Summit Public School: Tahoma

285 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose, CA 95123View on map

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 97 seniors
  • 376 students

Summit Public School: Tahoma is a public high school in San Jose (Santa Clara County Office of Education) with 97 seniors. In fall 2025, 96% of its 55 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), and UC Berkeley (Cal). 93% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

96%

53 of 55 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

55%

53 of 97 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

57%

55 of 97 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 31 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 39 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

Summit Public School: Tahoma applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 7 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 3.

  • Irvine13 pts lower

    9%

    3 of 32 admitted

    This school9%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.05)

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    21%

    7 of 34 admitted

    This school21%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.09)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts lower

    25%

    8 of 32 admitted

    This school25%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.08)

  • DavisAbout the same

    37%

    16 of 43 admitted

    This school37%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts higher

    78%

    31 of 40 admitted

    This school78%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.01)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    86%

    25 of 29 admitted

    This school86%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    37 of 37 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.02 (all applicants 4.02)

  • too few applicants to report39 applied

  • too few applicants to report31 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

Summit Public School: Tahoma applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 2 campuses, worse at 1.

  • San Jose9 pts higher

    89%

    50 of 56 admitted

    This school89%Overall80%

  • San Francisco6 pts lower

    90%

    27 of 30 admitted

    This school90%Overall96%

  • ~97% · 2 yrs pooled8 applied

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

Any college

82%

67 of 82 graduates

UC or CSU

39%

32 graduates

Community college

34%

28 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC1417%
CSU1822%
CA private college22%
Out of state56%
Community college2834%
Not enrolled1518%
Enrolled in college6782%
Total82100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

8

AP courses offered

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

26

AP class sections

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

56% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

94%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

85 of 90 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)

32%

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

37 of 115 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 8 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 4 classes
  • Social science: 8 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 75%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 54%County median 42%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 49%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 32%County median 24%
  • Low-income students 24%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 93%County median 64%

Across California

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