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Taft Charter High School

5461 Winnetka Avenue, Woodland Hills, CA 91364View on map

  • Public
  • Woodland Hills
  • 478 seniors
  • 2,157 students

Taft Charter High School is a public high school in Woodland Hills (Los Angeles Unified) with 478 seniors. In fall 2025, 74% of its 209 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 74% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

74%

154 of 209 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

32%

154 of 478 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

44%

209 of 478 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

11%

20 of 190 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

12%

15 of 130 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    20 of 190 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.00)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    15 of 130 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Irvine10 pts lower

    13%

    19 of 152 admitted

    This school13%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.93)

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    21%

    35 of 166 admitted

    This school21%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts higher

    40%

    63 of 158 admitted

    This school40%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Davis7 pts higher

    45%

    45 of 101 admitted

    This school45%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Santa Cruz8 pts higher

    80%

    63 of 79 admitted

    This school80%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.93)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    76 of 85 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    56 of 56 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.87)

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

Taft Charter High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    31%

    31 of 100 admitted

    This school31%Overall30%

  • San Diego5 pts lower

    29%

    34 of 116 admitted

    This school29%Overall34%

  • Long Beach7 pts higher

    55%

    54 of 99 admitted

    This school55%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    76%

    48 of 63 admitted

    This school76%Overall74%

  • NorthridgeAbout the same

    91%

    169 of 185 admitted

    This school91%Overall93%

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

Any college

61%

284 of 467 graduates

UC or CSU

30%

142 graduates

Community college

20%

92 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC4710%
CSU9520%
CA private college184%
Out of state327%
Community college9220%
Not enrolled18339%
Enrolled in college28461%
Total467100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

23

AP courses offered

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

60

AP class sections

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

36% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

48%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

246 of 517 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)

33%

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

166 of 497 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 2 classes
  • English: 10 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 7 classes
  • Science: 10 classes
  • Social science: 22 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 65%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 42%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 40%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 23%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 60%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 74%County median 64%

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