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Los Alamitos High School

3591 Cerritos Avenue, Los Alamitos, CA 90720View on map

  • Public
  • Los Alamitos
  • 756 seniors
  • 2,809 students

Los Alamitos High School is a public high school in Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos Unified) with 756 seniors. In fall 2025, 75% of its 260 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 77% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

75%

195 of 260 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

26%

195 of 756 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

34%

260 of 756 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

10%

19 of 185 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

17%

23 of 139 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

Los Alamitos High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 6.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    19 of 185 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 4.02)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    17%

    23 of 139 admitted

    This school17%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.08)

  • Irvine10 pts higher

    32%

    63 of 195 admitted

    This school32%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.95)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    25%

    47 of 188 admitted

    This school25%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    31%

    53 of 172 admitted

    This school31%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 3.98)

  • DavisAbout the same

    35%

    43 of 122 admitted

    This school35%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa Cruz8 pts higher

    79%

    84 of 106 admitted

    This school79%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Riverside8 pts higher

    95%

    108 of 114 admitted

    This school95%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.91)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    51 of 52 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.84 (all applicants 3.84)

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

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

  • San Luis Obispo7 pts lower

    23%

    44 of 192 admitted

    This school23%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    38%

    80 of 213 admitted

    This school38%Overall34%

  • Long Beach47 pts higher

    94%

    295 of 315 admitted

    This school94%Overall47%

  • Pomona18 pts higher

    92%

    81 of 88 admitted

    This school92%Overall74%

  • Fullerton11 pts higher

    98%

    152 of 155 admitted

    This school98%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 (731 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

90%

657 of 731 graduates

UC or CSU

32%

236 graduates

Community college

35%

253 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC7310%
CSU16322%
CA private college446%
Out of state12417%
Community college25335%
Not enrolled7410%
Enrolled in college65790%
Total731100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

26

AP courses offered

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

68

AP class sections

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

38% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

51%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

377 of 738 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)

41%

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

331 of 800 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 14 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 6 classes
  • Foreign language: 7 classes
  • Mathematics: 6 classes
  • Science: 11 classes
  • Social science: 24 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 81%County median 65%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 58%County median 41%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 47%County median 33%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 29%County median 21%
  • Low-income students 14%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 77%County median 57%

Across California

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