Luis Valdez Leadership Academy
1855 Lucretia Avenue, San Jose, CA 95122View on map
- Public
- San Jose
- 58 seniors
- 261 students
Luis Valdez Leadership Academy is a public high school in San Jose (East Side Union High) with 58 seniors. In fall 2025, 82% of its 11 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD). 56% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.
UC admit rate
82%
9 of 11 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
16%
9 of 58 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
19%
11 of 58 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate
too few applicants to report
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
too few applicants to report10 applied
too few applicants to report9 applied
~52% · 3 yrs pooled9 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
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).
California State University
Luis Valdez Leadership Academy applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 1 campus, about the same at 1.
- San JoseAbout the same
77%
20 of 26 admitted
This school77%Overall80%
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 (81 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
68%
55 of 81 graduates
UC or CSU
19%
15 graduates
Community college
42%
34 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 4 | 5% |
| CSU | 11 | 14% |
| CA private college | 5 | 6% |
| Out of state | 1 | 1% |
| Community college | 34 | 42% |
| Not enrolled | 26 | 32% |
| Enrolled in college | 55 | 68% |
| Total | 81 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Male, Female
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
- Student need: Low-income, English learners, Homeless
Advanced Placement
8
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
9
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
52% of students are in AP courses
2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card
42%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
42 of 101 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)
10%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
5 of 51 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- English: 1 class
- Foreign language: 5 classes
- Mathematics: 1 class
- Social science: 2 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 31%County median 63%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 38%County median 42%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 8%County median 32%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 25%County median 24%
- Low-income students 89%County median 47%
- Graduates completing courses 56%County median 64%