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Palisades Charter High School

15777 Bowdoin Street, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272View on map

  • Public
  • Pacific Palisades
  • 757 seniors
  • 2,393 students

Palisades Charter High School is a public high school in Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles Unified) with 757 seniors. In fall 2025, 74% of its 368 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 99% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

74%

274 of 368 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

36%

274 of 757 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

49%

368 of 757 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

12%

35 of 287 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

14%

38 of 265 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

Palisades Charter High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 7 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    35 of 287 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.93)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    38 of 265 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Irvine16 pts lower

    6%

    12 of 204 admitted

    This school6%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.82)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    23%

    63 of 276 admitted

    This school23%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    90 of 299 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Davis6 pts higher

    43%

    92 of 215 admitted

    This school43%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    74%

    156 of 210 admitted

    This school74%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.89)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    86%

    86 of 100 admitted

    This school86%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.77 (all applicants 3.69)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    54 of 55 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.70 (all applicants 3.68)

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

Palisades Charter High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo9 pts lower

    21%

    36 of 170 admitted

    This school21%Overall30%

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    31%

    57 of 185 admitted

    This school31%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    46%

    63 of 136 admitted

    This school46%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    77%

    47 of 61 admitted

    This school77%Overall74%

  • NorthridgeAbout the same

    91%

    84 of 92 admitted

    This school91%Overall93%

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

Any college

85%

636 of 751 graduates

UC or CSU

21%

161 graduates

Community college

33%

251 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC11415%
CSU476%
CA private college304%
Out of state19426%
Community college25133%
Not enrolled11515%
Enrolled in college63685%
Total751100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

22

AP courses offered

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

97

AP class sections

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

41% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

55%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

380 of 696 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)

39%

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

309 of 796 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 28 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 8 classes
  • Foreign language: 5 classes
  • Mathematics: 11 classes
  • Science: 14 classes
  • Social science: 31 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 62%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 38%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 30%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 19%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 23%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 99%County median 64%

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