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South High School

4801 Pacific Coast Highway, Torrance, CA 90505View on map

  • Public
  • Torrance
  • 459 seniors
  • 1,707 students

South High School is a public high school in Torrance (Torrance Unified) with 459 seniors. In fall 2025, 75% of its 214 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 73% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

75%

161 of 214 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

35%

161 of 459 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

47%

214 of 459 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.5%

13 of 153 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

11%

13 of 121 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    13 of 153 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.92)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    11%

    13 of 121 admitted

    This school11%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.95)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    21%

    36 of 171 admitted

    This school21%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.89)

  • San Diego8 pts lower

    17%

    27 of 158 admitted

    This school17%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Santa Barbara9 pts lower

    23%

    38 of 163 admitted

    This school23%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Davis9 pts lower

    29%

    38 of 133 admitted

    This school29%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts lower

    65%

    64 of 99 admitted

    This school65%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.72)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    84%

    106 of 126 admitted

    This school84%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Merced7 pts lower

    90%

    43 of 48 admitted

    This school90%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.76)

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

South High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo12 pts lower

    18%

    27 of 151 admitted

    This school18%Overall30%

  • San Diego7 pts lower

    27%

    46 of 170 admitted

    This school27%Overall34%

  • Long Beach11 pts higher

    58%

    98 of 169 admitted

    This school58%Overall47%

  • Pomona10 pts higher

    84%

    87 of 104 admitted

    This school84%Overall74%

  • Fullerton5 pts higher

    92%

    93 of 101 admitted

    This school92%Overall87%

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

Any college

84%

371 of 443 graduates

UC or CSU

35%

156 graduates

Community college

30%

134 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC6916%
CSU8720%
CA private college174%
Out of state6414%
Community college13430%
Not enrolled7216%
Enrolled in college37184%
Total443100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

21

AP courses offered

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

46

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

50%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

208 of 418 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)

39%

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

195 of 501 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 6 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 5 classes
  • Mathematics: 6 classes
  • Science: 15 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 77%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 65%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 44%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 38%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 20%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 73%County median 64%

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