Creative Connections Arts Academy
7201 Arutas Drive, North Highlands, CA 95660View on map
- Public
- North Highlands
- 45 seniors
- 786 students
Creative Connections Arts Academy is a public high school in North Highlands (Twin Rivers Unified) with 45 seniors. 68% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.
UC admit rate
82%
Pooled over 3 years; too few applicants in fall 2025 alone
Seniors admitted to a UC
too few applicants to report
45 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
18%
8 of 45 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
too few applicants to report
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
too few applicants to report7 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
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
Creative Connections Arts Academy applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 2 campuses, about the same at 1.
- Sacramento6 pts higher
100%
25 of 25 admitted
This school100%Overall94%
- ChicoAbout the same
92%
12 of 13 admitted
This school92%Overall94%
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 (41 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
68%
28 of 41 graduates
UC or CSU
20%
8 graduates
Community college
41%
17 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 1 | 2% |
| CSU | 7 | 17% |
| CA private college | 0 | 0% |
| Out of state | 3 | 7% |
| Community college | 17 | 41% |
| Not enrolled | 13 | 32% |
| Enrolled in college | 28 | 68% |
| Total | 41 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Female, Male
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White
- Student need: Low-income
Advanced Placement
3
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
2
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
16% of students are in AP courses
2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card
35%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
15 of 43 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)
9%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
4 of 43 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- English: 1 class
- 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 61%County median 49%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 24%County median 22%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 43%County median 19%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 2%County median 8%
- Low-income students 72%County median 63%
- Graduates completing courses 68%County median 50%