El Cerrito High School

  • Public
  • El Cerrito
  • 394 seniors
  • 1,361 students
Year

UC admit rate

84%

139 of 165 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

35%

139 of 394 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

42%

165 of 394 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.4%

10 of 106 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

23%

27 of 119 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

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

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    10 of 106 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Berkeley9 pts higher

    23%

    27 of 119 admitted

    This school23%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Irvine16 pts lower

    6%

    5 of 84 admitted

    This school6%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.93)

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    31%

    38 of 123 admitted

    This school31%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts lower

    26%

    29 of 111 admitted

    This school26%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.97)

  • DavisAbout the same

    35%

    46 of 131 admitted

    This school35%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Santa Cruz8 pts higher

    80%

    95 of 119 admitted

    This school80%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    45 of 49 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.79)

  • MercedAbout the same

    97%

    56 of 58 admitted

    This school97%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.84)

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

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

  • San Luis Obispo12 pts lower

    18%

    18 of 100 admitted

    This school18%Overall30%

  • San Diego7 pts higher

    42%

    45 of 108 admitted

    This school42%Overall34%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    80%

    61 of 76 admitted

    This school80%Overall80%

  • Sacramento6 pts lower

    88%

    29 of 33 admitted

    This school88%Overall94%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    93%

    54 of 58 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 (375 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

76%

285 of 375 graduates

UC or CSU

30%

114 graduates

Community college

31%

118 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC6718%
CSU4713%
CA private college123%
Out of state4111%
Community college11831%
Not enrolled9024%
Enrolled in college28576%
Total375100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Black or African American, Two or more races
  • 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 45%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 30%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 24%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 14%County median 10%
  • Low-income students 36%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 61%County median 61%

Across California

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