Renaissance High School for the Arts
235 East 8th Street, Long Beach, CA 90813View on map
- Public
- Long Beach
- 82 seniors
- 404 students
Renaissance High School for the Arts is a public high school in Long Beach (Long Beach Unified) with 82 seniors. In fall 2025, 60% of its 15 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA) and UC Irvine (UCI). 60% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.
UC admit rate
60%
9 of 15 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
11%
9 of 82 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
18%
15 of 82 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
—
— of 14 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate
too few applicants to report
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
too few applicants to report14 applied
too few applicants to report10 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report6 applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— applied
too few applicants to report— 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
Renaissance High School for the Arts applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 1 campus.
- Long Beach48 pts higher
95%
40 of 42 admitted
This school95%Overall47%
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 (94 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
83%
78 of 94 graduates
UC or CSU
22%
21 graduates
Community college
56%
53 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 1 | 1% |
| CSU | 20 | 21% |
| CA private college | 0 | 0% |
| Out of state | 4 | 4% |
| Community college | 53 | 56% |
| Not enrolled | 16 | 17% |
| Enrolled in college | 78 | 83% |
| Total | 94 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Female, Male
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American, White
- Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
Advanced Placement
8
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
8
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
27% of students are in AP courses
2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card
51%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
48 of 95 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)
8%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
7 of 83 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- English: 3 classes
- Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
- Foreign language: 1 class
- Social science: 1 class
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 58%County median 57%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 23%County median 27%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 31%County median 23%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 5%County median 11%
- Low-income students 54%County median 86%
- Graduates completing courses 60%County median 64%