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Martin Luther King Jr. High School

9301 Wood Road, Riverside, CA 92508View on map

  • Public
  • Riverside
  • 654 seniors
  • 2,650 students

Martin Luther King Jr. High School is a public high school in Riverside (Riverside Unified) with 654 seniors. In fall 2025, 81% of its 182 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 81%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 71% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

81%

147 of 182 applicants, fall 2025

County median 81%

Seniors admitted to a UC

22%

147 of 654 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

28%

182 of 654 seniors

County median 23%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.6%

10 of 104 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

17%

11 of 63 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

Martin Luther King Jr. 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

    10%

    10 of 104 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.34 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Berkeley4 pts higher

    17%

    11 of 63 admitted

    This school17%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.95)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    25%

    33 of 130 admitted

    This school25%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.84)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    23%

    28 of 123 admitted

    This school23%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts lower

    29%

    26 of 91 admitted

    This school29%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 3.88)

  • DavisAbout the same

    36%

    18 of 50 admitted

    This school36%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa Cruz5 pts lower

    67%

    24 of 36 admitted

    This school67%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.78)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    136 of 154 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    43 of 43 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.91)

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

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

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    44%

    86 of 194 admitted

    This school44%Overall47%

  • Pomona10 pts lower

    64%

    96 of 150 admitted

    This school64%Overall74%

  • Fullerton7 pts higher

    93%

    198 of 212 admitted

    This school93%Overall87%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    99%

    138 of 140 admitted

    This school99%Overall96%

  • San Bernardino4 pts lower

    95%

    104 of 110 admitted

    This school95%Overall98%

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

Any college

71%

472 of 663 graduates

UC or CSU

27%

176 graduates

Community college

31%

205 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC9214%
CSU8413%
CA private college487%
Out of state436%
Community college20531%
Not enrolled19129%
Enrolled in college47271%
Total663100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

21

AP courses offered

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

55

AP class sections

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

27% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

39%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

257 of 654 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)

28%

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

196 of 697 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 3 classes
  • English: 13 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 8 classes
  • Science: 10 classes
  • Social science: 15 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 69%County median 52%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 40%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 34%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 18%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 51%County median 83%
  • Graduates completing courses 71%County median 54%

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