Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Los Altos High School
Public · Hacienda Heights · Los Angeles County · 1,586 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
12%
Higher than 28% of California high schools
-5.4 pp vs. peer median (17.4%)
· Ranked #10 of 11 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 11.3%
2025 · 12.0%
-20%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
-11.8 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-8%)
~1520
5-yr projected enrollment (66 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Los Altos High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #10 of 11): 12% vs. a peer median of 17%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 2 points since 2018 — worth watching.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Los Altos High School is admitting at roughly +7 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.865) alone would predict (28% actual vs. 22% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 20% (460→368 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -14%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-1.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1520 by 2029 — about 66 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen a Wilson High School | Public | 31.8% | -3% |
| Whittier High School | Public | 17.2% | -18% |
| Sierra Vista High School | Public | 23.2% | -10% |
| Arroyo High School | Public | 22.5% | -29% |
| Nogales High School | Public | 15.5% | -13% |
| South Hills High School | Public | 18.8% | -1% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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