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George Washington Preparatory High School

10860 South Denker Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90047View on map

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 210 seniors
  • 685 students

George Washington Preparatory High School is a public high school in Los Angeles (Los Angeles Unified) with 210 seniors. In fall 2025, 71% of its 45 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 San Diego (UCSD). 59% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

71%

32 of 45 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

15%

32 of 210 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

21%

45 of 210 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

19%

7 of 37 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 20 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

George Washington Preparatory High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 7 campuses, worse at 2.

  • Los Angeles9 pts higher

    19%

    7 of 37 admitted

    This school19%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.74)

  • Irvine6 pts lower

    16%

    5 of 31 admitted

    This school16%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.60)

  • San Diego21 pts higher

    46%

    11 of 24 admitted

    This school46%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.62)

  • Santa Barbara8 pts higher

    40%

    8 of 20 admitted

    This school40%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.63)

  • Davis5 pts higher

    42%

    5 of 12 admitted

    This school42%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.72)

  • Riverside9 pts lower

    78%

    18 of 23 admitted

    This school78%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.67)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    13 of 13 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report20 applied

  • Santa Cruz

    ~58% · 3 yrs pooled7 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

George Washington Preparatory High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • Long Beach24 pts lower

    23%

    13 of 56 admitted

    This school23%Overall47%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    84%

    26 of 31 admitted

    This school84%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills4 pts higher

    96%

    44 of 46 admitted

    This school96%Overall91%

  • Los Angeles4 pts higher

    96%

    45 of 47 admitted

    This school96%Overall92%

  • NorthridgeAbout the same

    90%

    26 of 29 admitted

    This school90%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 (175 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

54%

94 of 175 graduates

UC or CSU

24%

42 graduates

Community college

23%

41 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC137%
CSU2917%
CA private college53%
Out of state63%
Community college4123%
Not enrolled8146%
Enrolled in college9454%
Total175100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

11

AP courses offered

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

21

AP class sections

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

28% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

27%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

57 of 208 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)

3%

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

5 of 178 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: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 2 classes
  • 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 39%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 52%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 13%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 37%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 97%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 59%County median 64%

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