Academy of the Canyons

  • Public
  • Santa Clarita
  • 97 seniors
  • 375 students
Year

UC admit rate

81%

55 of 68 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

57%

55 of 97 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

70%

68 of 97 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

16%

9 of 57 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

15%

7 of 47 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

Academy of the Canyons applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • Los Angeles6 pts higher

    16%

    9 of 57 admitted

    This school16%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.04)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    15%

    7 of 47 admitted

    This school15%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Irvine8 pts lower

    15%

    8 of 55 admitted

    This school15%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.05)

  • San Diego14 pts lower

    11%

    6 of 57 admitted

    This school11%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts higher

    36%

    17 of 47 admitted

    This school36%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Davis24 pts higher

    61%

    19 of 31 admitted

    This school61%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 4.09)

  • Santa Cruz14 pts higher

    85%

    17 of 20 admitted

    This school85%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.02 (all applicants 3.89)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    87%

    27 of 31 admitted

    This school87%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    24 of 24 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.97)

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

Academy of the Canyons applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo6 pts lower

    24%

    6 of 25 admitted

    This school24%Overall30%

  • San Diego17 pts lower

    17%

    5 of 29 admitted

    This school17%Overall34%

  • Long Beach21 pts higher

    68%

    26 of 38 admitted

    This school68%Overall47%

  • Northridge7 pts higher

    100%

    33 of 33 admitted

    This school100%Overall93%

  • too few applicants to report7 applied

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

Any college

92%

85 of 92 graduates

UC or CSU

35%

32 graduates

Community college

22%

20 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC2022%
CSU1213%
CA private college1617%
Out of state1718%
Community college2022%
Not enrolled78%
Enrolled in college8592%
Total92100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, White, Hispanic or Latino, Filipino
  • Student need: Low-income
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Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, 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 97%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 78%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 77%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 41%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 19%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 95%County median 64%

Across California

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