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WISH Academy High School

7400 West Manchester Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90045View on map

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 55 seniors
  • 283 students

WISH Academy High School is a public high school in Los Angeles (Los Angeles Unified) with 55 seniors. In fall 2025, 68% of its 22 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). 97% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

68%

15 of 22 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

27%

15 of 55 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

40%

22 of 55 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 19 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

30%

3 of 10 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

WISH Academy High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • Berkeley17 pts higher

    30%

    3 of 10 admitted

    This school30%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.00)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    25%

    4 of 16 admitted

    This school25%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.83)

  • Riverside12 pts lower

    75%

    9 of 12 admitted

    This school75%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.74)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report19 applied

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report16 applied

  • Santa Barbara

    too few applicants to report11 applied

  • Merced

    too few applicants to report7 applied

  • Santa Cruz

    ~74% · 3 yrs pooled6 applied

  • Davis

    too few applicants to report— 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

WISH Academy High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 1 campus.

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

Any college

75%

46 of 61 graduates

UC or CSU

26%

16 graduates

Community college

31%

19 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC47%
CSU1220%
CA private college35%
Out of state813%
Community college1931%
Not enrolled1525%
Enrolled in college4675%
Total61100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

10

AP courses offered

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

7

AP class sections

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

24% 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

37 of 84 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)

30%

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

20 of 67 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 2 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 68%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 28%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 34%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 17%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 34%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 97%County median 64%

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