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Pioneer High School

1290 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose, CA 95118View on map

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 362 seniors
  • 1,342 students

Pioneer High School is a public high school in San Jose (San Jose Unified) with 362 seniors. In fall 2025, 72% of its 159 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 70% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

72%

115 of 159 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

32%

115 of 362 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

44%

159 of 362 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

7.8%

8 of 103 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

17%

17 of 99 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

Pioneer High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    8 of 103 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Berkeley4 pts higher

    17%

    17 of 99 admitted

    This school17%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Irvine4 pts lower

    18%

    18 of 100 admitted

    This school18%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.02)

  • San Diego5 pts lower

    20%

    22 of 109 admitted

    This school20%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts lower

    26%

    31 of 121 admitted

    This school26%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.00)

  • DavisAbout the same

    36%

    32 of 89 admitted

    This school36%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa Cruz4 pts higher

    75%

    66 of 88 admitted

    This school75%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Riverside9 pts higher

    96%

    52 of 54 admitted

    This school96%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    36 of 36 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.93)

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

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

  • San Luis Obispo10 pts lower

    20%

    25 of 127 admitted

    This school20%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    36%

    47 of 130 admitted

    This school36%Overall34%

  • Long Beach9 pts higher

    57%

    52 of 92 admitted

    This school57%Overall47%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    81%

    109 of 134 admitted

    This school81%Overall80%

  • Chico6 pts higher

    100%

    38 of 38 admitted

    This school100%Overall94%

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

Any college

89%

319 of 360 graduates

UC or CSU

36%

130 graduates

Community college

35%

126 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC4813%
CSU8223%
CA private college164%
Out of state4713%
Community college12635%
Not enrolled4111%
Enrolled in college31989%
Total360100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

17

AP courses offered

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

49

AP class sections

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

42% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

59%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

202 of 340 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)

34%

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

124 of 361 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 10 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 7 classes
  • Science: 8 classes
  • Social science: 17 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 64%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 42%County median 42%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 32%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 20%County median 24%
  • Low-income students 30%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 70%County median 64%

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