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Best high schools in Cerritos for UC admissions

From fall 2023 to fall 2025, the 4 published high schools in Cerritos sent 1,686 applicants to the University of California, and 1,243 were admitted to at least one campus (74%). Among schools with at least 100 applicants, Gretchen Whitney High School had the highest rate, 85% (382 of 451).

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SourceUniversity of California Information Center, Admissions by source school, fall 1994 to fall 2025.

Cerritos high schools ranked by UC admit rate

Share of applicants admitted to at least one UC campus, fall 2023 to fall 2025. A school has its own page when the University of California printed both applicants and admits for at least 3 fall terms, including at least 2 falls from 2023 to 2025, and at least 30 applicants in those window years. A city page ranks those schools when the city has at least 3 of them, not counting online schools, and they are not already the whole county. A rate on this page counts only the years in which UC printed both the applicants and the admits.

RankSchoolTypeAppliedAny UCBerkeleyUCLA
1Gretchen Whitney High SchoolPublic45185%22%10%
2Cerritos High SchoolPublic82272%13%8%
3Richard Gahr High SchoolPublic31367%14%9%
4Valley Christian High SchoolPrivate10055%Not published17%

Cerritos combined

The 4 schools above added together, fall 2023 to fall 2025: 3 public and 1 private. The county and California rows count every school UC lists, published here or not.

Applicants fromToAppliedAdmittedRate
CerritosAny UC campus1,6861,24374%
CerritosUC Berkeley83814017%
CerritosUCLA1,3101199%
Los Angeles CountyAny UC campus109,85577,98471%
CaliforniaAny UC campus393,310283,71672%

Cerritos high schools ranked by UC Berkeley admit rate

3 of the city’s published schools have a UC Berkeley figure. A rate built on a handful of applicants moves a long way with one student, so the counts sit beside it.

RankSchoolAdmittedUC Berkeley
1Gretchen Whitney High School76 of 34822%
2Richard Gahr High School6 of 4314%
3Cerritos High School58 of 44713%

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Cerritos high schools ranked by UCLA admit rate

4 of the city’s published schools have a UCLA figure. A rate built on a handful of applicants moves a long way with one student, so the counts sit beside it.

RankSchoolAdmittedUCLA
1Valley Christian High School4 of 2417%
2Gretchen Whitney High School43 of 41010%
3Richard Gahr High School21 of 2359%
4Cerritos High School51 of 6418%

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Questions

What are the best high schools in Cerritos for UC admissions?
By the share of applicants admitted to at least one UC campus from fall 2023 to fall 2025, among schools with at least 100 applicants, the highest in Cerritos were Gretchen Whitney High School (85%, 382 of 451), Cerritos High School (72%, 595 of 822) and Richard Gahr High School (67%, 211 of 313). A school's rate reflects who chose to apply as much as the school itself.
What is the UC acceptance rate for high schools in Cerritos?
74%. The 4 published high schools in Cerritos sent 1,686 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025, and 1,243 were admitted to at least one UC campus. Every high school in Los Angeles County together, as UC counts them, had 71%; 2 of the 4 ranked schools in Cerritos were above that.
Which high school in Cerritos gets the most students into UC Berkeley?
Gretchen Whitney High School, with 76 admitted of 348 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025. All of Cerritos's published high schools together sent UC Berkeley 838 applicants and 140 were admitted (17%). Among schools with at least 30 UC Berkeley applicants, Gretchen Whitney High School had the highest rate, 22% (76 of 348).
Which high school in Cerritos gets the most students into UCLA?
Cerritos High School, with 51 admitted of 641 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025. All of Cerritos's published high schools together sent UCLA 1,310 applicants and 119 were admitted (9%). Among schools with at least 30 UCLA applicants, Gretchen Whitney High School had the highest rate, 10% (43 of 410).
Which high school in Cerritos sends the most UC applicants?
Cerritos High School, with 822 applicants from fall 2023 to fall 2025. Of the 4 published schools in Cerritos, 3 are public and 1 is private.

How to cite

Aristo Scholars, "Best high schools in Cerritos for UC admissions," https://aristoscholars.com/uc-chances/city/cerritos, updated October 31, 2026. Figures from the University of California Information Center, Admissions by source school, fall 1994 to fall 2025.

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