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Upland High School

565 West 11th Street, Upland, CA 91786View on map

  • Public
  • Upland
  • 723 seniors
  • 2,782 students

Upland High School is a public high school in Upland (Upland Unified) with 723 seniors. In fall 2025, 77% of its 171 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Riverside (UCR), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 57% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

77%

132 of 171 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

18%

132 of 723 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

24%

171 of 723 seniors

County median 18%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.5%

10 of 105 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

11%

8 of 71 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

Upland High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    10 of 105 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.95)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    11%

    8 of 71 admitted

    This school11%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Irvine10 pts higher

    32%

    41 of 128 admitted

    This school32%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.88)

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    31%

    32 of 104 admitted

    This school31%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    35%

    31 of 88 admitted

    This school35%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Davis5 pts lower

    32%

    13 of 41 admitted

    This school32%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts lower

    65%

    34 of 52 admitted

    This school65%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.76)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    106 of 120 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.83)

  • MercedAbout the same

    93%

    28 of 30 admitted

    This school93%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.84 (all applicants 3.73)

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

Upland High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • Long Beach7 pts higher

    54%

    63 of 117 admitted

    This school54%Overall47%

  • Pomona11 pts higher

    85%

    95 of 112 admitted

    This school85%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    90%

    103 of 115 admitted

    This school90%Overall87%

  • San BernardinoAbout the same

    96%

    46 of 48 admitted

    This school96%Overall98%

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

Any college

69%

489 of 704 graduates

UC or CSU

21%

150 graduates

Community college

38%

268 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC548%
CSU9614%
CA private college456%
Out of state264%
Community college26838%
Not enrolled21531%
Enrolled in college48969%
Total704100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

18

AP courses offered

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

76

AP class sections

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

25% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

34%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

225 of 658 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)

18%

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

123 of 687 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 20 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 9 classes
  • Mathematics: 6 classes
  • Science: 21 classes
  • Social science: 15 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 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 40%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 32%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 18%County median 7%
  • Low-income students 65%County median 73%
  • Graduates completing courses 57%County median 49%

Across California

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