KIPP Esperanza High School

  • Public
  • East Palo Alto
  • 57 seniors
  • 178 students
Year

UC admit rate

88%

28 of 32 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

49%

28 of 57 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

56%

32 of 57 seniors

County median 42%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

too few applicants to report

Fall 2025

UC Berkeley admit rate

—

— of 14 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

KIPP Esperanza High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 4 campuses, worse at 3.

  • Davis20 pts lower

    17%

    4 of 24 admitted

    This school17%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.64)

  • Santa Cruz33 pts lower

    39%

    7 of 18 admitted

    This school39%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.53)

  • Riverside13 pts higher

    100%

    10 of 10 admitted

    This school100%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.43 (all applicants 3.43)

  • Merced4 pts lower

    93%

    25 of 27 admitted

    This school93%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.52 (all applicants 3.50)

  • too few applicants to report14 applied

  • too few applicants to report9 applied

  • too few applicants to report9 applied

  • too few applicants to report9 applied

  • too few applicants to report6 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

KIPP Esperanza High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • San JoseAbout the same

    83%

    34 of 41 admitted

    This school83%Overall80%

  • Monterey Bay5 pts higher

    100%

    22 of 22 admitted

    This school100%Overall95%

  • East Bay4 pts lower

    92%

    36 of 39 admitted

    This school92%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.

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, and the share of low-income students. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 48%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 33%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 23%County median 34%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 10%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 93%County median 35%

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