San Pedro Senior High School

1610 South Leland Street, San Pedro, CA 90731View on map

  • Public
  • San Pedro
  • 563 seniors
  • 2,329 students

San Pedro Senior High School is a public high school in San Pedro (Los Angeles Unified) with 563 seniors. In fall 2025, 70% of its 144 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 61% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

70%

101 of 144 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

18%

101 of 563 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

26%

144 of 563 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.0%

9 of 112 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

17%

10 of 59 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

San Pedro Senior High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 6 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    9 of 112 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.33 (all applicants 3.87)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    17%

    10 of 59 admitted

    This school17%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Irvine6 pts lower

    16%

    17 of 107 admitted

    This school16%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 3.80)

  • San Diego10 pts higher

    35%

    25 of 72 admitted

    This school35%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts lower

    27%

    24 of 88 admitted

    This school27%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.82)

  • DavisAbout the same

    38%

    18 of 48 admitted

    This school38%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    74%

    32 of 43 admitted

    This school74%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.77)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    49 of 55 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.71)

  • MercedAbout the same

    94%

    30 of 32 admitted

    This school94%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.77)

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

San Pedro Senior High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 1.

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    49%

    96 of 194 admitted

    This school49%Overall47%

  • Pomona5 pts lower

    69%

    47 of 68 admitted

    This school69%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    86%

    76 of 88 admitted

    This school86%Overall87%

  • Dominguez HillsAbout the same

    94%

    102 of 108 admitted

    This school94%Overall91%

  • NorthridgeAbout the same

    96%

    44 of 46 admitted

    This school96%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 (579 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

64%

368 of 579 graduates

UC or CSU

26%

153 graduates

Community college

30%

176 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC468%
CSU10718%
CA private college51%
Out of state346%
Community college17630%
Not enrolled21136%
Enrolled in college36864%
Total579100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

22

AP courses offered

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

64

AP class sections

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

33% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

39%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

203 of 519 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)

13%

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

81 of 613 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 2 classes
  • English: 12 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 4 classes
  • Foreign language: 6 classes
  • Mathematics: 7 classes
  • Science: 11 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 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 34%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 29%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 13%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 79%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 61%County median 64%

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