Santa Teresa High School

  • Public
  • San Jose
  • 539 seniors
  • 2,205 students
Year

UC admit rate

79%

125 of 159 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

23%

125 of 539 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

30%

159 of 539 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.0%

9 of 100 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

13%

14 of 104 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

Santa Teresa High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 8.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    9 of 100 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 4.00)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    13%

    14 of 104 admitted

    This school13%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.96)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    20%

    24 of 118 admitted

    This school20%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.96)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    24%

    29 of 120 admitted

    This school24%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    32%

    33 of 103 admitted

    This school32%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.95)

  • DavisAbout the same

    34%

    39 of 116 admitted

    This school34%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    70%

    62 of 89 admitted

    This school70%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    73 of 79 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.90)

  • MercedAbout the same

    94%

    48 of 51 admitted

    This school94%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.79)

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

Santa Teresa High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo16 pts lower

    14%

    15 of 107 admitted

    This school14%Overall30%

  • San Diego6 pts lower

    28%

    33 of 116 admitted

    This school28%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    49%

    47 of 96 admitted

    This school49%Overall47%

  • San Jose8 pts higher

    88%

    174 of 198 admitted

    This school88%Overall80%

  • Fullerton11 pts higher

    98%

    39 of 40 admitted

    This school98%Overall87%

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

Any college

81%

422 of 521 graduates

UC or CSU

30%

154 graduates

Community college

42%

218 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC7114%
CSU8316%
CA private college204%
Out of state306%
Community college21842%
Not enrolled9919%
Enrolled in college42281%
Total521100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Asian, White, Two or more races, Filipino, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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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 74%County median 66%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 50%County median 45%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 40%County median 34%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 27%County median 22%
  • Low-income students 47%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 58%County median 64%

Across California

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