Piedmont Hills High School

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 494 seniors
  • 1,866 students
Year

UC admit rate

79%

157 of 198 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

32%

157 of 494 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

40%

198 of 494 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.3%

12 of 145 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

10%

15 of 150 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    12 of 145 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.95)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    10%

    15 of 150 admitted

    This school10%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Irvine6 pts lower

    16%

    27 of 166 admitted

    This school16%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.88)

  • San Diego7 pts lower

    18%

    28 of 160 admitted

    This school18%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts lower

    27%

    33 of 123 admitted

    This school27%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.88)

  • Davis14 pts lower

    23%

    38 of 168 admitted

    This school23%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Santa Cruz8 pts lower

    64%

    68 of 107 admitted

    This school64%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    106 of 115 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.85)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    100 of 102 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.85)

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

Piedmont Hills High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo20 pts lower

    10%

    10 of 102 admitted

    This school10%Overall30%

  • Pomona7 pts higher

    81%

    43 of 53 admitted

    This school81%Overall74%

  • San Jose5 pts higher

    85%

    179 of 211 admitted

    This school85%Overall80%

  • Fullerton4 pts higher

    90%

    28 of 31 admitted

    This school90%Overall87%

  • San Francisco4 pts lower

    93%

    37 of 40 admitted

    This school93%Overall96%

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

Any college

90%

389 of 434 graduates

UC or CSU

36%

156 graduates

Community college

46%

201 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC6014%
CSU9622%
CA private college123%
Out of state205%
Community college20146%
Not enrolled4510%
Enrolled in college38990%
Total434100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Filipino, White, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, Homeless, English learners
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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 75%County median 66%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 56%County median 45%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 51%County median 34%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 33%County median 22%
  • Low-income students 48%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 67%County median 64%

Across California

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