Culver City High School

4401 Elenda Street, Culver City, CA 90230View on map

  • Public
  • Culver City
  • 507 seniors
  • 2,009 students

Culver City High School is a public high school in Culver City (Culver City Unified) with 507 seniors. In fall 2025, 77% of its 231 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 71% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

77%

177 of 231 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

35%

177 of 507 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

46%

231 of 507 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

12%

21 of 171 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

16%

20 of 129 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

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

Culver City High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 6 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    21 of 171 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.78)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    16%

    20 of 129 admitted

    This school16%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Irvine6 pts lower

    17%

    23 of 139 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.73)

  • San Diego8 pts higher

    33%

    56 of 168 admitted

    This school33%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Santa Barbara15 pts lower

    17%

    27 of 156 admitted

    This school17%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.77)

  • DavisAbout the same

    37%

    39 of 105 admitted

    This school37%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    74%

    86 of 117 admitted

    This school74%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.74)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    84%

    79 of 94 admitted

    This school84%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.75 (all applicants 3.63)

  • MercedAbout the same

    97%

    59 of 61 admitted

    This school97%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.63 (all applicants 3.60)

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

Culver City High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    45%

    65 of 145 admitted

    This school45%Overall47%

  • Fullerton6 pts lower

    81%

    58 of 72 admitted

    This school81%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills5 pts higher

    96%

    46 of 48 admitted

    This school96%Overall91%

  • NorthridgeAbout the same

    93%

    98 of 105 admitted

    This school93%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 (512 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

80%

412 of 512 graduates

UC or CSU

30%

155 graduates

Community college

37%

188 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC9619%
CSU5912%
CA private college173%
Out of state5210%
Community college18837%
Not enrolled10020%
Enrolled in college41280%
Total512100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

27

AP courses offered

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

41

AP class sections

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

35% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

57%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

283 of 499 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)

40%

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

214 of 533 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 8 classes
  • Mathematics: 7 classes
  • Science: 15 classes
  • Social science: 8 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 78%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 49%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 47%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 29%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 47%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 71%County median 64%

Across California

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