Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High School

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 216 seniors
  • 756 students
Year

UC admit rate

81%

29 of 36 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

13%

29 of 216 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

17%

36 of 216 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

14%

4 of 28 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

33%

5 of 15 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

Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • Los Angeles5 pts higher

    14%

    4 of 28 admitted

    This school14%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.74)

  • Berkeley20 pts higher

    33%

    5 of 15 admitted

    This school33%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 3.91)

  • San Diego4 pts higher

    29%

    5 of 17 admitted

    This school29%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.44)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts higher

    38%

    5 of 13 admitted

    This school38%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.86)

  • DavisAbout the same

    36%

    4 of 11 admitted

    This school36%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.39)

  • Santa Cruz41 pts lower

    30%

    3 of 10 admitted

    This school30%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.50)

  • Riverside5 pts lower

    82%

    14 of 17 admitted

    This school82%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.76 (all applicants 3.48)

  • MercedAbout the same

    93%

    14 of 15 admitted

    This school93%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.48 (all applicants 3.50)

  • too few applicants to report23 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

Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 4.

  • Long Beach28 pts lower

    19%

    7 of 36 admitted

    This school19%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    71%

    15 of 21 admitted

    This school71%Overall74%

  • Dominguez Hills5 pts lower

    86%

    25 of 29 admitted

    This school86%Overall91%

  • Los Angeles22 pts lower

    70%

    28 of 40 admitted

    This school70%Overall92%

  • Northridge12 pts lower

    81%

    39 of 48 admitted

    This school81%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 (160 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

46%

73 of 160 graduates

UC or CSU

22%

35 graduates

Community college

19%

30 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC32%
CSU3220%
CA private college43%
Out of state43%
Community college3019%
Not enrolled8754%
Enrolled in college7346%
Total160100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino
  • 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 28%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 8%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 5%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 2%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 97%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 40%County median 64%

Across California

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