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Central City Value

221 North Westmoreland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90004View on map

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 84 seniors
  • 479 students

Central City Value is a public high school in Los Angeles (Los Angeles Unified) with 84 seniors. In fall 2025, 90% of its 42 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Irvine (UCI). 83% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

90%

38 of 42 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

45%

38 of 84 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

50%

42 of 84 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 31 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 10 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

Central City Value applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • Santa Barbara10 pts lower

    22%

    4 of 18 admitted

    This school22%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.47)

  • Riverside20 pts lower

    68%

    25 of 37 admitted

    This school68%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.55 (all applicants 3.38)

  • MercedAbout the same

    95%

    20 of 21 admitted

    This school95%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.39 (all applicants 3.37)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report31 applied

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report30 applied

  • San Diego

    too few applicants to report12 applied

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report10 applied

  • Davis

    too few applicants to report8 applied

  • Santa Cruz

    ~44% · 3 yrs pooled8 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

Central City Value applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • Pomona20 pts lower

    54%

    14 of 26 admitted

    This school54%Overall74%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    91%

    71 of 78 admitted

    This school91%Overall92%

  • Northridge11 pts lower

    82%

    46 of 56 admitted

    This school82%Overall93%

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

Any college

57%

66 of 115 graduates

UC or CSU

40%

46 graduates

Community college

17%

19 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC65%
CSU4035%
CA private college00%
Out of state11%
Community college1917%
Not enrolled4943%
Enrolled in college6657%
Total115100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

10

AP courses offered

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

10

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

23%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

26 of 112 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)

13%

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

15 of 120 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: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 1 class
  • 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 76%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 34%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 31%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 6%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 90%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 83%County median 64%

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