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Los Gatos High School

20 High School Court, Los Gatos, CA 95030View on map

  • Public
  • Los Gatos
  • 513 seniors
  • 1,862 students

Los Gatos High School is a public high school in Los Gatos (Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High) with 513 seniors. In fall 2025, 76% of its 292 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 83% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

76%

223 of 292 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

43%

223 of 513 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

57%

292 of 513 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.9%

19 of 213 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

8.7%

18 of 207 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 Gatos High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    19 of 213 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Berkeley5 pts lower

    9%

    18 of 207 admitted

    This school9%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Irvine10 pts lower

    13%

    26 of 203 admitted

    This school13%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.94)

  • San Diego8 pts lower

    17%

    42 of 249 admitted

    This school17%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa Barbara8 pts lower

    24%

    59 of 243 admitted

    This school24%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Davis17 pts lower

    20%

    41 of 202 admitted

    This school20%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Santa Cruz5 pts higher

    77%

    136 of 177 admitted

    This school77%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    101 of 110 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    86 of 86 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.87)

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

  • San Luis Obispo8 pts lower

    21%

    56 of 263 admitted

    This school21%Overall30%

  • San Diego5 pts lower

    30%

    70 of 234 admitted

    This school30%Overall34%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    80%

    102 of 127 admitted

    This school80%Overall80%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    96%

    48 of 50 admitted

    This school96%Overall94%

  • Monterey Bay5 pts higher

    100%

    34 of 34 admitted

    This school100%Overall95%

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

Any college

89%

475 of 534 graduates

UC or CSU

25%

134 graduates

Community college

26%

137 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC7013%
CSU6412%
CA private college316%
Out of state17332%
Community college13726%
Not enrolled5911%
Enrolled in college47589%
Total534100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Asian, Two or more races, Hispanic or Latino, Race not reported
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

20

AP courses offered

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

79

AP class sections

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

50% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

72%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

357 of 499 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)

52%

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

284 of 547 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 3 classes
  • English: 11 classes
  • Foreign language: 6 classes
  • Mathematics: 13 classes
  • Science: 18 classes
  • Social science: 28 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 77%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 61%County median 42%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 50%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 38%County median 24%
  • Low-income students 7%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 83%County median 64%

Across California

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