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Jordan High School

6500 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90805View on map

  • Public
  • Long Beach
  • 525 seniors
  • 2,258 students

Jordan High School is a public high school in Long Beach (Long Beach Unified) with 525 seniors. In fall 2025, 79% of its 91 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Riverside (UCR). 41% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

79%

72 of 91 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

14%

72 of 525 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

17%

91 of 525 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

4.2%

3 of 72 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

7.5%

3 of 40 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

Jordan High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 8 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 3.

  • Los Angeles5 pts lower

    4%

    3 of 72 admitted

    This school4%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.72)

  • Berkeley6 pts lower

    8%

    3 of 40 admitted

    This school8%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.70)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    25%

    13 of 52 admitted

    This school25%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.65)

  • Santa Barbara8 pts higher

    40%

    14 of 35 admitted

    This school40%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.60)

  • Davis19 pts lower

    18%

    4 of 22 admitted

    This school18%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.61)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    70%

    7 of 10 admitted

    This school70%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.67)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    53 of 60 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.80 (all applicants 3.72)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    25 of 26 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.79 (all applicants 3.73)

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report72 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

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

  • Long Beach39 pts higher

    86%

    151 of 176 admitted

    This school86%Overall47%

  • Fullerton10 pts lower

    77%

    103 of 134 admitted

    This school77%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills5 pts higher

    96%

    99 of 103 admitted

    This school96%Overall91%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    93%

    94 of 101 admitted

    This school93%Overall92%

  • Northridge4 pts higher

    97%

    33 of 34 admitted

    This school97%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 (455 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

71%

325 of 455 graduates

UC or CSU

16%

74 graduates

Community college

52%

237 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC123%
CSU6214%
CA private college61%
Out of state82%
Community college23752%
Not enrolled13029%
Enrolled in college32571%
Total455100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

11

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.

27% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

35%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

192 of 551 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)

2%

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

11 of 464 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 11 classes
  • Foreign language: 5 classes
  • Mathematics: 4 classes
  • Science: 2 classes
  • Social science: 13 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 36%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 10%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 9%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 3%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 72%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 41%County median 64%

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