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Tennyson High School

27035 Whitman Road, Hayward, CA 94544View on map

  • Public
  • Hayward
  • 419 seniors
  • 1,367 students

Tennyson High School is a public high school in Hayward (Hayward Unified) with 419 seniors. In fall 2025, 83% of its 30 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Berkeley (Cal), UC Davis (UCD), and UC Merced. 27% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

83%

25 of 30 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

6%

25 of 419 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

7%

30 of 419 seniors

County median 41%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

too few applicants to report

Fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

13%

3 of 23 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

Tennyson High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 7 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    13%

    3 of 23 admitted

    This school13%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.73)

  • San Diego15 pts higher

    40%

    4 of 10 admitted

    This school40%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.84)

  • Santa Barbara34 pts higher

    67%

    8 of 12 admitted

    This school67%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.62)

  • Davis7 pts lower

    30%

    7 of 23 admitted

    This school30%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.67)

  • Santa Cruz13 pts lower

    59%

    10 of 17 admitted

    This school59%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.64)

  • Riverside14 pts lower

    73%

    8 of 11 admitted

    This school73%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.65)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    18 of 18 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.72 (all applicants 3.72)

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report12 applied

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report7 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

Tennyson High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • San Jose4 pts lower

    76%

    39 of 51 admitted

    This school76%Overall80%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    96%

    26 of 27 admitted

    This school96%Overall94%

  • Monterey Bay5 pts higher

    100%

    15 of 15 admitted

    This school100%Overall95%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    97%

    33 of 34 admitted

    This school97%Overall96%

  • East Bay7 pts lower

    89%

    59 of 66 admitted

    This school89%Overall97%

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

Any college

55%

153 of 279 graduates

UC or CSU

17%

48 graduates

Community college

32%

90 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC176%
CSU3111%
CA private college93%
Out of state62%
Community college9032%
Not enrolled12645%
Enrolled in college15355%
Total279100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Filipino, Black or African American, Pacific Islander
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities, Homeless
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Advanced Placement

12

AP courses offered

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

16

AP class sections

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

16% 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

63 of 360 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)

5%

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

20 of 425 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 2 classes
  • English: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 7 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 25%County median 54%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 11%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 6%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 92%County median 68%
  • Graduates completing courses 27%County median 75%

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