KIPP Esperanza High School
- Public
- East Palo Alto
- 57 seniors
- 178 students
UC admit rate
88%
28 of 32 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
49%
28 of 57 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
56%
32 of 57 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
UC Berkeley admit rate
—
— of 14 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
KIPP Esperanza High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 4 campuses, worse at 3.
- Davis20 pts lower
17%
4 of 24 admitted
This school17%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.64)
- Santa Cruz33 pts lower
39%
7 of 18 admitted
This school39%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.53)
- Riverside13 pts higher
100%
10 of 10 admitted
This school100%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.43 (all applicants 3.43)
- Merced4 pts lower
93%
25 of 27 admitted
This school93%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.52 (all applicants 3.50)
too few applicants to report14 applied
too few applicants to report9 applied
too few applicants to report9 applied
too few applicants to report9 applied
too few applicants to report6 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
KIPP Esperanza High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 3 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.
- San JoseAbout the same
83%
34 of 41 admitted
This school83%Overall80%
- Monterey Bay5 pts higher
100%
22 of 22 admitted
This school100%Overall95%
- East Bay4 pts lower
92%
36 of 39 admitted
This school92%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.
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, and the share of low-income students. The tick is the county median.
- Juniors meeting the English standard 48%County median 64%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 33%County median 40%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 23%County median 34%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 10%County median 18%
- Low-income students 93%County median 35%
Across California
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Campus-by-campus detail for 12 campuses
Campus trends over the years, earlier years, and side-by-side views are in the full report.
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