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Verdugo Hills Senior High School

10625 Plainview Avenue, Tujunga, CA 91042View on map

  • Public
  • Tujunga
  • 267 seniors
  • 1,153 students

Verdugo Hills Senior High School is a public high school in Tujunga (Los Angeles Unified) with 267 seniors. In fall 2025, 72% of its 71 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 69% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

72%

51 of 71 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

19%

51 of 267 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

27%

71 of 267 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

16%

7 of 45 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

18%

5 of 28 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

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

  • Los Angeles6 pts higher

    16%

    7 of 45 admitted

    This school16%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Berkeley4 pts higher

    18%

    5 of 28 admitted

    This school18%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Irvine14 pts lower

    8%

    4 of 50 admitted

    This school8%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.85)

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    21%

    10 of 47 admitted

    This school21%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    31%

    13 of 42 admitted

    This school31%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.91)

  • DavisAbout the same

    39%

    7 of 18 admitted

    This school39%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Santa Cruz24 pts higher

    95%

    20 of 21 admitted

    This school95%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.88)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    22 of 25 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    15 of 15 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.84 (all applicants 3.84)

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

Verdugo Hills Senior High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 4 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo4 pts higher

    33%

    11 of 33 admitted

    This school33%Overall30%

  • Pomona4 pts higher

    78%

    25 of 32 admitted

    This school78%Overall74%

  • Fullerton7 pts higher

    94%

    16 of 17 admitted

    This school94%Overall87%

  • Los Angeles8 pts higher

    100%

    25 of 25 admitted

    This school100%Overall92%

  • NorthridgeAbout the same

    95%

    63 of 66 admitted

    This school95%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 (272 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

64%

175 of 272 graduates

UC or CSU

19%

51 graduates

Community college

37%

100 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC176%
CSU3413%
CA private college156%
Out of state93%
Community college10037%
Not enrolled9736%
Enrolled in college17564%
Total272100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

26

AP courses offered

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

22

AP class sections

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

20% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

30%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

89 of 297 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)

21%

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

56 of 269 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 3 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 3 classes
  • Social science: 9 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 53%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 29%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 25%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 17%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 87%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 69%County median 64%

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