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La Puente High School

15615 East Nelson Avenue, La Puente, CA 91744View on map

  • Public
  • La Puente
  • 205 seniors
  • 753 students

La Puente High School is a public high school in La Puente (Hacienda la Puente Unified) with 205 seniors. In fall 2025, 81% of its 53 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 43% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

81%

43 of 53 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

21%

43 of 205 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

26%

53 of 205 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

12%

3 of 25 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

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

La Puente High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 8 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    3 of 25 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.77)

  • Irvine9 pts lower

    13%

    4 of 30 admitted

    This school13%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.67)

  • San Diego11 pts higher

    36%

    10 of 28 admitted

    This school36%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.66)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts higher

    37%

    7 of 19 admitted

    This school37%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.43)

  • Davis7 pts lower

    30%

    7 of 23 admitted

    This school30%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.49)

  • Santa Cruz30 pts lower

    41%

    7 of 17 admitted

    This school41%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.42)

  • Riverside13 pts lower

    74%

    32 of 43 admitted

    This school74%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.70 (all applicants 3.55)

  • Merced9 pts lower

    88%

    21 of 24 admitted

    This school88%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.54 (all applicants 3.44)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report14 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

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

  • Long Beach17 pts lower

    31%

    15 of 49 admitted

    This school31%Overall47%

  • Pomona14 pts lower

    60%

    27 of 45 admitted

    This school60%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    85%

    44 of 52 admitted

    This school85%Overall87%

  • Los Angeles6 pts higher

    98%

    53 of 54 admitted

    This school98%Overall92%

  • NorthridgeAbout the same

    94%

    15 of 16 admitted

    This school94%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 (233 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

68%

159 of 233 graduates

UC or CSU

28%

65 graduates

Community college

39%

91 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC2310%
CSU4218%
CA private college21%
Out of state1<1%
Community college9139%
Not enrolled7432%
Enrolled in college15968%
Total233100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

12

AP courses offered

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

15

AP class sections

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

25% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

28%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

57 of 203 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

19 of 206 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 4 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 2 classes
  • Social science: 3 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 39%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 13%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 10%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 86%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 43%County median 64%

Across California

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