within district boundaries or a specific program at the school, and they require space and satisfactory grades and attendance. Each transfer is valid for one school year, and the district does not provide transportation.
How many AP and honors courses can students from Irvine families take each year at Cypress High School?
Cypress High School's Healthy Balance Policy caps weighted courses at two in grade 9, three in grades 10 and 11 and four in grade 12, with AP Government and AP Economics counted together as one. With a waiver signed by parent and student and a short online activity completed by the parent, a student may add one more course. Embedded dual enrollment counts as one weighted course per semester for its two college classes.
How does dual enrollment work at Cypress High School, for Irvine families?
Cypress High School's Embedded Dual Enrollment brings Cypress College faculty onto campus, and students take courses by grade in criminal justice, history, ethnic studies, English writing and kinesiology while earning college credit. For after-school dual enrollment, students first apply to Cypress College to receive a Banner ID, then submit a Special Admit Form and register once a college dual enrollment counselor approves it.
How does Cypress High School weight GPA and rank students, a question Irvine families often ask?
Cypress High School weights eligible courses at A=5, B=4 and C=3, compared with A=4 in regular courses. According to the 2026-27 School Profile, the school has not ranked students since the Class of 2024, and neither the district nor the school names a valedictorian or salutatorian. Transcripts show a total GPA for grades 9-12, an academic GPA for grades 9-12 and an academic GPA for grades 10-12.
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Sources15 sources · checked 2026-11-14
Enrollment, student body, CAASPP and graduation data come from the California Department of Education. UC admissions data come from the University of California Information Center public data tables, downloaded Nov 2026.
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