John F. Kennedy High School

• Berkeley▲7 pts higher

  20%

  4 of 20 admitted

  This school20%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.73)

• Davis≈About the same

  39%

  7 of 18 admitted

  This school39%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.69)

• Santa Cruz▼14 pts lower

  58%

  11 of 19 admitted

  This school58%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.62)

• Riverside▼7 pts lower

  80%

  12 of 15 admitted

  This school80%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.65)

• Merced▼11 pts lower

  86%

  12 of 14 admitted

  This school86%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.69)

• Los Angeles

  too few applicants to report11 applied

• Irvine

  too few applicants to report7 applied

• San Diego

  too few applicants to report7 applied

• Santa Barbara

  too few applicants to report5 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).

• San Jose▼8 pts lower

  72%

  18 of 25 admitted

  This school72%Overall80%

• Sacramento▼12 pts lower

  82%

  18 of 22 admitted

  This school82%Overall94%

• San Francisco≈About the same

  94%

  29 of 31 admitted

  This school94%Overall96%

• Northridge

  too few applicants to report4 applied

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.