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Richard Gahr High School

11111 Artesia Boulevard, Cerritos, CA 90703View on map

  • Public
  • Cerritos
  • 399 seniors
  • 1,648 students

Richard Gahr High School is a public high school in Cerritos (ABC Unified) with 399 seniors. In fall 2025, 82% of its 100 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 61% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

82%

82 of 100 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

21%

82 of 399 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

25%

100 of 399 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

7.6%

6 of 79 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 44 applicants, 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

Richard Gahr High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 8 campuses, about the same at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    6 of 79 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.93)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    20%

    17 of 86 admitted

    This school20%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.89)

  • San Diego5 pts higher

    30%

    21 of 70 admitted

    This school30%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts higher

    37%

    14 of 38 admitted

    This school37%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Davis28 pts higher

    66%

    19 of 29 admitted

    This school66%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts higher

    78%

    14 of 18 admitted

    This school78%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.82)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    56 of 63 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    41 of 41 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report44 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

Richard Gahr High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 1.

  • Long Beach37 pts higher

    84%

    129 of 154 admitted

    This school84%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    76%

    55 of 72 admitted

    This school76%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    87%

    104 of 119 admitted

    This school87%Overall87%

  • Dominguez HillsAbout the same

    92%

    33 of 36 admitted

    This school92%Overall91%

  • Northridge7 pts lower

    86%

    25 of 29 admitted

    This school86%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 (433 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

49%

211 of 433 graduates

UC or CSU

27%

117 graduates

Community college

15%

67 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC276%
CSU9021%
CA private college113%
Out of state164%
Community college6715%
Not enrolled22251%
Enrolled in college21149%
Total433100%

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, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Advanced Placement

18

AP courses offered

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

29

AP class sections

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

25% 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

145 of 372 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)

25%

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

93 of 379 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 6 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 5 classes
  • Social science: 9 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 71%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 41%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 34%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 13%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 65%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 61%County median 64%

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