Palos Verdes High School

  • Public
  • Palos Verdes Estates
  • 337 seniors
  • 1,605 students
Year

UC admit rate

66%

116 of 177 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

34%

116 of 337 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

53%

177 of 337 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

11%

17 of 153 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

21%

25 of 117 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    17 of 153 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.08)

  • Berkeley8 pts higher

    21%

    25 of 117 admitted

    This school21%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.10)

  • Irvine17 pts higher

    39%

    44 of 112 admitted

    This school39%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.05)

  • San Diego7 pts lower

    18%

    25 of 138 admitted

    This school18%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    32%

    48 of 152 admitted

    This school32%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.05)

  • DavisAbout the same

    34%

    33 of 96 admitted

    This school34%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Santa Cruz10 pts higher

    81%

    60 of 74 admitted

    This school81%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.98)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    50 of 57 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.95)

  • MercedAbout the same

    94%

    31 of 33 admitted

    This school94%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.95)

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

Palos Verdes High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo4 pts lower

    26%

    36 of 139 admitted

    This school26%Overall30%

  • San Diego12 pts higher

    47%

    62 of 133 admitted

    This school47%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    50%

    31 of 62 admitted

    This school50%Overall47%

  • Pomona12 pts higher

    86%

    30 of 35 admitted

    This school86%Overall74%

  • ~90% Β· 3 yrs pooled7 applied

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

Any college

90%

321 of 356 graduates

UC or CSU

21%

76 graduates

Community college

25%

90 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC4412%
CSU329%
CA private college319%
Out of state12435%
Community college9025%
Not enrolled3510%
Enrolled in college32190%
Total356100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, 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 78%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 61%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 48%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 41%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 8%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 85%County median 64%

Across California

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