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Port of Los Angeles High School

250 West Fifth Street, San Pedro, CA 90731View on map

  • Public
  • San Pedro
  • 219 seniors
  • 923 students

Port of Los Angeles High School is a public high school in San Pedro (Los Angeles Unified) with 219 seniors. In fall 2025, 72% of its 60 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 San Diego (UCSD). 35% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

72%

43 of 60 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

20%

43 of 219 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

27%

60 of 219 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.1%

4 of 44 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 27 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

Port of Los Angeles High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 7 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    4 of 44 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.81)

  • Irvine10 pts lower

    13%

    6 of 48 admitted

    This school13%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.76)

  • San Diego7 pts lower

    18%

    7 of 38 admitted

    This school18%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Santa Barbara14 pts lower

    19%

    6 of 32 admitted

    This school19%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.65)

  • Davis9 pts higher

    46%

    6 of 13 admitted

    This school46%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.60)

  • Riverside7 pts higher

    94%

    34 of 36 admitted

    This school94%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.73 (all applicants 3.72)

  • MercedAbout the same

    95%

    20 of 21 admitted

    This school95%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.74 (all applicants 3.70)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report27 applied

  • Santa Cruz

    ~55% · 3 yrs pooled7 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

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

  • Long Beach8 pts lower

    39%

    30 of 77 admitted

    This school39%Overall47%

  • Pomona14 pts lower

    59%

    19 of 32 admitted

    This school59%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    89%

    41 of 46 admitted

    This school89%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills4 pts higher

    96%

    45 of 47 admitted

    This school96%Overall91%

  • NorthridgeAbout the same

    95%

    20 of 21 admitted

    This school95%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 (195 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

73%

143 of 195 graduates

UC or CSU

26%

51 graduates

Community college

43%

84 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC137%
CSU3819%
CA private college21%
Out of state63%
Community college8443%
Not enrolled5227%
Enrolled in college14373%
Total195100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

12

AP courses offered

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

13

AP class sections

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

17% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

27%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

59 of 219 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)

17%

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

35 of 206 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 3 classes
  • Social science: 4 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 86%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 40%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 51%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 17%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 62%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 35%County median 64%

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