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Arlington High School

2951 Jackson Street, Riverside, CA 92503View on map

  • Public
  • Riverside
  • 449 seniors
  • 1,877 students

Arlington High School is a public high school in Riverside (Riverside Unified) with 449 seniors. In fall 2025, 86% of its 80 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 81%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 60% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

86%

69 of 80 applicants, fall 2025

County median 81%

Seniors admitted to a UC

15%

69 of 449 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

18%

80 of 449 seniors

County median 23%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

11%

4 of 37 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

14%

3 of 21 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

Arlington 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%

    4 of 37 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.93)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    3 of 21 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.07)

  • Irvine7 pts lower

    16%

    8 of 51 admitted

    This school16%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.84)

  • San Diego25 pts higher

    50%

    19 of 38 admitted

    This school50%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Santa Barbara29 pts higher

    61%

    11 of 18 admitted

    This school61%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.72)

  • Davis8 pts lower

    29%

    7 of 24 admitted

    This school29%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.10 (all applicants 3.62)

  • Santa Cruz16 pts lower

    55%

    11 of 20 admitted

    This school55%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.54)

  • Riverside4 pts higher

    91%

    63 of 69 admitted

    This school91%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.79)

  • MercedAbout the same

    97%

    29 of 30 admitted

    This school97%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.82)

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

Arlington High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • Long Beach8 pts lower

    39%

    46 of 118 admitted

    This school39%Overall47%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    88%

    130 of 148 admitted

    This school88%Overall87%

  • San Marcos4 pts higher

    100%

    50 of 50 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

  • San BernardinoAbout the same

    97%

    152 of 156 admitted

    This school97%Overall98%

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

Any college

61%

216 of 354 graduates

UC or CSU

18%

65 graduates

Community college

31%

108 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC4312%
CSU226%
CA private college298%
Out of state144%
Community college10831%
Not enrolled13839%
Enrolled in college21661%
Total354100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Asian, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Advanced Placement

15

AP courses offered

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

23

AP class sections

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

21% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

30%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

131 of 436 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)

11%

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

48 of 420 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 5 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 4 classes
  • Science: 2 classes
  • Social science: 9 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 54%County median 52%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 18%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 18%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 6%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 77%County median 83%
  • Graduates completing courses 60%County median 54%

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