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Valor Academy High School

9356 Lemona Avenue, North Hills, CA 91343View on map

  • Public
  • North Hills
  • 112 seniors
  • 505 students

Valor Academy High School is a public high school in North Hills (Los Angeles Unified) with 112 seniors. In fall 2025, 61% of its 67 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 85% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

61%

41 of 67 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

37%

41 of 112 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

60%

67 of 112 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

7.1%

3 of 42 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 27 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

Valor Academy High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 8 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 6.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    7%

    3 of 42 admitted

    This school7%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.48)

  • Irvine15 pts lower

    8%

    3 of 40 admitted

    This school8%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.53)

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    31%

    11 of 36 admitted

    This school31%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.51)

  • Santa Barbara13 pts lower

    19%

    7 of 36 admitted

    This school19%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.45)

  • Davis9 pts lower

    29%

    6 of 21 admitted

    This school29%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.42)

  • Santa Cruz27 pts lower

    45%

    13 of 29 admitted

    This school45%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.56)

  • Riverside26 pts lower

    61%

    20 of 33 admitted

    This school61%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.75 (all applicants 3.37)

  • Merced15 pts lower

    81%

    17 of 21 admitted

    This school81%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.41 (all applicants 3.28)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report27 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

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

  • Long Beach10 pts higher

    57%

    36 of 63 admitted

    This school57%Overall47%

  • Pomona8 pts higher

    82%

    23 of 28 admitted

    This school82%Overall74%

  • Fullerton35 pts lower

    51%

    19 of 37 admitted

    This school51%Overall87%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    92%

    48 of 52 admitted

    This school92%Overall92%

  • Northridge6 pts lower

    87%

    89 of 102 admitted

    This school87%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 (109 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

56%

61 of 109 graduates

UC or CSU

39%

43 graduates

Community college

12%

13 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC66%
CSU3734%
CA private college44%
Out of state11%
Community college1312%
Not enrolled4844%
Enrolled in college6156%
Total109100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

11

AP courses offered

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

29

AP class sections

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

80% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

64%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

64 of 100 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)

14%

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

16 of 118 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 4 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 7 classes
  • Social science: 6 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 49%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 29%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 19%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 17%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 95%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 85%County median 64%

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