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Willow Glen High School

2001 Cottle Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125View on map

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 379 seniors
  • 1,537 students

Willow Glen High School is a public high school in San Jose (San Jose Unified) with 379 seniors. In fall 2025, 74% of its 129 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 52% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

74%

96 of 129 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

25%

96 of 379 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

34%

129 of 379 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

10%

7 of 70 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

17%

12 of 72 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

Willow Glen High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    7 of 70 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 4.12)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    17%

    12 of 72 admitted

    This school17%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Irvine6 pts lower

    17%

    11 of 66 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 4.06)

  • San Diego4 pts higher

    29%

    24 of 84 admitted

    This school29%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    34%

    30 of 87 admitted

    This school34%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.02)

  • DavisAbout the same

    35%

    31 of 89 admitted

    This school35%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts higher

    79%

    55 of 70 admitted

    This school79%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Riverside6 pts higher

    93%

    26 of 28 admitted

    This school93%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.86)

  • MercedAbout the same

    97%

    32 of 33 admitted

    This school97%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.85)

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

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

  • San Luis Obispo5 pts lower

    25%

    24 of 97 admitted

    This school25%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    37%

    39 of 105 admitted

    This school37%Overall34%

  • San Jose8 pts higher

    88%

    72 of 82 admitted

    This school88%Overall80%

  • Chico4 pts higher

    97%

    37 of 38 admitted

    This school97%Overall94%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    95%

    37 of 39 admitted

    This school95%Overall96%

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

Any college

81%

286 of 351 graduates

UC or CSU

27%

94 graduates

Community college

41%

143 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC3711%
CSU5716%
CA private college113%
Out of state3811%
Community college14341%
Not enrolled6519%
Enrolled in college28681%
Total351100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

18

AP courses offered

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

38

AP class sections

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

36% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

48%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

170 of 357 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)

37%

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

134 of 365 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 5 classes
  • English: 9 classes
  • Foreign language: 3 classes
  • Mathematics: 6 classes
  • Science: 6 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 63%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 37%County median 42%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 32%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 21%County median 24%
  • Low-income students 36%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 52%County median 64%

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