City Arts & Leadership Academy
- Public
- San Francisco
- 115 seniors
- 393 students
UC admit rate
68%
23 of 34 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
20%
23 of 115 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
30%
34 of 115 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
—
— of 14 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley admit rate
—
— of 26 applicants, fall 2025
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
City Arts & Leadership Academy applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.
- San Diego19 pts higher
44%
7 of 16 admitted
This school44%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.79)
- DavisAbout the same
38%
11 of 29 admitted
This school38%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.73)
- Santa Cruz11 pts lower
60%
12 of 20 admitted
This school60%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.64)
- MercedAbout the same
93%
13 of 14 admitted
This school93%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.74)
too few applicants to report26 applied
too few applicants to report14 applied
too few applicants to report13 applied
too few applicants to report6 applied
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).
Where graduates go
Class of 2023 (133 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
76%
101 of 133 graduates
UC or CSU
51%
68 graduates
Community college
19%
25 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 10 | 8% |
| CSU | 58 | 44% |
| CA private college | 7 | 5% |
| Out of state | 1 | 1% |
| Community college | 25 | 19% |
| Not enrolled | 32 | 24% |
| Enrolled in college | 101 | 76% |
| Total | 133 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Male, Female
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American
- Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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 36%County median 53%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 8%County median 20%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 6%County median 18%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 3%County median 6%
- Low-income students 67%County median 66%
- Graduates completing courses 100%County median 66%
Across California
Other schools in San Francisco Unified and nearby
Campus-by-campus detail for 9 campuses
Campus trends over the years, earlier years, and side-by-side views are in the full report.
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