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Rank California high schools by UC outcomes — statewide or within a county. Click any school to view its full profile.

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🏆 Top 10 in Santa Clara County — UC Reach

Santa Clara County · 2025 · ≥50 seniors
What is UC Reach? UC Reach = unique top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class size — the share of a school's entire graduating class that reaches the six most selective UCs (Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis). It's a better gauge of school-wide success than admit rate, which only reflects the handful of students who applied.
Why it beats admit rate: if 6 students apply to the top UCs and all get in, that's a 100% admit rate — but at a 1,000-senior school it's a UC Reach of just 0.6% (6 ÷ 1,000). By contrast, a school where 250 of 1,000 seniors land a top-UC admit has a 25% UC Reach — far stronger, even though its admit rate is lower.
Why some schools are over 100%? Out of every 100 seniors at these schools, the class is generating more than 100 admissions to the six most selective UCs — meaning the typical strong student is getting in at multiple top campuses (UCLA + UCSD, or Berkeley + UCSB + Irvine, for example). It's a rare achievement: fewer than 1% of California high schools clear 100% UC Reach.
1 Castilleja School · Palo Alto 113.7% 2 Valley Christian High School · San Jose 95.7% 3 Lynbrook High School · San Jose 85.7% 4 Monta Vista High School · Cupertino 85.5% 5 Cupertino High School · Cupertino 77.7% 6 Saratoga High School · Saratoga 72.9% 7 Palo Alto Senior High School · Palo Alto 69.9% 8 Archbishop Mitty High School · San Jose 65.5% 9 The Kings Academy · Sunnyvale 64.8% 10 Leland High School · San Jose 61.3%

Leaderboards by type — Santa Clara County (2025)

Top and bottom schools by UC Reach, split public/charter vs private (≥50 seniors). Scoped to Santa Clara County — change the County filter above to rescope.

▲ Top 10 Public + Charter

Santa Clara County

1
Lynbrook High School
San Jose · Public
 85.7%
2
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino · Public
 85.5%
3
Cupertino High School
Cupertino · Public
 77.7%
4
Saratoga High School
Saratoga · Public
 72.9%
5
Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto · Public
 69.9%
6
Leland High School
San Jose · Public
 61.3%
7
Homestead High School
Cupertino · Public
 54.6%
8
Los Altos High
· Public
 54.3%
9
Leigh High School
San Jose · Public
 47.1%
10
Evergreen Valley High School
San Jose · Public
 43.5%

▲ Top 10 Private

Santa Clara County

1
Castilleja School
Palo Alto · Private
 113.7%
2
Valley Christian High School
San Jose · Private
 95.7%
3
Archbishop Mitty High School
San Jose · Private
 65.5%
4
The Kings Academy
Sunnyvale · Private
 64.8%
5
Presentation High School
San Jose · Private
 42.7%
6
Bellarmine College Preparatory
San Jose · Private
 41.5%
7
Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit Hs
San Jose · Private
 35.2%

▼ Bottom 10 Public + Charter

Santa Clara County

1
Ace Charter High School
San Jose · Public
 3.3%
2
San Jose High School
San Jose · Public
 7.9%
3
James Lick High School
San Jose · Public
 8.0%
4
Alpha Cindy Avitia High School
San Jose · Public
 9.6%
5
Gilroy High School
Gilroy · Public
 9.8%
6
Del Mar High School
San Jose · Public
 10.4%
7
William C. Overfelt High
· Public
 11.8%
8
Andrew P Hill High School
San Jose · Public
 12.0%
9
Christopher High School
Gilroy · Public
 13.1%
10
Oak Grove High School
San Jose · Public
 14.4%

▼ Bottom 10 Private

Santa Clara County

1
Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit Hs
San Jose · Private
 35.2%
2
Bellarmine College Preparatory
San Jose · Private
 41.5%
3
Presentation High School
San Jose · Private
 42.7%
4
The Kings Academy
Sunnyvale · Private
 64.8%
5
Archbishop Mitty High School
San Jose · Private
 65.5%
6
Valley Christian High School
San Jose · Private
 95.7%
7
Castilleja School
Palo Alto · Private
 113.7%

Top 10 by individual UC campus — Santa Clara County · 2025

Where each UC campus lands its admits, as a share of each high school's senior class. Same 50-senior floor.

