John F. Kennedy High School

  • Public
  • Richmond
  • 203 seniors
  • 625 students
Year

UC admit rate

75%

18 of 24 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

9%

18 of 203 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

12%

24 of 203 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

β€”

β€” of 11 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley admit rate

20%

4 of 20 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

John F. Kennedy High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • Berkeley7 pts higher

    20%

    4 of 20 admitted

    This school20%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.73)

  • DavisAbout the same

    39%

    7 of 18 admitted

    This school39%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.69)

  • Santa Cruz14 pts lower

    58%

    11 of 19 admitted

    This school58%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.62)

  • Riverside7 pts lower

    80%

    12 of 15 admitted

    This school80%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.65)

  • Merced11 pts lower

    86%

    12 of 14 admitted

    This school86%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.69)

  • too few applicants to report11 applied

  • too few applicants to report7 applied

  • too few applicants to report7 applied

  • too few applicants to report5 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

John F. Kennedy High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • San Jose8 pts lower

    72%

    18 of 25 admitted

    This school72%Overall80%

  • Sacramento12 pts lower

    82%

    18 of 22 admitted

    This school82%Overall94%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    94%

    29 of 31 admitted

    This school94%Overall96%

  • too few applicants to report4 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 (133 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

42%

56 of 133 graduates

UC or CSU

19%

25 graduates

Community college

22%

29 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC1612%
CSU97%
CA private college22%
Out of state00%
Community college2922%
Not enrolled7758%
Enrolled in college5642%
Total133100%

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, English learners
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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 16%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 9%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 1%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 10%
  • Low-income students 78%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 32%County median 61%

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