Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School

  • Public
  • San Francisco
  • 252 seniors
  • 1,015 students
Year

UC admit rate

76%

71 of 93 applicants, fall 2025

County median 77%

Seniors admitted to a UC

28%

71 of 252 seniors

County median 45%

Seniors who applied to UC

37%

93 of 252 seniors

County median 60%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

5.0%

3 of 60 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

5.1%

4 of 79 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

Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 3.

  • Los Angeles5 pts lower

    5%

    3 of 60 admitted

    This school5%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.96)

  • Berkeley8 pts lower

    5%

    4 of 79 admitted

    This school5%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.93)

  • Irvine9 pts lower

    14%

    8 of 58 admitted

    This school14%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 4.00)

  • San Diego27 pts higher

    52%

    29 of 56 admitted

    This school52%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts higher

    39%

    18 of 46 admitted

    This school39%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Davis12 pts higher

    49%

    42 of 85 admitted

    This school49%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    69%

    31 of 45 admitted

    This school69%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.88)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    86%

    24 of 28 admitted

    This school86%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.92)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    39 of 40 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.97)

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

Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo29 pts higher

    59%

    24 of 41 admitted

    This school59%Overall30%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    83%

    72 of 87 admitted

    This school83%Overall80%

  • Sacramento4 pts higher

    98%

    47 of 48 admitted

    This school98%Overall94%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    95%

    101 of 106 admitted

    This school95%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 (226 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

78%

176 of 226 graduates

UC or CSU

45%

101 graduates

Community college

31%

71 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC4018%
CSU6127%
CA private college31%
Out of state1<1%
Community college7131%
Not enrolled5022%
Enrolled in college17678%
Total226100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Filipino, Black or African American, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities, Homeless
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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 56%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 26%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 22%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 12%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 66%County median 66%
  • Graduates completing courses 62%County median 66%

Across California

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Campus-by-campus detail for 13 campuses

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