Top 10 — UCB Reach

UC Berkeley

1
Castilleja School
Palo Alto · Private
 17.6%
2
Valley Christian High School
San Jose · Private
 8.9%
3
Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto · Public
 8.3%
4
Lynbrook High School
San Jose · Public
 8.1%
5
Leland High School
San Jose · Public
 8.1%
6
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino · Public
 7.3%
7
Cupertino High School
Cupertino · Public
 7.1%
8
The Kings Academy
Sunnyvale · Private
 6.8%
9
Saratoga High School
Saratoga · Public
 6.3%
10
Los Altos High
· Public
 5.9%

Top 10 — UCLA Reach

UCLA

1
Castilleja School
Palo Alto · Private
 9.8%
2
Valley Christian High School
San Jose · Private
 6.5%
3
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino · Public
 6.2%
4
Saratoga High School
Saratoga · Public
 6.0%
5
Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto · Public
 5.5%
6
Lynbrook High School
San Jose · Public
 5.5%
7
Cupertino High School
Cupertino · Public
 5.3%
8
Archbishop Mitty High School
San Jose · Private
 5.2%
9
Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit Hs
San Jose · Private
 4.5%
10
Leigh High School
San Jose · Public
 4.4%

Top 10 — UCSD Reach

UC San Diego

1
Valley Christian High School
San Jose · Private
 18.3%
2
Castilleja School
Palo Alto · Private
 13.7%
3
Mission Early College High Sch
Santa Clara · Public
 11.9%
4
Kipp San Jose Collegiate
San Jose · Public
 11.7%
5
Saratoga High School
Saratoga · Public
 11.1%
6
Lynbrook High School
San Jose · Public
 10.5%
7
Cupertino High School
Cupertino · Public
 10.1%
8
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino · Public
 9.9%
9
Homestead High School
Cupertino · Public
 8.8%
10
Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto · Public
 8.7%

Top 10 — UCSB Reach

UC Santa Barbara

1
Lynbrook High School
San Jose · Public
 29.0%
2
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino · Public
 27.5%
3
Valley Christian High School
San Jose · Private
 27.5%
4
Castilleja School
Palo Alto · Private
 27.5%
5
Cupertino High School
Cupertino · Public
 23.5%
6
Saratoga High School
Saratoga · Public
 23.5%
7
Archbishop Mitty High School
San Jose · Private
 20.7%
8
Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto · Public
 19.6%
9
Leland High School
San Jose · Public
 17.7%
10
Los Altos High
· Public
 17.2%

Top 10 — UCI Reach

UC Irvine

1
Castilleja School
Palo Alto · Private
 21.6%
2
Lynbrook High School
San Jose · Public
 21.0%
3
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino · Public
 19.6%
4
Cupertino High School
Cupertino · Public
 17.6%
5
The Kings Academy
Sunnyvale · Private
 14.8%
6
Valley Christian High School
San Jose · Private
 14.7%
7
Archbishop Mitty High School
San Jose · Private
 14.5%
8
Leland High School
San Jose · Public
 12.7%
9
Saratoga High School
Saratoga · Public
 12.0%
10
Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto · Public
 11.7%

Top 10 — UCD Reach

UC Davis

1
Castilleja School
Palo Alto · Private
 23.5%
2
Mission Early College High Sch
Santa Clara · Public
 20.3%
3
Valley Christian High School
San Jose · Private
 19.8%
4
Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto · Public
 16.2%
5
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino · Public
 15.0%
6
The Kings Academy
Sunnyvale · Private
 14.8%
7
Cupertino High School
Cupertino · Public
 14.0%
8
Saratoga High School
Saratoga · Public
 13.9%
9
Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit Hs
San Jose · Private
 13.6%
10
Archbishop Mitty High School
San Jose · Private
 13.1%

Beyond UC Reach — three more lenses on Santa Clara County

UC Reach measures who gets in. These lenses measure the upstream pipeline (A-G), the downstream outcome (UC graduation), the capacity that drives the pipeline (counselors), and reliability over time (consistency). Click any school for its full profile.

