La Canada High School

  • Public
  • La Canada
  • 355 seniors
  • 2,007 students
Year

UC admit rate

72%

182 of 252 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

51%

182 of 355 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

71%

252 of 355 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

10%

22 of 220 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

12%

21 of 170 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

La Canada High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    22 of 220 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.98)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    21 of 170 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Irvine10 pts lower

    13%

    23 of 180 admitted

    This school13%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.94)

  • San Diego6 pts lower

    19%

    40 of 208 admitted

    This school19%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    29%

    61 of 210 admitted

    This school29%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Davis7 pts lower

    30%

    44 of 147 admitted

    This school30%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    73%

    93 of 128 admitted

    This school73%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    95 of 103 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.87)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    56 of 57 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.87)

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

La Canada High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo6 pts lower

    24%

    36 of 152 admitted

    This school24%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    34%

    46 of 137 admitted

    This school34%Overall34%

  • Pomona12 pts higher

    86%

    74 of 86 admitted

    This school86%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    86%

    38 of 44 admitted

    This school86%Overall87%

  • Northridge7 pts higher

    100%

    34 of 34 admitted

    This school100%Overall93%

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 (309 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

92%

284 of 309 graduates

UC or CSU

26%

80 graduates

Community college

24%

73 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC5417%
CSU268%
CA private college3311%
Out of state9832%
Community college7324%
Not enrolled258%
Enrolled in college28492%
Total309100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races
  • 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 94%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 81%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 70%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 58%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 6%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 91%County median 64%

Across California

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