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Archie Williams High School

1327 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, San Anselmo, CA 94960View on map

  • Public
  • San Anselmo
  • 288 seniors
  • 1,057 students

Archie Williams High School is a public high school in San Anselmo (Tamalpais Union High) with 288 seniors. In fall 2025, 72% of its 135 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 70%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 68% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

72%

97 of 135 applicants, fall 2025

County median 70%

Seniors admitted to a UC

34%

97 of 288 seniors

County median 33%

Seniors who applied to UC

47%

135 of 288 seniors

County median 47%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.8%

8 of 91 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

9.7%

9 of 93 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

Archie Williams High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 8 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    8 of 91 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Berkeley4 pts lower

    10%

    9 of 93 admitted

    This school10%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 4.03)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    24%

    20 of 85 admitted

    This school24%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa Barbara13 pts lower

    20%

    20 of 102 admitted

    This school20%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.92)

  • DavisAbout the same

    38%

    29 of 76 admitted

    This school38%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    73%

    60 of 82 admitted

    This school73%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.88)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    86%

    18 of 21 admitted

    This school86%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.80 (all applicants 3.70)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    12 of 12 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.62 (all applicants 3.62)

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report58 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

Archie Williams High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo6 pts lower

    23%

    29 of 124 admitted

    This school23%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    36%

    40 of 111 admitted

    This school36%Overall34%

  • Chico6 pts lower

    88%

    29 of 33 admitted

    This school88%Overall94%

  • San Francisco4 pts higher

    100%

    32 of 32 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

  • HumboldtAbout the same

    100%

    30 of 30 admitted

    This school100%Overall99%

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

Any college

87%

258 of 298 graduates

UC or CSU

23%

68 graduates

Community college

23%

69 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC3010%
CSU3813%
CA private college165%
Out of state10535%
Community college6923%
Not enrolled4013%
Enrolled in college25887%
Total298100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

16

AP courses offered

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

37

AP class sections

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

39% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

71%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

211 of 296 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)

37%

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

114 of 307 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 3 classes
  • English: 10 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 7 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 4 classes
  • Social science: 6 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 83%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 56%County median 38%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 48%County median 31%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 30%County median 19%
  • Low-income students 12%County median 49%
  • Graduates completing courses 68%County median 60%

Across California

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