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Fairfax Senior High School

7850 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046View on map

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 378 seniors
  • 1,459 students

Fairfax Senior High School is a public high school in Los Angeles (Los Angeles Unified) with 378 seniors. In fall 2025, 78% of its 109 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Riverside (UCR). 64% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

78%

85 of 109 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

22%

85 of 378 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

29%

109 of 378 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

16%

14 of 88 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

17%

10 of 58 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

Fairfax Senior High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 9 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • Los Angeles6 pts higher

    16%

    14 of 88 admitted

    This school16%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Berkeley4 pts higher

    17%

    10 of 58 admitted

    This school17%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.89)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    22%

    17 of 77 admitted

    This school22%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.73)

  • San Diego14 pts higher

    39%

    27 of 69 admitted

    This school39%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.76)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts lower

    28%

    16 of 57 admitted

    This school28%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.74)

  • Davis11 pts higher

    48%

    23 of 48 admitted

    This school48%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.76)

  • Santa Cruz4 pts higher

    75%

    24 of 32 admitted

    This school75%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.64)

  • Riverside9 pts lower

    78%

    56 of 72 admitted

    This school78%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.73)

  • Merced11 pts lower

    85%

    29 of 34 admitted

    This school85%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.66 (all applicants 3.54)

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

Fairfax Senior High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 4.

  • Long Beach9 pts lower

    38%

    40 of 106 admitted

    This school38%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    73%

    30 of 41 admitted

    This school73%Overall74%

  • Fullerton4 pts lower

    82%

    42 of 51 admitted

    This school82%Overall87%

  • Los Angeles12 pts lower

    80%

    73 of 91 admitted

    This school80%Overall92%

  • Northridge9 pts lower

    84%

    88 of 105 admitted

    This school84%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 (353 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

72%

253 of 353 graduates

UC or CSU

30%

107 graduates

Community college

37%

131 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC4713%
CSU6017%
CA private college62%
Out of state93%
Community college13137%
Not enrolled10028%
Enrolled in college25372%
Total353100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

22

AP courses offered

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

36

AP class sections

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

27% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

39%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

143 of 364 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)

14%

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

60 of 418 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 5 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 4 classes
  • Social science: 14 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 58%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 35%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 26%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 20%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 88%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 64%County median 64%

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