Mervyn M. Dymally High School

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 168 seniors
  • 580 students
Year

UC admit rate

78%

25 of 32 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

15%

25 of 168 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

19%

32 of 168 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

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β€” of 28 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley admit rate

β€”

β€” of 13 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

Mervyn M. Dymally High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • IrvineAbout the same

    24%

    5 of 21 admitted

    This school24%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.73)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    26%

    5 of 19 admitted

    This school26%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.56)

  • Riverside10 pts lower

    77%

    20 of 26 admitted

    This school77%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.73 (all applicants 3.58)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    14 of 14 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.88)

  • too few applicants to report28 applied

  • too few applicants to report13 applied

  • ~57% Β· 3 yrs pooled9 applied

  • too few applicants to report7 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

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

  • Long Beach23 pts lower

    24%

    12 of 49 admitted

    This school24%Overall47%

  • Pomona5 pts lower

    69%

    11 of 16 admitted

    This school69%Overall74%

  • Dominguez HillsAbout the same

    92%

    34 of 37 admitted

    This school92%Overall91%

  • Los Angeles5 pts higher

    97%

    34 of 35 admitted

    This school97%Overall92%

  • NorthridgeAbout the same

    97%

    28 of 29 admitted

    This school97%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 (124 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

31%

38 of 124 graduates

UC or CSU

8%

10 graduates

Community college

18%

22 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC22%
CSU86%
CA private college43%
Out of state22%
Community college2218%
Not enrolled8669%
Enrolled in college3831%
Total124100%

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, 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 40%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 14%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 15%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 3%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 99%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 35%County median 64%

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