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Leland High School

6677 Camden Avenue, San Jose, CA 95120View on map

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 385 seniors
  • 1,441 students

Leland High School is a public high school in San Jose (San Jose Unified) with 385 seniors. In fall 2025, 83% of its 241 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Davis (UCD). 76% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

83%

199 of 241 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

52%

199 of 385 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

63%

241 of 385 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.2%

16 of 195 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

16%

31 of 189 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

Leland High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    16 of 195 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.01)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    16%

    31 of 189 admitted

    This school16%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.02)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    24%

    49 of 208 admitted

    This school24%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.98)

  • San Diego12 pts lower

    13%

    27 of 202 admitted

    This school13%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    32%

    68 of 211 admitted

    This school32%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Davis15 pts lower

    22%

    45 of 207 admitted

    This school22%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa Cruz10 pts higher

    81%

    149 of 183 admitted

    This school81%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.97)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    130 of 146 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.02 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    99 of 99 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.97)

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

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

  • San Luis Obispo10 pts lower

    20%

    41 of 203 admitted

    This school20%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    33%

    56 of 168 admitted

    This school33%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    47%

    62 of 131 admitted

    This school47%Overall47%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    80%

    168 of 209 admitted

    This school80%Overall80%

  • Fullerton8 pts higher

    95%

    52 of 55 admitted

    This school95%Overall87%

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

Any college

91%

366 of 401 graduates

UC or CSU

38%

152 graduates

Community college

22%

90 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC8922%
CSU6316%
CA private college195%
Out of state10526%
Community college9022%
Not enrolled359%
Enrolled in college36691%
Total401100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, White, Two or more races, Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

21

AP courses offered

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

70

AP class sections

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

51% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

79%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

304 of 383 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)

66%

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

251 of 379 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 5 classes
  • English: 14 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 14 classes
  • Science: 16 classes
  • Social science: 16 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 80%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 71%County median 42%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 54%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 52%County median 24%
  • Low-income students 10%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 76%County median 64%

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