Compton High School

  • Public
  • Compton
  • 277 seniors
  • 1,868 students
Year

UC admit rate

81%

55 of 68 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

20%

55 of 277 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

25%

68 of 277 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

13%

4 of 32 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

β€”

β€” of 31 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

Compton High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    13%

    4 of 32 admitted

    This school13%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.63)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    24%

    12 of 50 admitted

    This school24%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.52)

  • San Diego9 pts lower

    16%

    3 of 19 admitted

    This school16%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.45)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts lower

    25%

    7 of 28 admitted

    This school25%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.45)

  • Davis19 pts lower

    18%

    3 of 17 admitted

    This school18%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.50)

  • Santa Cruz26 pts lower

    45%

    14 of 31 admitted

    This school45%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.76 (all applicants 3.45)

  • Riverside14 pts lower

    73%

    32 of 44 admitted

    This school73%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.50 (all applicants 3.39)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    28 of 28 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.44 (all applicants 3.44)

  • too few applicants to report31 applied

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

Compton High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • Long Beach31 pts higher

    78%

    163 of 209 admitted

    This school78%Overall47%

  • Fullerton9 pts lower

    78%

    70 of 90 admitted

    This school78%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills9 pts higher

    100%

    96 of 96 admitted

    This school100%Overall91%

  • Los Angeles4 pts higher

    96%

    64 of 67 admitted

    This school96%Overall92%

  • NorthridgeAbout the same

    90%

    37 of 41 admitted

    This school90%Overall93%

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

Any college

61%

125 of 204 graduates

UC or CSU

28%

58 graduates

Community college

28%

57 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC73%
CSU5125%
CA private college42%
Out of state63%
Community college5728%
Not enrolled7939%
Enrolled in college12561%
Total204100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American
  • 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 60%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 26%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 20%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 7%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 95%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 50%County median 64%

Across California

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