Independence High School

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 600 seniors
  • 2,229 students
Year

UC admit rate

79%

89 of 112 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

15%

89 of 600 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

19%

112 of 600 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

7.3%

5 of 69 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

7.7%

6 of 78 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

Independence High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 6 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    7%

    5 of 69 admitted

    This school7%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Berkeley6 pts lower

    8%

    6 of 78 admitted

    This school8%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Irvine12 pts lower

    10%

    8 of 78 admitted

    This school10%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.95)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    23%

    18 of 79 admitted

    This school23%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    34%

    21 of 62 admitted

    This school34%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Davis11 pts higher

    48%

    44 of 91 admitted

    This school48%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    72%

    36 of 50 admitted

    This school72%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.84)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    48 of 54 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.84)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    52 of 54 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.83)

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

Independence High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, worse at 3.

  • San Luis Obispo21 pts lower

    9%

    4 of 44 admitted

    This school9%Overall30%

  • San Jose10 pts higher

    91%

    134 of 148 admitted

    This school91%Overall80%

  • Sacramento6 pts higher

    100%

    23 of 23 admitted

    This school100%Overall94%

  • San Francisco6 pts lower

    90%

    27 of 30 admitted

    This school90%Overall96%

  • East Bay23 pts lower

    73%

    11 of 15 admitted

    This school73%Overall97%

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

Any college

77%

427 of 552 graduates

UC or CSU

31%

173 graduates

Community college

44%

241 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC5610%
CSU11721%
CA private college51%
Out of state81%
Community college24144%
Not enrolled12523%
Enrolled in college42777%
Total552100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Filipino, White, Two or more races
  • 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 62%County median 66%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 31%County median 45%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 29%County median 34%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 12%County median 22%
  • Low-income students 74%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 60%County median 64%

Across California

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