Hercules High School
- Public
- Hercules
- 163 seniors
- 817 students
UC admit rate
64%
49 of 76 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
30%
49 of 163 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
47%
76 of 163 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
β
β of 40 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley admit rate
22%
12 of 54 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
Hercules High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 8 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 6.
- Berkeley9 pts higher
22%
12 of 54 admitted
This school22%All CA13%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.87)
- Irvine13 pts lower
9%
5 of 54 admitted
This school9%All CA22%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.91)
- San Diego17 pts lower
8%
4 of 48 admitted
This school8%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA β (all applicants 3.83)
- Santa Barbara16 pts lower
17%
5 of 30 admitted
This school17%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 3.91)
- Davis16 pts lower
22%
14 of 65 admitted
This school22%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.81)
- Santa Cruz21 pts lower
50%
10 of 20 admitted
This school50%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.71)
- Riverside6 pts lower
81%
25 of 31 admitted
This school81%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.93)
- MercedAbout the same
97%
31 of 32 admitted
This school97%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.89)
too few applicants to report40 applied
Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campusβs 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
Hercules High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 3.
- San Jose6 pts higher
86%
44 of 51 admitted
This school86%Overall80%
- SacramentoAbout the same
97%
31 of 32 admitted
This school97%Overall94%
- San FranciscoAbout the same
98%
41 of 42 admitted
This school98%Overall96%
- East BayAbout the same
95%
18 of 19 admitted
This school95%Overall97%
Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campusβs 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 (164 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
79%
129 of 164 graduates
UC or CSU
24%
40 graduates
Community college
46%
75 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 28 | 17% |
| CSU | 12 | 7% |
| CA private college | 7 | 4% |
| Out of state | 7 | 4% |
| Community college | 75 | 46% |
| Not enrolled | 35 | 21% |
| Enrolled in college | 129 | 79% |
| Total | 164 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Female, Male
- Race & ethnicity: Filipino, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Black or African American
- Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, and the share of low-income students. AβG is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.
- Juniors meeting the English standard 65%County median 53%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 39%County median 25%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 34%County median 20%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 16%County median 10%
- Low-income students 47%County median 58%
- Graduates completing courses 70%County median 61%
Across California
Other schools in West Contra Costa Unified and nearby
Campus-by-campus detail for 13 campuses
Campus trends over the years, earlier years, and side-by-side views are in the full report.
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