Arroyo High School-Academy of Scientific Exploration (ASE)

1001 Arroyo Avenue, San Fernando, CA 91340View on map

  • Public
  • San Fernando
  • 103 seniors
  • 397 students

Arroyo High School-Academy of Scientific Exploration (ASE) is a public high school in San Fernando (Los Angeles Unified) with 103 seniors. In fall 2025, 80% of its 25 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Riverside (UCR), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 81% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

80%

20 of 25 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

19%

20 of 103 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

24%

25 of 103 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 16 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

too few applicants to report

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

Arroyo High School-Academy of Scientific Exploration (ASE) applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • IrvineAbout the same

    21%

    4 of 19 admitted

    This school21%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.91)

  • San Diego15 pts higher

    40%

    4 of 10 admitted

    This school40%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.78)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    33%

    4 of 12 admitted

    This school33%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.90)

  • Riverside7 pts higher

    94%

    16 of 17 admitted

    This school94%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.99)

  • too few applicants to report16 applied

  • too few applicants to report9 applied

  • too few applicants to report9 applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— 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

Arroyo High School-Academy of Scientific Exploration (ASE) applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 3 campuses, worse at 3.

  • Pomona7 pts lower

    67%

    16 of 24 admitted

    This school67%Overall74%

  • Los Angeles31 pts lower

    61%

    11 of 18 admitted

    This school61%Overall92%

  • Northridge5 pts lower

    88%

    53 of 60 admitted

    This school88%Overall93%

  • ~45% · 2 yrs pooled4 applied

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

Any college

49%

53 of 109 graduates

UC or CSU

34%

37 graduates

Community college

11%

12 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC98%
CSU2826%
CA private college22%
Out of state22%
Community college1211%
Not enrolled5651%
Enrolled in college5349%
Total109100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners
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Advanced Placement

7

AP courses offered

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

5

AP class sections

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

19% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

22%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

20 of 93 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)

1%

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

1 of 107 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 2 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 29%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 4%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 5%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 1%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 95%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 81%County median 64%

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