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Palmdale Aerospace Academy

  • Public
  • Palmdale
  • 251 seniors
  • 2,303 students
Year

UC admit rate

72%

46 of 64 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

18%

46 of 251 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

26%

64 of 251 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.7%

4 of 46 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

19%

6 of 31 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

Palmdale Aerospace Academy applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    4 of 46 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.00)

  • Berkeley6 pts higher

    19%

    6 of 31 admitted

    This school19%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Irvine16 pts higher

    38%

    16 of 42 admitted

    This school38%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.01)

  • San Diego16 pts higher

    41%

    15 of 37 admitted

    This school41%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts lower

    28%

    7 of 25 admitted

    This school28%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.86)

  • DavisAbout the same

    40%

    6 of 15 admitted

    This school40%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa Cruz11 pts lower

    60%

    6 of 10 admitted

    This school60%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.10 (all applicants 3.71)

  • Riverside7 pts higher

    94%

    30 of 32 admitted

    This school94%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.98)

  • MercedAbout the same

    93%

    13 of 14 admitted

    This school93%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.96)

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

Palmdale Aerospace Academy applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo17 pts higher

    46%

    13 of 28 admitted

    This school46%Overall30%

  • Long Beach13 pts lower

    34%

    13 of 38 admitted

    This school34%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    71%

    30 of 42 admitted

    This school71%Overall74%

  • Fullerton11 pts lower

    76%

    16 of 21 admitted

    This school76%Overall87%

  • Northridge4 pts higher

    97%

    68 of 70 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 (196 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

79%

154 of 196 graduates

UC or CSU

21%

41 graduates

Community college

56%

109 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC168%
CSU2513%
CA private college42%
Out of state00%
Community college10956%
Not enrolled4221%
Enrolled in college15479%
Total196100%

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, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Where graduates went, as reported by the school

Schools publish these themselves and count different things; each list says what it counts.

Class of 2024: graduates enrolled at 1 top university, 33 colleges in all.

Including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Berkeley.

From the school's profile; last checked Sep 2026.

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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 56%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 23%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 18%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 8%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 73%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 100%County median 64%

Across California

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Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses

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