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Gretchen Whitney High School

16800 Shoemaker Avenue, Cerritos, CA 90703View on map

  • Public
  • Cerritos
  • 176 seniors
  • 1,009 students

Gretchen Whitney High School is a public high school in Cerritos (ABC Unified) with 176 seniors. In fall 2025, 89% of its 158 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). 99% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

89%

140 of 158 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

80%

140 of 176 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

90%

158 of 176 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.4%

14 of 149 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

19%

23 of 119 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

Gretchen Whitney High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 6 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    14 of 149 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 4.15)

  • Berkeley6 pts higher

    19%

    23 of 119 admitted

    This school19%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.18)

  • Irvine21 pts higher

    43%

    65 of 150 admitted

    This school43%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.15)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    24%

    33 of 140 admitted

    This school24%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 4.16)

  • Santa Barbara16 pts higher

    48%

    49 of 102 admitted

    This school48%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.16)

  • Davis9 pts higher

    46%

    38 of 82 admitted

    This school46%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.17)

  • Santa Cruz22 pts higher

    94%

    46 of 49 admitted

    This school94%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 4.16)

  • Riverside6 pts higher

    93%

    111 of 119 admitted

    This school93%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 4.14)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    51 of 52 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 4.17)

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

Gretchen Whitney High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 5 of 5 campuses.

  • San Luis Obispo5 pts higher

    34%

    22 of 64 admitted

    This school34%Overall30%

  • Long Beach51 pts higher

    98%

    115 of 117 admitted

    This school98%Overall47%

  • Pomona15 pts higher

    88%

    69 of 78 admitted

    This school88%Overall74%

  • Fullerton13 pts higher

    100%

    83 of 83 admitted

    This school100%Overall87%

  • Los Angeles8 pts higher

    100%

    18 of 18 admitted

    This school100%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 (167 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

87%

145 of 167 graduates

UC or CSU

60%

100 graduates

Community college

5%

8 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC6640%
CSU3420%
CA private college159%
Out of state2213%
Community college85%
Not enrolled2213%
Enrolled in college14587%
Total167100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, Filipino, Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income
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Advanced Placement

16

AP courses offered

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

35

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

97%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

165 of 170 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)

95%

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

155 of 164 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 6 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 8 classes
  • Science: 5 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 99%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 100%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 95%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 91%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 33%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 99%County median 64%

Across California

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