Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice

322 South Lucas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90017View on map

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 77 seniors
  • 288 students

Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice is a public high school in Los Angeles (Los Angeles Unified) with 77 seniors. In fall 2025, 40% of its 20 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 68% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

40%

8 of 20 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

10%

8 of 77 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

26%

20 of 77 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

33%

4 of 12 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

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

Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 3 campuses, worse at 2.

  • Los Angeles24 pts higher

    33%

    4 of 12 admitted

    This school33%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.34)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts lower

    27%

    3 of 11 admitted

    This school27%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.18)

  • Riverside37 pts lower

    50%

    7 of 14 admitted

    This school50%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.01)

  • too few applicants to report12 applied

  • ~61% · 3 yrs pooled9 applied

  • too few applicants to report7 applied

  • too few applicants to report6 applied

  • too few applicants to report5 applied

  • too few applicants to report5 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

Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 4 campuses, worse at 4.

  • Long Beach26 pts lower

    21%

    6 of 28 admitted

    This school21%Overall47%

  • Pomona17 pts lower

    56%

    9 of 16 admitted

    This school56%Overall74%

  • Los Angeles5 pts lower

    87%

    33 of 38 admitted

    This school87%Overall92%

  • Northridge10 pts lower

    83%

    15 of 18 admitted

    This school83%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 (97 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

42%

41 of 97 graduates

UC or CSU

21%

20 graduates

Community college

14%

14 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC55%
CSU1515%
CA private college77%
Out of state00%
Community college1414%
Not enrolled5658%
Enrolled in college4142%
Total97100%

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
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Advanced Placement

5

AP courses offered

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

11

AP class sections

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

47% 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

38 of 126 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 80 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 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 36%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 13%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 12%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 100%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 68%County median 64%

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