Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 240 seniors
  • 909 students
Year

UC admit rate

92%

65 of 71 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

27%

65 of 240 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

30%

71 of 240 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

16%

7 of 43 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

25%

6 of 24 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

Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 4.

  • Los Angeles7 pts higher

    16%

    7 of 43 admitted

    This school16%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Berkeley12 pts higher

    25%

    6 of 24 admitted

    This school25%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.83)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    20%

    9 of 45 admitted

    This school20%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.67)

  • San Diego4 pts lower

    21%

    3 of 14 admitted

    This school21%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.57)

  • Santa Barbara15 pts lower

    17%

    7 of 41 admitted

    This school17%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.57)

  • Davis22 pts higher

    59%

    13 of 22 admitted

    This school59%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.59)

  • Santa Cruz41 pts lower

    30%

    6 of 20 admitted

    This school30%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.33)

  • Riverside4 pts lower

    83%

    43 of 52 admitted

    This school83%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.69 (all applicants 3.63)

  • MercedAbout the same

    93%

    42 of 45 admitted

    This school93%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.61 (all applicants 3.56)

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

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

  • Long Beach26 pts lower

    21%

    19 of 92 admitted

    This school21%Overall47%

  • Fullerton9 pts lower

    78%

    39 of 50 admitted

    This school78%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills6 pts higher

    97%

    93 of 96 admitted

    This school97%Overall91%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    93%

    104 of 112 admitted

    This school93%Overall92%

  • Northridge7 pts lower

    86%

    56 of 65 admitted

    This school86%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 (219 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

48%

106 of 219 graduates

UC or CSU

32%

70 graduates

Community college

15%

32 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC2210%
CSU4822%
CA private college1<1%
Out of state31%
Community college3215%
Not enrolled11352%
Enrolled in college10648%
Total219100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • 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 33%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 13%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 11%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 98%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 55%County median 64%

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