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Yerba Buena High School

1855 Lucretia Avenue, San Jose, CA 95122View on map

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 447 seniors
  • 1,555 students

Yerba Buena High School is a public high school in San Jose (East Side Union High) with 447 seniors. In fall 2025, 83% of its 118 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Irvine (UCI). 56% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

83%

98 of 118 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

22%

98 of 447 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

26%

118 of 447 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

13%

10 of 75 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

19%

17 of 91 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

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

  • Los Angeles4 pts higher

    13%

    10 of 75 admitted

    This school13%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Berkeley5 pts higher

    19%

    17 of 91 admitted

    This school19%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.03)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    26%

    22 of 86 admitted

    This school26%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.01)

  • San Diego9 pts higher

    34%

    24 of 70 admitted

    This school34%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Santa Barbara24 pts higher

    56%

    35 of 62 admitted

    This school56%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Davis8 pts higher

    45%

    42 of 94 admitted

    This school45%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts higher

    78%

    42 of 54 admitted

    This school78%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.90)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    85%

    50 of 59 admitted

    This school85%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.93)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    55 of 57 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.90)

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

Yerba Buena High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, worse at 4.

  • San Luis Obispo5 pts lower

    25%

    14 of 57 admitted

    This school25%Overall30%

  • Long Beach6 pts lower

    41%

    24 of 58 admitted

    This school41%Overall47%

  • San Jose8 pts higher

    88%

    160 of 182 admitted

    This school88%Overall80%

  • San Francisco5 pts lower

    91%

    32 of 35 admitted

    This school91%Overall96%

  • East Bay7 pts lower

    90%

    27 of 30 admitted

    This school90%Overall97%

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

Any college

77%

323 of 421 graduates

UC or CSU

33%

139 graduates

Community college

40%

170 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC5613%
CSU8320%
CA private college102%
Out of state41%
Community college17040%
Not enrolled9823%
Enrolled in college32377%
Total421100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Filipino
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities, Homeless
See the full report

Advanced Placement

17

AP courses offered

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

50

AP class sections

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

47% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

46%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

195 of 424 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

67 of 370 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 2 classes
  • English: 12 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 5 classes
  • Social science: 22 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 50%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 26%County median 42%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 20%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 11%County median 24%
  • Low-income students 87%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 56%County median 64%

Across California

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