Stella High Charter Academy

1600 W. Imperial Highway, Los Angeles, CA 90047View on map

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 131 seniors
  • 567 students

Stella High Charter Academy is a public high school in Los Angeles (Los Angeles Unified) with 131 seniors. In fall 2025, 74% of its 47 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Riverside (UCR), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 93% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

74%

35 of 47 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

27%

35 of 131 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

36%

47 of 131 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

10%

3 of 29 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 19 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

Stella High Charter Academy applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 7 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    3 of 29 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.68)

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    30%

    7 of 23 admitted

    This school30%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.51)

  • Santa Barbara9 pts lower

    24%

    4 of 17 admitted

    This school24%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.51)

  • DavisAbout the same

    39%

    7 of 18 admitted

    This school39%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.58)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts lower

    64%

    9 of 14 admitted

    This school64%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.66)

  • Riverside23 pts lower

    65%

    20 of 31 admitted

    This school65%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.77 (all applicants 3.58)

  • Merced10 pts lower

    86%

    19 of 22 admitted

    This school86%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.61 (all applicants 3.53)

  • too few applicants to report33 applied

  • too few applicants to report19 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).

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (115 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

68%

78 of 115 graduates

UC or CSU

37%

43 graduates

Community college

26%

30 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC1210%
CSU3127%
CA private college11%
Out of state43%
Community college3026%
Not enrolled3732%
Enrolled in college7868%
Total115100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

6

AP class sections

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

26% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

35%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

43 of 123 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)

7%

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

8 of 109 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 1 class

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 69%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 27%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 32%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 10%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 95%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 93%County median 64%

Across California

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