Whittier High School

  • Public
  • Whittier
  • 406 seniors
  • 1,556 students
Year

UC admit rate

66%

70 of 106 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

17%

70 of 406 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

26%

106 of 406 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

6.3%

5 of 79 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

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β€” of 42 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

Whittier High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 8 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    6%

    5 of 79 admitted

    This school6%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 3.88)

  • Irvine8 pts lower

    14%

    11 of 77 admitted

    This school14%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.86)

  • San Diego12 pts higher

    37%

    25 of 68 admitted

    This school37%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts lower

    27%

    14 of 51 admitted

    This school27%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.86)

  • DavisAbout the same

    41%

    15 of 37 admitted

    This school41%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa Cruz4 pts higher

    76%

    22 of 29 admitted

    This school76%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.73)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    86%

    25 of 29 admitted

    This school86%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.80)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    25 of 26 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.75 (all applicants 3.72)

  • too few applicants to report42 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

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

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    48%

    56 of 117 admitted

    This school48%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    74%

    56 of 76 admitted

    This school74%Overall74%

  • Fullerton5 pts higher

    91%

    86 of 94 admitted

    This school91%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills4 pts lower

    88%

    28 of 32 admitted

    This school88%Overall91%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    91%

    64 of 70 admitted

    This school91%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 (390 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

77%

302 of 390 graduates

UC or CSU

24%

92 graduates

Community college

50%

196 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC226%
CSU7018%
CA private college92%
Out of state51%
Community college19650%
Not enrolled8823%
Enrolled in college30277%
Total390100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
  • 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 64%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 42%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 28%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 14%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 84%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 60%County median 64%

Across California

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