Yorba Linda High School

How to Enroll at Yorba Linda High School

Yorba Linda High School enrolls students by Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified attendance area: students who live inside the boundary register by address, with no entrance exam. The district's boundary maps and school finder determine which school an address is assigned to.

District residents who want a school other than their school of residence submit a School Choice Transfer request. For 2027-28 the priority window ran from October 12 to November 6, 2026, with notification on or before November 13, 2026; requests received after November 6 are considered on a rolling basis through the first week of school. Approval depends on space at the requested school.

Students who live outside the district, including Irvine residents, must first obtain an Interdistrict Attendance Agreement form from their home district and submit the completed form to Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified Student Services by email, fax or in person, with an IEP if applicable. The district approves requests based on space and notifies families no later than 14 calendar days after the start of the school year; requests made during the school year are answered within 30 days. The district accepts no obligation for transportation for inter-district students and no responsibility for the effect of a transfer on athletic or other co-curricular eligibility.

The Mustang academies require a separate application. For 2027-28 the window ran from September 22 to October 23, 2026, with acceptance notification on November 2 and Academy Commitment Day on November 6. Applicants submit a short essay, a middle school or ninth-grade transcript and at least one teacher recommendation, and accepted students commit to at least one full year of academy coursework. Current ninth graders may apply; students in grade 10 or above may not.

Courses and Signature Programs at Yorba Linda High School

In the 2026-27 University of California A-G course list, Yorba Linda High School has 214 approved courses, including 26 AP courses and 42 UC-approved honors courses (courses that receive extra weight in the UC GPA). See the full A-G list.

Mustang Business Academy (MBA)

The three-year business academy runs from Introduction to Business Principles to Business Communications and Technologies and then Business Management and Leadership, in which students run the student-operated Mustang Market to complete their work-based learning. Students can join career student organizations such as Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), and those who complete the requirements earn an academy medal at graduation.

Mustang Culinary Academy (MCA)

The culinary academy runs from Introduction to Culinary Arts to Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management, covering food safety, commercial kitchen operations, restaurant management, event planning and catering; students can earn industry certifications and college credit through articulated courses.

Advanced Placement (AP)

AP is the College Board's program of college-level courses. The School Profile lists AP courses in English, math and computer science, science, social science, the arts and world languages, including AP Calculus AB and BC, AP Computer Science A, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics 1 and AP European History; AP and honors courses are weighted.

Chinese

The school offers Chinese 1 through Chinese 3, with honors sections of Chinese 2 and Chinese 3 (Chinese 2H and 3H), followed by AP Chinese.

AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)

The School Profile lists AVID electives for each grade: AVID 9, AVID 10, AVID 11 and AVID Senior Seminar.

Academic Results at Yorba Linda High School: CAASPP and Graduation

In the 2024-25 California state tests (CAASPP), 76.1% of Yorba Linda High School 11th graders met or exceeded the English language arts standard and 54.9% met or exceeded the math standard; the statewide figures for 11th graders were 57% and 30.5%. For the class of 2025, 97.3% of the 333 students in the four-year cohort graduated, and 72.2% of graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU admission.

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

The University of California publishes applicants, admits and enrollees for every California high school. Combined 2023–2025, 337 of 454 applications from Yorba Linda High School to the UC system were admitted (74%). 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 Yorba Linda High School

In 2025-26, 30% of Yorba Linda High School students were socioeconomically disadvantaged and 3.6% were English learners.

• White38.6%
• Asian30.1%
• Hispanic or Latino22.5%
• Two or more races5.2%
• Filipino2.2%

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