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Silver Creek High School

3434 Silver Creek Road, San Jose, CA 95121View on map

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 536 seniors
  • 2,057 students

Silver Creek High School is a public high school in San Jose (East Side Union High) with 536 seniors. In fall 2025, 77% of its 176 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 61% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

77%

136 of 176 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

25%

136 of 536 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

33%

176 of 536 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.5%

11 of 130 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

12%

16 of 135 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

Silver Creek High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    11 of 130 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 3.90)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    16 of 135 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Irvine9 pts lower

    13%

    18 of 140 admitted

    This school13%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.85)

  • San Diego6 pts lower

    19%

    26 of 139 admitted

    This school19%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts lower

    28%

    32 of 114 admitted

    This school28%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Davis4 pts lower

    33%

    48 of 145 admitted

    This school33%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    71%

    73 of 103 admitted

    This school71%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.87)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    85 of 96 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.83)

  • MercedAbout the same

    97%

    75 of 77 admitted

    This school97%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.87)

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

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

  • San Luis Obispo14 pts lower

    16%

    16 of 101 admitted

    This school16%Overall30%

  • San Jose10 pts higher

    90%

    212 of 235 admitted

    This school90%Overall80%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    86%

    44 of 51 admitted

    This school86%Overall87%

  • Monterey Bay5 pts higher

    100%

    15 of 15 admitted

    This school100%Overall95%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    95%

    52 of 55 admitted

    This school95%Overall96%

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

Any college

86%

454 of 529 graduates

UC or CSU

33%

175 graduates

Community college

47%

246 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC7815%
CSU9718%
CA private college163%
Out of state173%
Community college24647%
Not enrolled7514%
Enrolled in college45486%
Total529100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

22

AP courses offered

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

52

AP class sections

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

37% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

49%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

261 of 538 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)

25%

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

149 of 594 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 4 classes
  • English: 10 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 8 classes
  • Science: 12 classes
  • Social science: 11 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 71%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 49%County median 42%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 34%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 24%County median 24%
  • Low-income students 66%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 61%County median 64%

Across California

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