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Adrian Wilcox High School

3250 Monroe Street, Santa Clara, CA 95051View on map

  • Public
  • Santa Clara
  • 481 seniors
  • 1,506 students

Adrian Wilcox High School is a public high school in Santa Clara (Santa Clara Unified) with 481 seniors. In fall 2025, 81% of its 145 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 59% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

81%

118 of 145 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

25%

118 of 481 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

30%

145 of 481 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.4%

8 of 95 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 101 applicants, fall 2025

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

Adrian Wilcox High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 8 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    8 of 95 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Irvine10 pts lower

    12%

    13 of 106 admitted

    This school12%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.90)

  • San Diego7 pts lower

    18%

    20 of 112 admitted

    This school18%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Santa Barbara9 pts lower

    24%

    26 of 109 admitted

    This school24%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Davis18 pts lower

    20%

    24 of 123 admitted

    This school20%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa Cruz4 pts lower

    67%

    69 of 103 admitted

    This school67%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.84)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    87%

    74 of 85 admitted

    This school87%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.83)

  • MercedAbout the same

    97%

    58 of 60 admitted

    This school97%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report101 applied

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

Adrian Wilcox High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • San Luis Obispo19 pts lower

    11%

    12 of 110 admitted

    This school11%Overall30%

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    31%

    31 of 101 admitted

    This school31%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    50%

    42 of 84 admitted

    This school50%Overall47%

  • San Jose7 pts higher

    87%

    131 of 151 admitted

    This school87%Overall80%

  • San Francisco5 pts lower

    91%

    50 of 55 admitted

    This school91%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 (467 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

83%

389 of 467 graduates

UC or CSU

29%

135 graduates

Community college

41%

192 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC6714%
CSU6815%
CA private college204%
Out of state429%
Community college19241%
Not enrolled7817%
Enrolled in college38983%
Total467100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

6

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.

35% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

45%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

179 of 396 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)

35%

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

159 of 457 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 4 classes
  • English: 8 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 5 classes
  • Mathematics: 9 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 75%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 48%County median 42%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 50%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 33%County median 24%
  • Low-income students 27%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 59%County median 64%

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