Hercules High School

  • Public
  • Hercules
  • 163 seniors
  • 817 students
Year

UC admit rate

64%

49 of 76 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

30%

49 of 163 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

47%

76 of 163 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

β€”

β€” of 40 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley admit rate

22%

12 of 54 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

Hercules High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 8 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 6.

  • Berkeley9 pts higher

    22%

    12 of 54 admitted

    This school22%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Irvine13 pts lower

    9%

    5 of 54 admitted

    This school9%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.91)

  • San Diego17 pts lower

    8%

    4 of 48 admitted

    This school8%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa Barbara16 pts lower

    17%

    5 of 30 admitted

    This school17%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Davis16 pts lower

    22%

    14 of 65 admitted

    This school22%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Santa Cruz21 pts lower

    50%

    10 of 20 admitted

    This school50%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.71)

  • Riverside6 pts lower

    81%

    25 of 31 admitted

    This school81%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.93)

  • MercedAbout the same

    97%

    31 of 32 admitted

    This school97%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.89)

  • too few applicants to report40 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

Hercules High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 3.

  • San Jose6 pts higher

    86%

    44 of 51 admitted

    This school86%Overall80%

  • SacramentoAbout the same

    97%

    31 of 32 admitted

    This school97%Overall94%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    98%

    41 of 42 admitted

    This school98%Overall96%

  • East BayAbout the same

    95%

    18 of 19 admitted

    This school95%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 (164 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

79%

129 of 164 graduates

UC or CSU

24%

40 graduates

Community college

46%

75 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC2817%
CSU127%
CA private college74%
Out of state74%
Community college7546%
Not enrolled3521%
Enrolled in college12979%
Total164100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Filipino, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
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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 65%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 39%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 34%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 16%County median 10%
  • Low-income students 47%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 70%County median 61%

Across California

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