John F. Kennedy High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  10%

  4 of 41 admitted

  This school10%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.83)

• Berkeley▼5 pts lower

  9%

  4 of 45 admitted

  This school9%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.86)

• Irvine▼5 pts lower

  18%

  6 of 34 admitted

  This school18%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.90)

• San Diego▼10 pts lower

  15%

  6 of 39 admitted

  This school15%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 3.81)

• Santa Barbara≈About the same

  33%

  13 of 39 admitted

  This school33%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.82)

• Davis▼7 pts lower

  30%

  20 of 66 admitted

  This school30%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.81)

• Santa Cruz▲8 pts higher

  79%

  31 of 39 admitted

  This school79%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.80)

• Riverside▼7 pts lower

  80%

  20 of 25 admitted

  This school80%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.75)

• Merced▼4 pts lower

  93%

  25 of 27 admitted

  This school93%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.79)

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).

• San Luis Obispo▲6 pts higher

  36%

  15 of 42 admitted

  This school36%Overall30%

• San Jose▲5 pts higher

  85%

  40 of 47 admitted

  This school85%Overall80%

• Sacramento≈About the same

  95%

  117 of 123 admitted

  This school95%Overall94%

• Chico▼10 pts lower

  84%

  26 of 31 admitted

  This school84%Overall94%

• San Francisco▼11 pts lower

  85%

  29 of 34 admitted

  This school85%Overall96%

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.