Arcadia High School

  • Public
  • Arcadia
  • 817 seniors
  • 2,881 students
Year

UC admit rate

85%

420 of 495 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

51%

420 of 817 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

61%

495 of 817 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.3%

39 of 421 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

14%

51 of 371 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

Arcadia High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 6 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    39 of 421 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.97)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    51 of 371 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Irvine5 pts lower

    18%

    77 of 432 admitted

    This school18%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.94)

  • San Diego8 pts lower

    16%

    71 of 432 admitted

    This school16%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    33%

    127 of 385 admitted

    This school33%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.92)

  • DavisAbout the same

    41%

    130 of 321 admitted

    This school41%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    69%

    158 of 230 admitted

    This school69%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Riverside4 pts higher

    91%

    342 of 376 admitted

    This school91%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.90)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    172 of 176 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.88)

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

Arcadia High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    32%

    69 of 214 admitted

    This school32%Overall34%

  • Long Beach10 pts higher

    57%

    130 of 229 admitted

    This school57%Overall47%

  • Pomona13 pts higher

    87%

    183 of 210 admitted

    This school87%Overall74%

  • Fullerton6 pts higher

    93%

    161 of 174 admitted

    This school93%Overall87%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    95%

    94 of 99 admitted

    This school95%Overall92%

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

Any college

90%

643 of 717 graduates

UC or CSU

32%

229 graduates

Community college

39%

279 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC15622%
CSU7310%
CA private college608%
Out of state7510%
Community college27939%
Not enrolled7410%
Enrolled in college64390%
Total717100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, Hispanic or Latino, White, Black or African American, Filipino, Race not reported
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, 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 67%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 62%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 37%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 39%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 30%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 63%County median 64%

Across California

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Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses

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