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Acalanes High School

1200 Pleasant Hill Road, Lafayette, CA 94549View on map

  • Public
  • Lafayette
  • 345 seniors
  • 1,246 students

Acalanes High School is a public high school in Lafayette (Acalanes Union High) with 345 seniors. In fall 2025, 74% of its 164 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Davis (UCD). 86% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

74%

121 of 164 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

35%

121 of 345 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

48%

164 of 345 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

11%

14 of 133 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

14%

18 of 128 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

Acalanes High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    14 of 133 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 4.06)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    18 of 128 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Irvine5 pts lower

    17%

    17 of 100 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 4.00)

  • San Diego6 pts lower

    19%

    22 of 114 admitted

    This school19%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts lower

    29%

    40 of 139 admitted

    This school29%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.01)

  • DavisAbout the same

    38%

    49 of 130 admitted

    This school38%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Santa Cruz5 pts higher

    77%

    62 of 81 admitted

    This school77%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Riverside11 pts higher

    98%

    47 of 48 admitted

    This school98%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    33 of 33 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.78)

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

Acalanes High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 5 of 5 campuses.

  • San Luis Obispo7 pts higher

    36%

    56 of 154 admitted

    This school36%Overall30%

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    41%

    56 of 137 admitted

    This school41%Overall34%

  • San Jose8 pts higher

    88%

    29 of 33 admitted

    This school88%Overall80%

  • Chico4 pts higher

    98%

    41 of 42 admitted

    This school98%Overall94%

  • San Francisco4 pts higher

    100%

    21 of 21 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (305 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

92%

280 of 305 graduates

UC or CSU

33%

102 graduates

Community college

19%

57 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC5919%
CSU4314%
CA private college155%
Out of state10635%
Community college5719%
Not enrolled258%
Enrolled in college28092%
Total305100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Two or more races
  • Student need: Students with disabilities, Low-income
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Advanced Placement

20

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

55

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

54% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

78%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

232 of 298 graduates

A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.

2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

50%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

150 of 298 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 7 classes
  • English: 10 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 6 classes
  • Science: 11 classes
  • Social science: 15 classes

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 85%County median 50%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 70%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 51%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 46%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 7%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 86%County median 61%

Across California

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