Top 10 — A-G Completion

% of graduates meeting UC/CSU course requirements · 2024-25 cohort

1
University Preparatory Academy Charter
· Public
 100.0%
2
Kipp San Jose Collegiate
San Jose · Public
 100.0%
3
Kipp Navigate College Prep
San Jose · Public
 100.0%
4
Dr. Tj Owens Gilroy Early College Academy
· Public
 97.1%
5
Mission Early College High Sch
Santa Clara · Public
 96.6%
6
Alpha Cindy Avitia High School
San Jose · Public
 95.3%
7
Palo Alto High
· Public
 94.1%
8
Lynbrook High School
San Jose · Public
 93.2%
9
Ace Charter High School
San Jose · Public
 92.5%
10
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino · Public
 92.4%

Top 10 — UC 6-Yr Grad Rate

% of UC entrants who finished in 6 years · cohort N ≥ 20

1
Homestead High School
Cupertino · Public
 98.1%
2
Santa Teresa High School
San Jose · Public
 97.7%
3
Lynbrook High School
San Jose · Public
 97.6%
4
Archbishop Mitty High School
San Jose · Private
 97.4%
5
Saratoga High School
Saratoga · Public
 96.4%
6
Independence High School
San Jose · Public
 96.3%
7
Gilroy High School
Gilroy · Public
 96.3%
8
University Prep Academy
San Jose · Public
 96.3%
9
Andrew P Hill High School
San Jose · Public
 96.2%
10
Cupertino High School
Cupertino · Public
 96.0%

Top 10 — Best Counselor Capacity

Lowest students-per-counselor (ASCA target 250:1) · public/charter, ≥500 students

1
Henry M. Gunn High
· Public
 178:1
2
James Lick High School
San Jose · Public
 197:1
3
Saratoga High School
Saratoga · Public
 197:1
4
Mt. Pleasant High
· Public
 233:1
5
Gunderson High
· Public
 275:1
6
Andrew P Hill High School
San Jose · Public
 299:1
7
Yerba Buena High School
San Jose · Public
 311:1
8
Los Altos High
· Public
 315:1
9
Independence High School
San Jose · Public
 318:1
10
Oak Grove High School
San Jose · Public
 322:1

Top 10 — Most Consistent

Lowest UC Reach std-dev across 5 years (above-CA-median mean)

1
Los Altos High
avg 53.9% · σ 1.8
 σ 1.8
2
Los Gatos High School
avg 40.6% · σ 1.82
 σ 1.82
3
Archbishop Mitty High School
avg 63.2% · σ 2.59
 σ 2.59
4
Homestead High School
avg 52.2% · σ 2.78
 σ 2.78
5
Evergreen Valley High School
avg 42.4% · σ 3.29
 σ 3.29
6
Prospect High School
avg 27.8% · σ 4.79
 σ 4.79
7
Milpitas High School
avg 30.6% · σ 4.96
 σ 4.96
8
Leland High School
avg 57.3% · σ 5.58
 σ 5.58
9
Adrian C Wilcox High School
avg 28.3% · σ 6.19
 σ 6.19
10
Bellarmine College Preparatory
avg 34.7% · σ 6.24
 σ 6.24

Top 10 — Private Net Assets

Wealthiest CA private high schools · IRS Form 990 · latest fiscal year

1
Harker School
San Jose · Nonsectarian · FY 2024
 $290.3M
2
Castilleja School
Palo Alto · Nonsectarian · FY 2023
 $146.9M
3
Valley Christian High School
San Jose · Other religious · FY 2023
 $69.7M
4
The Kings Academy
Sunnyvale · Other religious · FY 2023
 $13.4M
5
Khan Lab School
Mountain View · Other religious · FY 2023
 $3.7M
6
Live Oak Academy
Santa Clara · Other religious · FY 2024
 $578,901

Reach momentum — biggest gains & declines over time ⓘ

≥50 seniors · earliest→latest year

Which schools are moving a growing — or shrinking — share of their graduating class into the six most selective UCs. Reflects the current county/type filter.

