James Lick High School

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 225 seniors
  • 788 students
Year

UC admit rate

83%

15 of 18 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

7%

15 of 225 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

8%

18 of 225 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

too few applicants to report

Fall 2025

UC Berkeley admit rate

27%

4 of 15 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

James Lick High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 2 campuses.

  • Berkeley13 pts higher

    27%

    4 of 15 admitted

    This school27%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 4.11)

  • Davis30 pts higher

    67%

    8 of 12 admitted

    This school67%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.10)

  • too few applicants to report9 applied

  • too few applicants to report9 applied

  • ~92% Β· 3 yrs pooled9 applied

  • too few applicants to report8 applied

  • too few applicants to report7 applied

  • ~62% Β· 3 yrs pooled7 applied

  • too few applicants to reportβ€” 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

James Lick High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo16 pts higher

    45%

    5 of 11 admitted

    This school45%Overall30%

  • San Jose7 pts higher

    87%

    41 of 47 admitted

    This school87%Overall80%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    94%

    15 of 16 admitted

    This school94%Overall96%

  • ~92% Β· 2 yrs pooled8 applied

  • ~100% Β· 2 yrs pooled8 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 (150 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

73%

110 of 150 graduates

UC or CSU

21%

31 graduates

Community college

47%

70 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC53%
CSU2617%
CA private college64%
Out of state32%
Community college7047%
Not enrolled4027%
Enrolled in college11073%
Total150100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Asian
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, 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 39%County median 66%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 8%County median 45%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 12%County median 34%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 22%
  • Low-income students 85%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 47%County median 64%

Across California

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