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Pioneer High School

10800 Ben Avon, Whittier, CA 90606View on map

  • Public
  • Whittier
  • 256 seniors
  • 945 students

Pioneer High School is a public high school in Whittier (Whittier Union High) with 256 seniors. In fall 2025, 70% of its 81 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 76% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

70%

57 of 81 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

22%

57 of 256 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

32%

81 of 256 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

12%

6 of 51 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

15%

5 of 33 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 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    6 of 51 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.74)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    15%

    5 of 33 admitted

    This school15%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Irvine7 pts lower

    16%

    9 of 58 admitted

    This school16%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.71)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    27%

    14 of 52 admitted

    This school27%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.02 (all applicants 3.63)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts lower

    26%

    8 of 31 admitted

    This school26%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.53)

  • Davis5 pts higher

    42%

    15 of 36 admitted

    This school42%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.68)

  • Santa Cruz17 pts lower

    55%

    12 of 22 admitted

    This school55%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.51)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    39 of 44 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.72 (all applicants 3.64)

  • MercedAbout the same

    95%

    20 of 21 admitted

    This school95%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.77 (all applicants 3.72)

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 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • Long Beach12 pts lower

    35%

    41 of 116 admitted

    This school35%Overall47%

  • Pomona17 pts lower

    57%

    41 of 72 admitted

    This school57%Overall74%

  • Fullerton7 pts higher

    93%

    84 of 90 admitted

    This school93%Overall87%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    95%

    75 of 79 admitted

    This school95%Overall92%

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

Any college

72%

194 of 270 graduates

UC or CSU

24%

65 graduates

Community college

42%

113 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC145%
CSU5119%
CA private college83%
Out of state83%
Community college11342%
Not enrolled7628%
Enrolled in college19472%
Total270100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners, Homeless
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Advanced Placement

15

AP courses offered

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

19

AP class sections

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

32% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

40%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

98 of 247 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)

15%

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

39 of 268 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 4 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 3 classes
  • Social science: 6 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 66%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 17%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 89%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 76%County median 64%

Across California

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