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Hollywood Senior High School

1521 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90028View on map

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 264 seniors
  • 980 students

Hollywood Senior High School is a public high school in Los Angeles (Los Angeles Unified) with 264 seniors. In fall 2025, 74% of its 95 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). 63% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

74%

70 of 95 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

27%

70 of 264 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

36%

95 of 264 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

13%

11 of 86 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

22%

10 of 46 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    13%

    11 of 86 admitted

    This school13%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.74)

  • Berkeley8 pts higher

    22%

    10 of 46 admitted

    This school22%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Irvine7 pts lower

    15%

    11 of 72 admitted

    This school15%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.72)

  • San Diego20 pts higher

    44%

    24 of 54 admitted

    This school44%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.72)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts higher

    39%

    14 of 36 admitted

    This school39%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.75)

  • Davis9 pts higher

    46%

    12 of 26 admitted

    This school46%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.58)

  • Santa Cruz18 pts lower

    54%

    14 of 26 admitted

    This school54%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.52)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    34 of 38 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.79 (all applicants 3.71)

  • Merced8 pts lower

    88%

    23 of 26 admitted

    This school88%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.65 (all applicants 3.58)

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

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

  • Long Beach8 pts lower

    39%

    36 of 93 admitted

    This school39%Overall47%

  • Fullerton8 pts higher

    94%

    50 of 53 admitted

    This school94%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills5 pts higher

    97%

    28 of 29 admitted

    This school97%Overall91%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    93%

    75 of 81 admitted

    This school93%Overall92%

  • NorthridgeAbout the same

    92%

    82 of 89 admitted

    This school92%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 (272 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

61%

167 of 272 graduates

UC or CSU

29%

80 graduates

Community college

24%

66 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC207%
CSU6022%
CA private college124%
Out of state93%
Community college6624%
Not enrolled10539%
Enrolled in college16761%
Total272100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

Advanced Placement

19

AP courses offered

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

36

AP class sections

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

42% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

52%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

136 of 262 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)

6%

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

17 of 277 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 7 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 5 classes
  • Social science: 16 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 66%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 30%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 34%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 12%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 94%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 63%County median 64%

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