▲ Biggest gains

SchoolThen → NowΔ
Valley Christian High School
San Jose · Private
 66% '20 → 96% '25 +29.7pp
Castilleja School
Palo Alto · Private
 87% '20 → 114% '25 +27.1pp
Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit Hs
San Jose · Private
 18% '20 → 35% '25 +17.6pp
Leigh High School
San Jose · Public
 30% '18 → 47% '25 +17.4pp
Pioneer High School
San Jose · Public
 19% '18 → 35% '25 +16.8pp
Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto · Public
 54% '18 → 70% '25 +16.1pp
Yerba Buena High School
San Jose · Public
 20% '18 → 34% '25 +13.5pp
The Kings Academy
Sunnyvale · Private
 55% '20 → 65% '25 +10.1pp
Willow Glen High School
San Jose · Public
 20% '18 → 30% '25 +10.0pp
Silver Creek High School
San Jose · Public
 19% '18 → 28% '25 +8.9pp

▼ Biggest declines

SchoolThen → NowΔ
Lynbrook High School
San Jose · Public
 122% '18 → 86% '25 -36.4pp
Presentation High School
San Jose · Private
 73% '20 → 43% '25 -30.2pp
Adrian C Wilcox High School
Santa Clara · Public
 36% '18 → 19% '25 -17.4pp
Kipp San Jose Collegiate
San Jose · Public
 58% '18 → 42% '25 -16.0pp
Leland High School
San Jose · Public
 75% '18 → 61% '25 -13.5pp
Archbishop Mitty High School
San Jose · Private
 78% '20 → 66% '25 -12.6pp
Alpha Cindy Avitia High School
San Jose · Public
 20% '19 → 10% '25 -10.7pp
Fremont High
· Public
 35% '18 → 24% '25 -10.4pp
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino · Public
 94% '18 → 86% '25 -8.7pp
San Jose High School
San Jose · Public
 16% '18 → 8% '25 -8.3pp

Demand momentum — biggest gaps vs the county baseline ⓘ

grade-12 enrollment Δ vs. county · ≥80 students

The demographic tide is shrinking CA enrollment ~10% over 7 years statewide, so absolute decline alone is noise. The gap vs the county baseline is the actionable signal — schools losing share faster than their demographic floor are the ones to watch. Reflects the current county/type filter.

▲ Outperforming the county the most

SchoolSchool · CountyGap
Kipp San Jose Collegiate
San Jose · Santa Clara · Public  Best in class
 +38.0% vs -6.2% +44.1pp
Branham High School
San Jose · Santa Clara · Public  Best in class
 +30.4% vs -6.2% +36.6pp
Gilroy High School
Gilroy · Santa Clara · Public  Demand hides churn
 +23.1% vs -6.2% +29.2pp
Del Mar High School
San Jose · Santa Clara · Public  Strong demand
 +22.1% vs -6.2% +28.2pp
Ace Charter High School
San Jose · Santa Clara · Public  Demand hides churn
 +19.0% vs -6.2% +25.2pp
Leigh High School
San Jose · Santa Clara · Public  Best in class
 +17.6% vs -6.2% +23.7pp
Westmont High School
Campbell · Santa Clara · Public  Best in class
 +12.0% vs -6.2% +18.1pp
Luis Valdez Leadership Academy
San Jose · Santa Clara · Public  Demand hides churn
 +6.3% vs -6.2% +12.5pp
Los Gatos High School
Los Gatos · Santa Clara · Public  Best in class
 +5.3% vs -6.2% +11.5pp
Los Altos High
· Santa Clara · Public  Best in class
 +4.5% vs -6.2% +10.7pp

