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Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School

1200 Plaza Del Sol, Los Angeles, CA 90033View on map

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 180 seniors
  • 549 students

Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School is a public high school in Los Angeles (Los Angeles Unified) with 180 seniors. In fall 2025, 94% of its 64 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). 67% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

94%

60 of 64 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

33%

60 of 180 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

36%

64 of 180 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

16%

6 of 38 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

35%

6 of 17 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

Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 7 of 9 campuses, worse at 2.

  • Los Angeles6 pts higher

    16%

    6 of 38 admitted

    This school16%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.75)

  • Berkeley22 pts higher

    35%

    6 of 17 admitted

    This school35%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Irvine16 pts higher

    38%

    15 of 39 admitted

    This school38%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.65)

  • San Diego4 pts higher

    29%

    7 of 24 admitted

    This school29%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.64)

  • Santa Barbara8 pts higher

    40%

    10 of 25 admitted

    This school40%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Davis4 pts higher

    41%

    11 of 27 admitted

    This school41%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.62)

  • Santa Cruz25 pts lower

    47%

    15 of 32 admitted

    This school47%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.58)

  • Riverside4 pts lower

    83%

    34 of 41 admitted

    This school83%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.70 (all applicants 3.63)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    36 of 36 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.55 (all applicants 3.55)

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

Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • Pomona11 pts lower

    63%

    46 of 73 admitted

    This school63%Overall74%

  • Fullerton7 pts higher

    94%

    29 of 31 admitted

    This school94%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills5 pts higher

    96%

    74 of 77 admitted

    This school96%Overall91%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    90%

    118 of 131 admitted

    This school90%Overall92%

  • Northridge10 pts lower

    84%

    71 of 85 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 (180 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

60%

108 of 180 graduates

UC or CSU

46%

82 graduates

Community college

11%

20 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC3017%
CSU5229%
CA private college63%
Out of state00%
Community college2011%
Not enrolled7240%
Enrolled in college10860%
Total180100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

23

AP courses offered

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

24

AP class sections

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

40% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

38%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

68 of 181 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)

11%

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

24 of 215 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 3 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 5 classes
  • Social science: 5 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 43%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 26%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 18%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 9%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 96%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 67%County median 64%

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