James Lick High School
- Public
- San Jose
- 225 seniors
- 788 students
UC admit rate
83%
15 of 18 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
7%
15 of 225 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
8%
18 of 225 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
UC Berkeley admit rate
27%
4 of 15 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
James Lick High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 2 campuses.
- Berkeley13 pts higher
27%
4 of 15 admitted
This school27%All CA13%
Admitted students' average GPA β (all applicants 4.11)
- Davis30 pts higher
67%
8 of 12 admitted
This school67%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.10)
too few applicants to report9 applied
too few applicants to report9 applied
~92% Β· 3 yrs pooled9 applied
too few applicants to report8 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
~62% Β· 3 yrs pooled7 applied
too few applicants to reportβ applied
Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campusβs 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
James Lick High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1.
- San Luis Obispo16 pts higher
45%
5 of 11 admitted
This school45%Overall30%
- San Jose7 pts higher
87%
41 of 47 admitted
This school87%Overall80%
- San FranciscoAbout the same
94%
15 of 16 admitted
This school94%Overall96%
~92% Β· 2 yrs pooled8 applied
~100% Β· 2 yrs pooled8 applied
Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campusβs 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 (150 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
73%
110 of 150 graduates
UC or CSU
21%
31 graduates
Community college
47%
70 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 5 | 3% |
| CSU | 26 | 17% |
| CA private college | 6 | 4% |
| Out of state | 3 | 2% |
| Community college | 70 | 47% |
| Not enrolled | 40 | 27% |
| Enrolled in college | 110 | 73% |
| Total | 150 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Female, Male
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Asian
- Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, and the share of low-income students. AβG is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.
- Juniors meeting the English standard 39%County median 66%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 8%County median 45%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 12%County median 34%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 22%
- Low-income students 85%County median 47%
- Graduates completing courses 47%County median 64%
Across California
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Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses
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