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South San Francisco High School

400 B Street, South San Francisco, CA 94080View on map

  • Public
  • South San Francisco
  • 304 seniors
  • 1,224 students

South San Francisco High School is a public high school in South San Francisco (South San Francisco Unified) with 304 seniors. In fall 2025, 64% of its 56 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Irvine (UCI). 47% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

64%

36 of 56 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

12%

36 of 304 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

18%

56 of 304 seniors

County median 42%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.7%

3 of 31 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

7.7%

3 of 39 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 San Francisco High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    3 of 31 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.71)

  • Berkeley6 pts lower

    8%

    3 of 39 admitted

    This school8%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.75)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    21%

    7 of 34 admitted

    This school21%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.76)

  • San Diego5 pts higher

    30%

    9 of 30 admitted

    This school30%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.73)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    8 of 27 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.65)

  • DavisAbout the same

    34%

    14 of 41 admitted

    This school34%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.63)

  • Santa Cruz18 pts lower

    53%

    17 of 32 admitted

    This school53%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.63)

  • Riverside7 pts lower

    80%

    16 of 20 admitted

    This school80%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    19 of 19 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.77 (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

South San Francisco High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 3 campuses, worse at 3.

  • San Jose6 pts lower

    74%

    46 of 62 admitted

    This school74%Overall80%

  • Sacramento4 pts lower

    89%

    25 of 28 admitted

    This school89%Overall94%

  • San Francisco6 pts lower

    90%

    72 of 80 admitted

    This school90%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 (257 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

78%

200 of 257 graduates

UC or CSU

18%

45 graduates

Community college

55%

141 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC104%
CSU3514%
CA private college83%
Out of state62%
Community college14155%
Not enrolled5722%
Enrolled in college20078%
Total257100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

15

AP courses offered

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

17

AP class sections

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

25% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

18%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

46 of 256 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)

15%

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

50 of 330 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 7 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 2 classes
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 5 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 56%County median 62%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 19%County median 37%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 20%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 8%County median 19%
  • Low-income students 41%County median 35%
  • Graduates completing courses 47%County median 66%

Across California

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