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West Covina High School

1609 East Cameron Avenue, West Covina, CA 91791View on map

  • Public
  • West Covina
  • 437 seniors
  • 1,797 students

West Covina High School is a public high school in West Covina (West Covina Unified) with 437 seniors. In fall 2025, 71% of its 115 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 47% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

71%

82 of 115 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

19%

82 of 437 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

26%

115 of 437 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.0%

8 of 89 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 52 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

West Covina High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    8 of 89 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.88)

  • Irvine16 pts lower

    6%

    6 of 96 admitted

    This school6%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.82)

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    31%

    26 of 83 admitted

    This school31%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    33%

    17 of 52 admitted

    This school33%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Davis20 pts higher

    57%

    20 of 35 admitted

    This school57%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Santa Cruz5 pts lower

    67%

    10 of 15 admitted

    This school67%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Riverside4 pts higher

    91%

    59 of 65 admitted

    This school91%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    36 of 36 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.84 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report52 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

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

  • San Luis Obispo22 pts higher

    52%

    17 of 33 admitted

    This school52%Overall30%

  • Long Beach7 pts lower

    40%

    40 of 99 admitted

    This school40%Overall47%

  • Pomona4 pts higher

    78%

    101 of 130 admitted

    This school78%Overall74%

  • Fullerton5 pts lower

    81%

    101 of 124 admitted

    This school81%Overall87%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    94%

    74 of 79 admitted

    This school94%Overall92%

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

Any college

71%

325 of 459 graduates

UC or CSU

21%

97 graduates

Community college

42%

192 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC266%
CSU7115%
CA private college255%
Out of state112%
Community college19242%
Not enrolled13429%
Enrolled in college32571%
Total459100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

27

AP courses offered

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

58

AP class sections

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

39% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

44%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

194 of 445 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

89 of 490 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 2 classes
  • English: 10 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 10 classes
  • Science: 12 classes
  • Social science: 11 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 23%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 18%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 11%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 84%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 47%County median 64%

Across California

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