The Athenian School

  • Private
  • Contra Costa
  • 93 seniors
  • 540 students

The Athenian School is a private high school in Contra Costa County (San Ramon Valley Unified) with 93 seniors. In fall 2025, 57% of its 70 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC San Diego (UCSD).

Year

UC admit rate

57%

40 of 70 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

43%

40 of 93 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

75%

70 of 93 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.5%

6 of 63 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 60 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

The Athenian School applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 6.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    6 of 63 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Irvine4 pts lower

    18%

    9 of 50 admitted

    This school18%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.99)

  • San Diego12 pts lower

    13%

    8 of 60 admitted

    This school13%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa Barbara11 pts lower

    22%

    12 of 55 admitted

    This school22%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Davis12 pts lower

    25%

    14 of 56 admitted

    This school25%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Santa Cruz9 pts lower

    63%

    27 of 43 admitted

    This school63%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.94)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    84%

    21 of 25 admitted

    This school84%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Merced10 pts lower

    87%

    13 of 15 admitted

    This school87%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.84 (all applicants 3.85)

  • too few applicants to report60 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

The Athenian School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo10 pts lower

    20%

    5 of 25 admitted

    This school20%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    33%

    7 of 21 admitted

    This school33%Overall34%

  • Long Beach16 pts lower

    32%

    6 of 19 admitted

    This school32%Overall47%

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.