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Artesia High School

12108 East Del Amo Boulevard, Lakewood, CA 90715View on map

  • Public
  • Lakewood
  • 372 seniors
  • 1,317 students

Artesia High School is a public high school in Lakewood (ABC Unified) with 372 seniors. In fall 2025, 76% of its 66 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Riverside (UCR). 34% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

76%

50 of 66 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

13%

50 of 372 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

18%

66 of 372 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

7.3%

3 of 41 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 17 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    7%

    3 of 41 admitted

    This school7%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.80)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    24%

    14 of 58 admitted

    This school24%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.74)

  • San Diego14 pts higher

    39%

    14 of 36 admitted

    This school39%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts higher

    38%

    9 of 24 admitted

    This school38%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.57)

  • DavisAbout the same

    40%

    6 of 15 admitted

    This school40%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.72)

  • Santa Cruz26 pts lower

    45%

    5 of 11 admitted

    This school45%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.65 (all applicants 3.36)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    34 of 38 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.80 (all applicants 3.73)

  • MercedAbout the same

    93%

    14 of 15 admitted

    This school93%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.74 (all applicants 3.67)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report17 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

Artesia High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • Long Beach34 pts higher

    81%

    79 of 97 admitted

    This school81%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    73%

    37 of 51 admitted

    This school73%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    88%

    77 of 88 admitted

    This school88%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills4 pts higher

    95%

    40 of 42 admitted

    This school95%Overall91%

  • Los Angeles5 pts higher

    97%

    33 of 34 admitted

    This school97%Overall92%

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

Any college

46%

133 of 288 graduates

UC or CSU

18%

53 graduates

Community college

24%

70 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC197%
CSU3412%
CA private college41%
Out of state62%
Community college7024%
Not enrolled15554%
Enrolled in college13346%
Total288100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

12

AP courses offered

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

20

AP class sections

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

18% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

19%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

58 of 305 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)

8%

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

29 of 349 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 5 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 4 classes
  • Social science: 4 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 58%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 26%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 27%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 9%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 84%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 34%County median 64%

Across California

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