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Hawthorne High School

4859 West El Segundo Boulevard, Hawthorne, CA 90250View on map

  • Public
  • Hawthorne
  • 426 seniors
  • 1,549 students

Hawthorne High School is a public high school in Hawthorne (Centinela Valley Union High) with 426 seniors. In fall 2025, 71% of its 112 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Riverside (UCR), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 45% of the class of 2022 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

71%

80 of 112 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

19%

80 of 426 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

26%

112 of 426 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.0%

6 of 67 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 31 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

Hawthorne High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    6 of 67 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.74)

  • Irvine10 pts lower

    13%

    10 of 80 admitted

    This school13%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.54)

  • San Diego18 pts higher

    43%

    24 of 56 admitted

    This school43%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.61)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    13 of 44 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.48)

  • Davis11 pts lower

    26%

    11 of 42 admitted

    This school26%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.51)

  • Santa Cruz42 pts lower

    29%

    7 of 24 admitted

    This school29%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.30)

  • Riverside11 pts lower

    76%

    56 of 74 admitted

    This school76%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.69 (all applicants 3.44)

  • Merced29 pts lower

    67%

    39 of 58 admitted

    This school67%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.57 (all applicants 3.32)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report31 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

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

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    44%

    61 of 138 admitted

    This school44%Overall47%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    90%

    94 of 105 admitted

    This school90%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills6 pts higher

    97%

    105 of 108 admitted

    This school97%Overall91%

  • Los Angeles7 pts lower

    85%

    58 of 68 admitted

    This school85%Overall92%

  • NorthridgeAbout the same

    93%

    67 of 72 admitted

    This school93%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 (393 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

69%

271 of 393 graduates

UC or CSU

24%

96 graduates

Community college

40%

157 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC256%
CSU7118%
CA private college113%
Out of state72%
Community college15740%
Not enrolled12231%
Enrolled in college27169%
Total393100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

Advanced Placement

15

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.

23% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

30%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

113 of 376 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)

12%

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

46 of 391 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: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 4 classes
  • Science: 1 class
  • 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 2022. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 52%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 12%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 18%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 3%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 80%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 45%County median 64%

Across California

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