{"id":250601,"date":"2026-04-03T21:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/250601\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:39:13","slug":"this-l-a-county-high-school-is-officially-the-best-in-california-leading-the-state-in-college-admissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/250601\/","title":{"rendered":"This L.A. County High School Is Officially The Best In California \u2014 Leading The State In College Admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/High-school-classroom-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"High school classroom\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: arrowsmith2 via Shutterstock.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a data-force-follow=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/author\/sofia-delpueche\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sofia-delpueche-150x150.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-40 photo\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t Staff Writer\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\tApril 3, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Just as college plays a huge role in shaping a person\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/california-most-stressed-states-u-s\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/california-most-stressed-states-u-s\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">professional future,<\/a> high schools also have a major impact. They can either open doors to top universities or make the path harder. Luckily, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/los-angeles-county-population-decline-census\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/los-angeles-county-population-decline-census\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Los Angeles County<\/a> is home to one of the best.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest rankings from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/projects\/2026\/best-public-california-high-schools\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/projects\/2026\/best-public-california-high-schools\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">San Francisco Chronicle,<\/a> Whitney High School in Cerritos outperformed expectations by sending more students to the state\u2019s most selective University of California campuses (UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, and UC San Diego) than any other public school in the state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/la-county-best-high-school-california\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/la-county-best-high-school-california\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_3\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Whitney High<\/a> topped the list, with 50 more UC admits per 100 seniors than predicted. The school\u2019s 2023\u201324 senior class earned 131 UC acceptances, far surpassing the predicted 81. The state average? Just 23 per 100 seniors.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney\u2019s excellence is also reflected in another prestigious study by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-high-schools\/california\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-high-schools\/california\" data-action=\"text_cta_4\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">U.S. News,<\/a> which also places the high school #1 among California public high schools and #16 nationally. The ranking considers state-required test performance, graduation rates, and college readiness.<\/p>\n<p>About Whitney High School<\/p>\n<p>Whitney High has a highly selective admissions process, evaluating students based on academic test results, state and district assessments, and class rank. Its curriculum is robust, offering a wide array of honors and Advanced Placement courses, including physics, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/california-executive-order-guidelines-ai-content\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/california-executive-order-guidelines-ai-content\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_5\" data-category=\"click_internal\">computer science,<\/a> and foreign languages. <\/p>\n<p>The school also emphasizes <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/best-things-to-do-with-children-in-la\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/best-things-to-do-with-children-in-la\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_6\" data-category=\"click_internal\">parent involvement,<\/a> offering opportunities through conferences, field trips, and fundraising activities. This combination of rigorous academics and engaged community contributes to Whitney High\u2019s strong outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: arrowsmith2 via Shutterstock. \u00a0\u2013\u00a0 Staff Writer \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 April 3, 2026 Just as college plays a huge role&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-250601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}