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Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet

13050 Borden Avenue, Sylmar, CA 91342View on map

  • Public
  • Sylmar
  • 42 seniors
  • 205 students

Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet is a public high school in Sylmar (Los Angeles Unified) with 42 seniors. In fall 2025, 78% of its 18 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Riverside (UCR). 77% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

78%

14 of 18 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

33%

14 of 42 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

43%

18 of 42 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 11 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

too few applicants to report

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

Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 1 campus, worse at 1.

  • Riverside5 pts lower

    82%

    9 of 11 admitted

    This school82%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.61 (all applicants 3.53)

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report14 applied

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report11 applied

  • San Diego

    too few applicants to report10 applied

  • Davis

    too few applicants to report8 applied

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report7 applied

  • Merced

    ~96% · 3 yrs pooled6 applied

  • Santa Barbara

    too few applicants to report6 applied

  • Santa Cruz

    too few applicants to report5 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

Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 1 campus.

  • Northridge7 pts higher

    100%

    26 of 26 admitted

    This school100%Overall93%

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report9 applied

  • Fresno

    too few applicants to report3 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 (44 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

48%

21 of 44 graduates

UC or CSU

34%

15 graduates

Community college

7%

3 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC511%
CSU1023%
CA private college37%
Out of state00%
Community college37%
Not enrolled2352%
Enrolled in college2148%
Total44100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income
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Advanced Placement

10

AP courses offered

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

9

AP class sections

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

43% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

61%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

38 of 62 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)

4%

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

2 of 45 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 2 classes
  • Social science: 3 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 59%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 24%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 24%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 97%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 77%County median 64%

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