B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy

14281 Story Road, San Jose, CA 95127View on map

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 72 seniors
  • 215 students

B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy is a public high school in San Jose (East Side Union High) with 72 seniors. In fall 2025, 75% of its 16 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Berkeley (Cal). 30% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

75%

12 of 16 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

17%

12 of 72 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

22%

16 of 72 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

too few applicants to report

Fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 11 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

  • too few applicants to report11 applied

  • too few applicants to report9 applied

  • ~85% · 3 yrs pooled9 applied

  • too few applicants to report8 applied

  • too few applicants to report5 applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— 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

B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 2 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • San JoseAbout the same

    79%

    15 of 19 admitted

    This school79%Overall80%

  • San Francisco5 pts lower

    91%

    10 of 11 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 (67 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

51%

34 of 67 graduates

UC or CSU

13%

9 graduates

Community college

31%

21 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC00%
CSU913%
CA private college34%
Out of state11%
Community college2131%
Not enrolled3349%
Enrolled in college3451%
Total67100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

8

AP courses offered

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

6

AP class sections

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

13% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

16%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

9 of 57 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)

14%

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

9 of 65 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 2 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Science: 1 class

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 18%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 6%County median 42%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 6%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 2%County median 24%
  • Low-income students 82%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 30%County median 64%

Across California

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