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New Designs Charter

2303 South Figueroa Way, Los Angeles, CA 90007View on map

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 95 seniors
  • 752 students

New Designs Charter is a public high school in Los Angeles (Los Angeles Unified) with 95 seniors. In fall 2025, 80% of its 25 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Riverside (UCR). 100% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

80%

20 of 25 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

21%

20 of 95 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

26%

25 of 95 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 24 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 11 applicants, 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

New Designs Charter applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • Irvine7 pts lower

    16%

    3 of 19 admitted

    This school16%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.69)

  • San Diego11 pts higher

    36%

    5 of 14 admitted

    This school36%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.70)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    16 of 18 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.69 (all applicants 3.66)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    11 of 11 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report24 applied

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report11 applied

  • Santa Barbara

    too few applicants to report6 applied

  • Davis

    too few applicants to report5 applied

  • Santa Cruz

    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).

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (78 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

68%

53 of 78 graduates

UC or CSU

38%

30 graduates

Community college

27%

21 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC56%
CSU2532%
CA private college00%
Out of state23%
Community college2127%
Not enrolled2532%
Enrolled in college5368%
Total78100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income
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Advanced Placement

3

AP courses offered

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

4

AP class sections

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

16% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

31%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

36 of 117 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)

0%

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

0 of 91 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 1 class

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 75%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 74%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 37%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 54%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 100%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 100%County median 64%

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