Palmdale Academy Charter

3838 East Avenue R, Palmdale, CA 93550View on map

  • Public
  • Palmdale
  • 210 seniors
  • 1,075 students

Palmdale Academy Charter is a public high school in Palmdale (Palmdale Elementary) with 210 seniors. In fall 2025, 59% of its 49 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Riverside (UCR).

Year

UC admit rate

59%

29 of 49 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

14%

29 of 210 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

23%

49 of 210 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 36 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 16 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

Palmdale Academy Charter applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • IrvineAbout the same

    22%

    8 of 36 admitted

    This school22%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.10 (all applicants 3.75)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    32%

    8 of 25 admitted

    This school32%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.61)

  • Davis4 pts lower

    33%

    5 of 15 admitted

    This school33%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.60)

  • Riverside15 pts lower

    72%

    18 of 25 admitted

    This school72%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    13 of 13 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.92)

  • too few applicants to report36 applied

  • too few applicants to report22 applied

  • too few applicants to report16 applied

  • too few applicants to report7 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

Palmdale Academy Charter applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 3 campuses, worse at 2.

  • Long Beach18 pts lower

    29%

    15 of 52 admitted

    This school29%Overall47%

  • Fullerton7 pts lower

    79%

    23 of 29 admitted

    This school79%Overall87%

  • Northridge4 pts higher

    97%

    59 of 61 admitted

    This school97%Overall93%

  • too few applicants to report6 applied

  • too few applicants to report3 applied

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.

Advanced Placement

10

AP courses offered

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

18

AP class sections

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

25% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

24%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

50 of 206 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)

Subject areas

  • English: 4 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 4 classes
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 3 classes

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 62%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 13%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 19%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 3%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 82%County median 86%

Across California

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