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De Anza High School

5000 Valley View Road, Richmond, CA 94803View on map

  • Public
  • Richmond
  • 288 seniors
  • 1,023 students

De Anza High School is a public high school in Richmond (West Contra Costa Unified) with 288 seniors. In fall 2025, 72% of its 57 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC Berkeley (Cal), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Davis (UCD). 50% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

72%

41 of 57 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

14%

41 of 288 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

20%

57 of 288 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 43 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

18%

8 of 45 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

De Anza High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 7 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • Berkeley4 pts higher

    18%

    8 of 45 admitted

    This school18%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.71)

  • San Diego11 pts lower

    14%

    4 of 28 admitted

    This school14%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.69)

  • Santa Barbara18 pts higher

    50%

    7 of 14 admitted

    This school50%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.52)

  • Davis5 pts higher

    43%

    17 of 40 admitted

    This school43%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.69)

  • Santa Cruz19 pts lower

    52%

    12 of 23 admitted

    This school52%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.54)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    21 of 24 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Merced5 pts lower

    91%

    30 of 33 admitted

    This school91%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.73)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report43 applied

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report25 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

De Anza High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 4 campuses, worse at 4.

  • San Jose4 pts lower

    76%

    44 of 58 admitted

    This school76%Overall80%

  • Sacramento4 pts lower

    89%

    51 of 57 admitted

    This school89%Overall94%

  • San Francisco7 pts lower

    89%

    56 of 63 admitted

    This school89%Overall96%

  • East Bay8 pts lower

    89%

    39 of 44 admitted

    This school89%Overall97%

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

Any college

61%

171 of 280 graduates

UC or CSU

28%

77 graduates

Community college

29%

82 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC3713%
CSU4014%
CA private college31%
Out of state93%
Community college8229%
Not enrolled10939%
Enrolled in college17161%
Total280100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

14

AP courses offered

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

18

AP class sections

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

30% 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

90 of 259 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)

6%

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

20 of 311 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 6 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 6 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 26%County median 50%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 23%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 9%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 8%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 71%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 50%County median 61%

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