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Mt. Pleasant High School

1750 South White Road, San Jose, CA 95127View on map

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 282 seniors
  • 931 students

Mt. Pleasant High School is a public high school in San Jose (East Side Union High) with 282 seniors. In fall 2025, 90% of its 39 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Merced. 36% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

90%

35 of 39 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

12%

35 of 282 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

14%

39 of 282 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 22 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

15%

4 of 26 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

Mt. Pleasant High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 8 campuses, about the same at 3.

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    15%

    4 of 26 admitted

    This school15%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.00)

  • Irvine13 pts higher

    35%

    7 of 20 admitted

    This school35%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.97)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    28%

    7 of 25 admitted

    This school28%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Santa Barbara18 pts higher

    50%

    8 of 16 admitted

    This school50%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Davis4 pts higher

    41%

    11 of 27 admitted

    This school41%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    73%

    11 of 15 admitted

    This school73%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.76)

  • Riverside8 pts higher

    95%

    20 of 21 admitted

    This school95%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    26 of 26 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report22 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

Mt. Pleasant High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 3 campuses, worse at 2.

  • San Jose7 pts higher

    87%

    55 of 63 admitted

    This school87%Overall80%

  • San Francisco5 pts lower

    91%

    20 of 22 admitted

    This school91%Overall96%

  • East Bay7 pts lower

    90%

    18 of 20 admitted

    This school90%Overall97%

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

Any college

67%

173 of 259 graduates

UC or CSU

15%

39 graduates

Community college

49%

128 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC114%
CSU2811%
CA private college42%
Out of state21%
Community college12849%
Not enrolled8633%
Enrolled in college17367%
Total259100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Filipino
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities, Homeless
See the full report

Advanced Placement

12

AP courses offered

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

17

AP class sections

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

28% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

32%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

84 of 259 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)

17%

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

49 of 296 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 4 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 2 classes
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 7 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 50%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 17%County median 42%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 18%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 24%
  • Low-income students 80%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 36%County median 64%

Across California

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