▼ Underperforming the county the most

SchoolSchool · CountyGap
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino · Santa Clara · Public  Sharp downturn
 -30.6% vs -6.2% -24.4pp
Independence High School
San Jose · Santa Clara · Public  Compounding decline
 -23.7% vs -6.2% -17.6pp
Oak Grove High School
San Jose · Santa Clara · Public  Compounding decline
 -20.9% vs -6.2% -14.7pp
Leland High School
San Jose · Santa Clara · Public  Sharp downturn
 -19.0% vs -6.2% -12.9pp
Abraham Lincoln High
· Santa Clara · Public  Compounding decline
 -16.6% vs -6.2% -10.5pp
Silver Creek High School
San Jose · Santa Clara · Public  Sharp downturn
 -16.5% vs -6.2% -10.3pp
Piedmont Hills High School
San Jose · Santa Clara · Public  Weak at the gate
 -15.4% vs -6.2% -9.2pp
Cupertino High School
Cupertino · Santa Clara · Public  Weak at the gate
 -12.7% vs -6.2% -6.6pp
San Jose High School
San Jose · Santa Clara · Public  Both ends slipping
 -10.9% vs -6.2% -4.8pp
Pioneer High School
San Jose · Santa Clara · Public  Weak at the gate
 -10.1% vs -6.2% -3.9pp

GPA Performance — over/under their predicted UC admit rate ⓘ

36 schools eligible · 2025

Each dot is one school. The diagonal is the per-campus GPA expectation — points above it admit students at higher rates than their GPA mix predicts; points below admit at lower rates. Schools need ≥30 top-6 UC applications and data across ≥3 campuses to appear.

▲ Top 10 outperformers

School GPA Actual Δ vs exp.
James Lick High School
San Jose · Public
 4.09 40.9% +20.8pp
Andrew P Hill High School
San Jose · Public
 3.93 32.0% +8.6pp
Yerba Buena High School
San Jose · Public
 4.02 31.4% +8.6pp
Gilroy High School
Gilroy · Public
 3.88 29.1% +6.4pp
William C. Overfelt High
· Public
 3.79 26.5% +6.4pp
Latino College Prep Academy
San Jose · Public
 3.89 25.7% +6.3pp
Mission Early College High Sch
Santa Clara · Public
 4.05 31.6% +4.7pp
Abraham Lincoln High
· Public
 3.99 22.7% +1.0pp
Willow Glen High School
San Jose · Public
 4.05 24.6% +1.0pp
Del Mar High School
San Jose · Public
 3.95 25.0% +0.7pp

▼ Top 10 underperformers

School GPA Actual Δ vs exp.
Fremont High
· Public
 4.02 15.4% -7.1pp
Adrian C Wilcox High School
Santa Clara · Public
 3.91 16.7% -6.9pp
Milpitas High School
Milpitas · Public
 3.87 15.2% -6.1pp
Los Gatos High School
Los Gatos · Public
 3.95 15.6% -6.1pp
Evergreen Valley High School
San Jose · Public
 3.87 15.3% -5.9pp
Homestead High School
Cupertino · Public
 4.04 18.1% -5.1pp
Lynbrook High School
San Jose · Public
 4.07 19.0% -4.7pp
Piedmont Hills High School
San Jose · Public
 3.91 16.8% -4.3pp
Saratoga High School
Saratoga · Public
 4.01 18.4% -3.9pp
Los Altos High
· Public
 4.01 18.8% -3.8pp

