Benjamin Franklin Senior High School

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 273 seniors
  • 1,182 students
Year

UC admit rate

73%

69 of 95 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

25%

69 of 273 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

35%

95 of 273 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.5%

7 of 74 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

12%

5 of 43 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

Benjamin Franklin Senior High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    7 of 74 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.10 (all applicants 3.74)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    5 of 43 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Irvine11 pts lower

    11%

    7 of 62 admitted

    This school11%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.72)

  • San Diego8 pts higher

    33%

    18 of 54 admitted

    This school33%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.69)

  • Santa Barbara18 pts lower

    14%

    8 of 56 admitted

    This school14%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.64)

  • DavisAbout the same

    35%

    13 of 37 admitted

    This school35%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.64)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts lower

    64%

    25 of 39 admitted

    This school64%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.64)

  • Riverside4 pts lower

    83%

    44 of 53 admitted

    This school83%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.72 (all applicants 3.64)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    23 of 23 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.70 (all applicants 3.70)

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

Benjamin Franklin Senior High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • Long Beach13 pts lower

    34%

    34 of 100 admitted

    This school34%Overall47%

  • Pomona14 pts lower

    60%

    33 of 55 admitted

    This school60%Overall74%

  • Los Angeles6 pts higher

    98%

    141 of 144 admitted

    This school98%Overall92%

  • NorthridgeAbout the same

    95%

    91 of 96 admitted

    This school95%Overall93%

  • San Francisco4 pts higher

    100%

    13 of 13 admitted

    This school100%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 (259 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

80%

208 of 259 graduates

UC or CSU

40%

104 graduates

Community college

35%

91 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC197%
CSU8533%
CA private college42%
Out of state93%
Community college9135%
Not enrolled5120%
Enrolled in college20880%
Total259100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
  • 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 58%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 29%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 26%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 13%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 89%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 75%County median 64%

Across California

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