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Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12

6701 Balboa Boulevard, Lake Balboa, CA 91406View on map

  • Public
  • Lake Balboa
  • 39 seniors
  • 559 students

Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12 is a public high school in Lake Balboa (Los Angeles Unified) with 39 seniors. In fall 2025, 73% of its 22 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). 72% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

73%

16 of 22 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

41%

16 of 39 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

56%

22 of 39 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 21 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

31%

4 of 13 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

Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12 applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • Berkeley17 pts higher

    31%

    4 of 13 admitted

    This school31%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants —)

  • San Diego8 pts higher

    33%

    5 of 15 admitted

    This school33%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants —)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    3 of 10 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants —)

  • Riverside16 pts lower

    71%

    10 of 14 admitted

    This school71%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants —)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report21 applied

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report15 applied

  • Davis

    too few applicants to report5 applied

  • Merced

    too few applicants to report5 applied

  • Santa Cruz

    too few applicants to report— 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).

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (47 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

83%

39 of 47 graduates

UC or CSU

68%

32 graduates

Community college

9%

4 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC1328%
CSU1940%
CA private college24%
Out of state12%
Community college49%
Not enrolled817%
Enrolled in college3983%
Total47100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income
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Advanced Placement

5

AP courses offered

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

11

AP class sections

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

30% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

43%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

20 of 46 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)

14%

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

6 of 43 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 1 class
  • Social science: 9 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 88%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 53%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 30%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 33%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 78%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 72%County median 64%

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