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Hillcrest High School

11800 Indiana Avenue, Riverside, CA 92503View on map

  • Public
  • Riverside
  • 399 seniors
  • 1,798 students

Hillcrest High School is a public high school in Riverside (Alvord Unified) with 399 seniors. In fall 2025, 81% of its 117 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 81%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 60% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

81%

95 of 117 applicants, fall 2025

County median 81%

Seniors admitted to a UC

24%

95 of 399 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

29%

117 of 399 seniors

County median 23%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

6.3%

4 of 64 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

15%

4 of 27 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

Hillcrest High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    6%

    4 of 64 admitted

    This school6%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.88)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    15%

    4 of 27 admitted

    This school15%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.97)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    26%

    23 of 90 admitted

    This school26%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.87)

  • San Diego17 pts higher

    42%

    29 of 69 admitted

    This school42%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Santa Barbara12 pts higher

    44%

    15 of 34 admitted

    This school44%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Davis18 pts lower

    19%

    3 of 16 admitted

    This school19%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.75)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts lower

    65%

    13 of 20 admitted

    This school65%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.68)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    86%

    82 of 95 admitted

    This school86%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.80)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    33 of 33 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.87)

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

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

  • Long Beach7 pts lower

    40%

    46 of 116 admitted

    This school40%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    76%

    82 of 108 admitted

    This school76%Overall74%

  • Fullerton11 pts higher

    97%

    154 of 158 admitted

    This school97%Overall87%

  • San Marcos4 pts higher

    100%

    48 of 48 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

  • San BernardinoAbout the same

    100%

    96 of 96 admitted

    This school100%Overall98%

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

Any college

53%

241 of 453 graduates

UC or CSU

18%

81 graduates

Community college

26%

120 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC409%
CSU419%
CA private college245%
Out of state164%
Community college12026%
Not enrolled21247%
Enrolled in college24153%
Total453100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

20

AP courses offered

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

37

AP class sections

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

31% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

40%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

173 of 436 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)

18%

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

81 of 458 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 11 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 7 classes
  • Science: 9 classes
  • Social science: 7 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 56%County median 52%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 26%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 23%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 10%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 76%County median 83%
  • Graduates completing courses 60%County median 54%

Across California

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