West Adams Preparatory High School

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 249 seniors
  • 799 students
Year

UC admit rate

91%

79 of 87 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

32%

79 of 249 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

35%

87 of 249 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

13%

7 of 55 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

β€”

β€” of 31 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

West Adams Preparatory High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    13%

    7 of 55 admitted

    This school13%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.10 (all applicants 3.62)

  • Irvine9 pts lower

    13%

    8 of 62 admitted

    This school13%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.61)

  • San Diego23 pts higher

    48%

    11 of 23 admitted

    This school48%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.66)

  • Santa Barbara11 pts lower

    22%

    7 of 32 admitted

    This school22%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.57)

  • DavisAbout the same

    35%

    14 of 40 admitted

    This school35%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.53)

  • Santa Cruz26 pts lower

    45%

    10 of 22 admitted

    This school45%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.55)

  • Riverside4 pts lower

    83%

    54 of 65 admitted

    This school83%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.64 (all applicants 3.58)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    40 of 40 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.57 (all applicants 3.57)

  • too few applicants to report31 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

West Adams Preparatory High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, worse at 2.

  • Long Beach27 pts lower

    20%

    21 of 107 admitted

    This school20%Overall47%

  • Fullerton9 pts lower

    78%

    35 of 45 admitted

    This school78%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills5 pts higher

    96%

    47 of 49 admitted

    This school96%Overall91%

  • Los Angeles6 pts higher

    98%

    106 of 108 admitted

    This school98%Overall92%

  • Northridge4 pts higher

    97%

    69 of 71 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 (237 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

55%

131 of 237 graduates

UC or CSU

44%

104 graduates

Community college

10%

24 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC115%
CSU9339%
CA private college1<1%
Out of state21%
Community college2410%
Not enrolled10645%
Enrolled in college13155%
Total237100%

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 37%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 10%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 11%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 5%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 97%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 72%County median 64%

Across California

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