Full rankings — every Santa Clara County high school by UC Reach

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48 schools · 2025 data · 17 hidden (under 50 seniors)
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# School County Seniors ⓘ Total Enroll ⓘ UC Reach ⓘ App Reach ⓘ Admit Rate ⓘ Yield ⓘ Selective Reach ⓘ Elite Reach ⓘ Raw Apps ⓘ Raw Admits ⓘ
1
Castilleja School
Palo Alto · Private
 Santa Clara 51 416 113.7% 421.6% 27.0% — 90.2 27.4 215 58
2
Valley Christian High School
San Jose · Private
 Santa Clara 415 1,637 95.7% 349.6% 27.4% 19.1% 75.9 15.4 1,451 397
3
Lynbrook High School
San Jose · Public  Holding share
 Santa Clara 420 1,702 85.7% 450.5% 19.0% 19.7% 74.0 13.6 1,892 360
4
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino · Public  Sharp downturn
 Santa Clara 454 1,630 85.5% 441.2% 19.4% 27.1% 70.5 13.4 2,003 388
5
Cupertino High School
Cupertino · Public  Weak at the gate
 Santa Clara 506 1,800 77.7% 354.9% 21.9% 26.2% 63.6 12.4 1,796 393
6
Saratoga High School
Saratoga · Public  Best in class
 Santa Clara 332 1,161 72.9% 397.0% 18.4% 16.9% 59.0 12.3 1,318 242
7
Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto · Public
 Santa Clara 495 1,891 69.9% 343.8% 20.3% 17.1% 53.7 13.7 1,702 346
8
Archbishop Mitty High School
San Jose · Private
 Santa Clara 420 1,776 65.5% 337.9% 19.4% 20.7% 52.4 8.6 1,419 275
9
The Kings Academy
Sunnyvale · Private
 Santa Clara 162 1,205 64.8% 303.7% 21.3% 17.1% 50.0 11.1 492 105
10
Leland High School
San Jose · Public  Sharp downturn
 Santa Clara 385 1,471 61.3% 314.8% 19.5% 26.7% 49.6 12.2 1,212 236
11
Homestead High School
Cupertino · Public  Best in class
 Santa Clara 603 2,224 54.6% 302.2% 18.1% 25.2% 44.1 8.3 1,822 329
12
Los Altos High
· Public  Best in class
 Santa Clara 547 2,170 54.3% 288.1% 18.9% 18.5% 43.5 9.7 1,576 297
13
Leigh High School
San Jose · Public  Best in class
 Santa Clara 459 1,884 47.1% 257.7% 18.3% 29.2% 36.6 6.8 1,183 216
14
Evergreen Valley High School
San Jose · Public  Weak at the gate
 Santa Clara 699 2,703 43.5% 285.1% 15.2% 29.6% 33.8 7.9 1,993 304
15
Presentation High School
San Jose · Private
 Santa Clara 143 545 42.7% 289.5% 14.7% 9.8% 32.2 5.6 414 61
16
Kipp San Jose Collegiate
San Jose · Public  Best in class
 Santa Clara 111 512 42.3% 234.2% 18.1% 14.9% 32.4 4.5 260 47
17
Bellarmine College Preparatory
San Jose · Private
 Santa Clara 407 1,654 41.5% 257.0% 16.2% 16.6% 31.7 8.3 1,046 169
18
Mission Early College High Sch
Santa Clara · Public  Best in class
 Santa Clara 59 183 40.7% 227.1% 17.9% 45.8% 20.3 — 134 24
19
Los Gatos High School
Los Gatos · Public  Best in class
 Santa Clara 513 1,914 40.0% 256.7% 15.6% 28.8% 32.0 7.2 1,317 205
20
Prospect High School
Saratoga · Public  Best in class
 Santa Clara 358 1,460 36.3% 167.0% 21.7% 25.4% 29.6 7.0 598 130
21
Pioneer High School
San Jose · Public  Weak at the gate
 Santa Clara 362 1,393 35.4% 171.6% 20.6% 29.7% 26.5 6.9 621 128
22
Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit Hs
San Jose · Private
 Santa Clara 88 435 35.2% 181.8% 19.4% — 21.6 10.2 160 31
23
Yerba Buena High School
San Jose · Public  Tracking
 Santa Clara 447 1,612 33.6% 106.9% 31.4% 24.7% 24.2 6.0 478 150
24
Branham High School
San Jose · Public  Best in class
 Santa Clara 481 1,820 33.1% 177.6% 18.6% 25.8% 25.8 5.4 854 159
25
Piedmont Hills High School
San Jose · Public  Weak at the gate
