KIPP Esperanza High School
1039 Garden Street, East Palo Alto, CA 94303View on map
- Public
- East Palo Alto
- 57 seniors
- 178 students
KIPP Esperanza High School is a public high school in East Palo Alto (Sequoia Union High) with 57 seniors. In fall 2025, 88% of its 32 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Merced, UC Davis (UCD), and UC Santa Cruz (UCSC).
UC admit rate
88%
28 of 32 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
49%
28 of 57 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
56%
32 of 57 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate
—
— of 14 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
KIPP Esperanza High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 4 campuses, worse at 3.
- Davis20 pts lower
17%
4 of 24 admitted
This school17%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.64)
- Santa Cruz33 pts lower
39%
7 of 18 admitted
This school39%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.53)
- Riverside13 pts higher
100%
10 of 10 admitted
This school100%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.43 (all applicants 3.43)
- Merced4 pts lower
93%
25 of 27 admitted
This school93%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.52 (all applicants 3.50)
too few applicants to report14 applied
too few applicants to report9 applied
too few applicants to report9 applied
too few applicants to report9 applied
too few applicants to report6 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
KIPP Esperanza High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.
- San JoseAbout the same
83%
34 of 41 admitted
This school83%Overall80%
- Monterey Bay5 pts higher
100%
22 of 22 admitted
This school100%Overall95%
- East Bay4 pts lower
92%
36 of 39 admitted
This school92%Overall97%
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.
Advanced Placement
11
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
18
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
58% of students are in AP courses
2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card
58%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
30 of 52 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)
9%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
7 of 76 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- Computer science: 1 class
- English: 4 classes
- Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
- Foreign language: 1 class
- Mathematics: 2 classes
- Science: 4 classes
- Social science: 3 classes
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. The tick is the county median.
- Juniors meeting the English standard 53%County median 62%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 37%County median 37%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 27%County median 29%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 0%County median 19%
- Low-income students 93%County median 35%