La Serna High School

  • Public
  • Whittier
  • 554 seniors
  • 2,432 students
Year

UC admit rate

69%

110 of 159 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

20%

110 of 554 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

29%

159 of 554 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

7.8%

9 of 115 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

13%

7 of 55 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

La Serna 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

    8%

    9 of 115 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 3.90)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    13%

    7 of 55 admitted

    This school13%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Irvine9 pts lower

    13%

    16 of 122 admitted

    This school13%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.87)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    22%

    23 of 104 admitted

    This school22%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa Barbara9 pts lower

    23%

    21 of 91 admitted

    This school23%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.88)

  • DavisAbout the same

    34%

    16 of 47 admitted

    This school34%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.92)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    72%

    36 of 50 admitted

    This school72%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.77)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    84%

    63 of 75 admitted

    This school84%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    38 of 38 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (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

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

  • San Diego14 pts lower

    20%

    26 of 130 admitted

    This school20%Overall34%

  • Long Beach9 pts higher

    57%

    112 of 198 admitted

    This school57%Overall47%

  • Pomona10 pts higher

    84%

    103 of 123 admitted

    This school84%Overall74%

  • Fullerton7 pts higher

    94%

    182 of 194 admitted

    This school94%Overall87%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    95%

    59 of 62 admitted

    This school95%Overall92%

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

Any college

81%

453 of 558 graduates

UC or CSU

33%

184 graduates

Community college

37%

208 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC529%
CSU13224%
CA private college265%
Out of state356%
Community college20837%
Not enrolled10519%
Enrolled in college45381%
Total558100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, White, Asian
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners, Homeless
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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 71%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 43%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 40%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 20%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 61%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 69%County median 64%

Across California

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