Westminster High School

How to Enroll at Westminster High School

Westminster High School enrolls students by HBUHSD attendance area: the district assigns high school students to one of its six comprehensive high schools by home address, regardless of which middle school they attended, and there is no entrance exam. The district's School Locator is the authority on which school an address is assigned to.

Students who live in the district (Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley and Westminster) and want a school other than their home school can request an intradistrict transfer during the Open Enrollment window. The 2027-28 window runs from February 2 to March 12, 2027; students must be pre-enrolled and have an HBUHSD student ID to apply. Transfers depend on available space, parents must provide transportation, and students commit to the chosen school for one year; students already on an open enrollment transfer do not need to reapply.

Students who live outside the district, including Irvine residents, must first obtain an approved Interdistrict Attendance Agreement from their home district and then submit an online HBUHSD interdistrict application with their most recent transcript, attendance record, disciplinary record (or documentation that none exists) and, if applicable, an IEP; incomplete applications are not considered. The district decides based on enrollment criteria and program availability under Board Policy 5116.24 and cannot guarantee a specific school. An August 27, 2026 district update listed the schools no longer accepting 2026-27 interdistrict transfers, and Westminster High School was not among them.

Once enrolled, AP courses at Westminster High School are open to all students.

Courses and Signature Programs at Westminster High School

In the 2026-27 University of California A-G course list, Westminster High School has 165 approved courses, including 24 AP courses and 40 UC-approved honors courses (courses that receive extra weight in the UC GPA). See the full A-G list.

MERITS: Specialized Honors Program & STEAM Magnet

MERITS is for students interested in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM), and the district lists it only at Westminster High School. Students can take up to four years of AP science, attend monthly expert-led discussions on emerging STEM issues at UC Irvine, start in grade 9 with B-BEAST (Bridging Business, Engineering, Art, Science, and Technology), and then choose among pathways in animal research, business, computer science, cybersecurity, digital media arts, engineering, nursing and science research.

AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)

Westminster High School is an AVID National Demonstration Site. AVID students take the elective for four years, learning through the WICOR method (writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization and reading), with college tutors leading small groups in class two days a week. The school also runs an official AVID CTE Pathway.

Puente Project

Puente is a University of California academic program. Students take a two-year sequence of college preparatory English taught by the Puente teacher, with Latinx and multicultural literature, and a dedicated Puente counselor provides college guidance and parent workshops.

Vietnamese and Spanish Dual Language Immersion

The Vietnamese Dual Language Immersion program (VDLI) launched in 2024-25, building on more than 20 years of Vietnamese courses at the school, and the Spanish Dual Language Immersion program (SDLI) launched in 2025-26. Students take bilingual coursework with AP and honors options and can work toward the State Seal of Biliteracy.

Career Technical Education and Agriculture

CTE pathways include agriscience, animal science, automotive technology, culinary, engineering, entrepreneurship, graphic design, software and systems development, video game design and woodworking. Agriculture students raise crops and livestock on the campus farm, The Giving Farm, and donate produce to the Orange County Food Bank; the school also has an FFA chapter.

Golden West College Dual Enrollment

Students can take Golden West College courses tuition-free for both high school and college credit; according to the 2025-26 School Profile, more than 20 classes are offered each fall, spring and summer.

Academic Results at Westminster High School: CAASPP and Graduation

In the 2024-25 California state tests (CAASPP), 71.6% of Westminster High School 11th graders met or exceeded the English language arts standard and 41.1% met or exceeded the math standard; the statewide figures for 11th graders were 57% and 30.5%. For the class of 2025, 95.4% of the 634 students in the four-year cohort graduated, and 51.6% of graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU admission.

Twelve Years of UC Application Data at Westminster High School: Applicants, Admit Rates and GPA

The University of California publishes applicants, admits and enrollees for every California high school. Combined 2023–2025, 428 of 604 applications from Westminster High School to the UC system were admitted (71%). Categories with fewer than five students are not published by UC and appear as "—", not zero.

Campuses are listed in order of the U.S. News national university rankings. UC leaves a category blank when it has fewer than five applicants or fewer than three admits or enrollees.

Student Body at Westminster High School

In 2025-26, 87.2% of Westminster High School students were socioeconomically disadvantaged and 20.9% were English learners.

• Hispanic or Latino51.8%
• Asian40.9%
• White2.9%
• Two or more races1.4%
• Filipino1.2%

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