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Santa Susana High School

3570 East Cochran Street, Simi Valley, CA 93063View on map

  • Public
  • Simi Valley
  • 305 seniors
  • 975 students

Santa Susana High School is a public high school in Simi Valley (Simi Valley Unified) with 305 seniors. In fall 2025, 79% of its 72 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 75%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Irvine (UCI). 66% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

79%

57 of 72 applicants, fall 2025

County median 75%

Seniors admitted to a UC

19%

57 of 305 seniors

County median 18%

Seniors who applied to UC

24%

72 of 305 seniors

County median 23%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

7.4%

4 of 54 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 41 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

Santa Susana High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    7%

    4 of 54 admitted

    This school7%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.00)

  • Irvine7 pts lower

    15%

    8 of 52 admitted

    This school15%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.06)

  • San Diego9 pts lower

    16%

    9 of 56 admitted

    This school16%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Santa Barbara8 pts higher

    40%

    19 of 47 admitted

    This school40%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.99)

  • DavisAbout the same

    39%

    14 of 36 admitted

    This school39%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Santa Cruz11 pts higher

    82%

    23 of 28 admitted

    This school82%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Riverside7 pts higher

    95%

    35 of 37 admitted

    This school95%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    20 of 20 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report41 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

Santa Susana High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 4 of 5 campuses, worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo14 pts lower

    16%

    5 of 31 admitted

    This school16%Overall30%

  • Long Beach29 pts higher

    76%

    13 of 17 admitted

    This school76%Overall47%

  • Pomona12 pts higher

    86%

    12 of 14 admitted

    This school86%Overall74%

  • Channel Islands7 pts higher

    100%

    20 of 20 admitted

    This school100%Overall93%

  • Northridge4 pts higher

    98%

    40 of 41 admitted

    This school98%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 (245 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

85%

209 of 245 graduates

UC or CSU

24%

58 graduates

Community college

52%

127 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC3414%
CSU2410%
CA private college94%
Out of state156%
Community college12752%
Not enrolled3615%
Enrolled in college20985%
Total245100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

20

AP courses offered

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

39

AP class sections

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

45% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

61%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

145 of 239 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)

33%

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

79 of 241 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 8 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 6 classes
  • Science: 6 classes
  • Social science: 10 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 82%County median 61%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 51%County median 30%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 44%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 26%County median 12%
  • Low-income students 28%County median 40%
  • Graduates completing courses 66%County median 44%

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