University Preparatory Academy Charter

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 114 seniors
  • 731 students
Year

UC admit rate

75%

62 of 83 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

54%

62 of 114 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

73%

83 of 114 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.1%

5 of 55 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

13%

7 of 53 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

University Preparatory Academy Charter applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 6.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    5 of 55 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.87)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    13%

    7 of 53 admitted

    This school13%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Irvine5 pts lower

    17%

    11 of 63 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.81)

  • San Diego16 pts lower

    9%

    5 of 58 admitted

    This school9%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Santa Barbara15 pts lower

    18%

    10 of 57 admitted

    This school18%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Davis9 pts lower

    28%

    16 of 57 admitted

    This school28%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Santa Cruz4 pts higher

    75%

    36 of 48 admitted

    This school75%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Riverside4 pts lower

    83%

    34 of 41 admitted

    This school83%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.68)

  • Merced4 pts lower

    93%

    25 of 27 admitted

    This school93%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.75 (all applicants 3.66)

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

University Preparatory Academy Charter applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo17 pts lower

    13%

    5 of 40 admitted

    This school13%Overall30%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    45%

    23 of 51 admitted

    This school45%Overall47%

  • San Jose6 pts lower

    74%

    62 of 84 admitted

    This school74%Overall80%

  • Monterey Bay5 pts higher

    100%

    19 of 19 admitted

    This school100%Overall95%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    98%

    40 of 41 admitted

    This school98%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 (115 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

90%

103 of 115 graduates

UC or CSU

60%

69 graduates

Community college

11%

13 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC2824%
CSU4136%
CA private college109%
Out of state1110%
Community college1311%
Not enrolled1210%
Enrolled in college10390%
Total115100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income
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Where graduates went, as reported by the school

Schools publish these themselves and count different things; each list says what it counts.

Class of 2026: graduates admitted to 3 Ivy League and 11 other top universities, 73 colleges in all.

Including Yale, Brown University and Cornell University.

From the school's matriculation list; last checked Sep 2026.

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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 87%County median 66%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 62%County median 45%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 52%County median 34%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 46%County median 22%
  • Low-income students 27%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 100%County median 64%

Across California

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Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses

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