 Santa Clara 494 1,918 31.0% 184.6% 16.8% 30.1% 23.3 5.5 912 153
26
Willow Glen High School
San Jose · Public  Watch — engagement
 Santa Clara 379 1,543 30.3% 123.5% 24.6% 30.4% 22.2 5.0 468 115
27
Ann Sobrato High School
Morgan Hill · Public  Strong demand
 Santa Clara 377 1,511 30.2% 142.2% 21.3% 33.3% 22.0 3.7 536 114
28
Milpitas High School
Milpitas · Public  Weak at the gate
 Santa Clara 694 2,926 29.2% 192.8% 15.2% 34.0% 20.6 5.2 1,338 203
29
Westmont High School
Campbell · Public  Best in class
 Santa Clara 407 1,682 28.8% 162.4% 17.7% 30.8% 21.9 3.0 661 117
30
Silver Creek High School
San Jose · Public  Sharp downturn
 Santa Clara 536 2,139 28.2% 149.8% 18.8% 30.5% 19.2 5.0 803 151
31
Santa Teresa High School
San Jose · Public  Best in class
 Santa Clara 539 2,134 27.5% 122.6% 22.4% 24.3% 20.2 4.3 661 148
32
Latino College Prep Academy
San Jose · Public
 Santa Clara 107 421 24.3% 94.4% 25.7% 15.4% 19.6 7.5 101 26
33
Fremont High
· Public  Best in class
 Santa Clara 572 2,060 24.1% 156.5% 15.4% 28.3% 19.6 3.5 895 138
34
Adrian C Wilcox High School
Santa Clara · Public
 Santa Clara 481 1,614 18.9% 134.3% 14.1% 33.0% 13.9 1.7 646 91
35
Abraham Lincoln High
· Public  Compounding decline
 Santa Clara 375 1,590 17.6% 77.6% 22.7% 28.8% 11.7 3.5 291 66
36
Independence High School
San Jose · Public  Compounding decline
 Santa Clara 600 2,289 17.0% 76.2% 22.3% 24.5% 9.7 1.8 457 102
37
Kipp Navigate College Prep
San Jose · Public  Strong demand
 Santa Clara 69 297 14.5% 176.8% 8.2% — 5.8 — 122 10
38
Oak Grove High School
San Jose · Public  Compounding decline
 Santa Clara 347 1,374 14.4% 74.6% 19.3% 24.0% 10.1 1.7 259 50
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Christopher High School
Gilroy · Public  Best in class
 Santa Clara 383 1,630 13.1% 62.7% 20.8% 40.0% 8.4 1.8 240 50
40
Andrew P Hill High School
San Jose · Public  Mid-year churn
 Santa Clara 391 1,564 12.0% 45.0% 26.7% 12.8% 7.7 1.3 176 47
41
William C. Overfelt High
· Public  Both ends slipping
 Santa Clara 340 1,363 11.8% 44.4% 26.5% 22.5% 7.1 2.6 151 40
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Del Mar High School
San Jose · Public  Strong demand
 Santa Clara 335 1,350 10.4% 49.5% 21.1% 8.6% 7.2 0.9 166 35
43
Gilroy High School
Gilroy · Public  Demand hides churn
 Santa Clara 400 1,618 9.8% 40.2% 24.2% 12.8% 6.5 0.8 161 39
44
Alpha Cindy Avitia High School
San Jose · Public  Mid-year churn
 Santa Clara 94 405 9.6% 73.4% 13.0% — 3.2 — 69 9
45
James Lick High School
San Jose · Public  Both ends slipping
 Santa Clara 225 862 8.0% 23.6% 34.0% — 4.4 3.1 53 18
46
San Jose High School
San Jose · Public  Both ends slipping
 Santa Clara 177 874 7.9% 25.4% 31.1% — 6.2 — 45 14
47
Ace Charter High School
San Jose · Public  Demand hides churn
 Santa Clara 92 313 3.3% 54.4% 6.0% — 3.3 — 50 3
48
Luis Valdez Leadership Academy
San Jose · Public  Demand hides churn
 Santa Clara 58 225 — 44.8% — — — — 26 —
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class size. Where UCOP has not published unique-student totals, campus admits are summed — students admitted to more than one of the 6 campuses are counted at each, so values above 100% indicate strong students winning multiple competitive UC offers. Schools with fewer than 50 seniors are excluded from the leaderboard by default — a small cohort with one strong year can otherwise dominate. See methodology →