{"a_g_completion_pct":75.8,"at_a_glance":["Hercules High School is a public high school in Hercules, Contra Costa County, California with 163 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 25 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 40 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 163, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 62% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 291 UC applications and received 40 offers, a UC admit rate of 13.7% (counted at each campus); 15 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (11 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 12.","76% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","79% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","Of its graduates who enrolled at a UC, 85% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2018).","It has about 408 students per school counselor.","Enrollment was 817 students in 2026, down 13% since 2018.","Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named."],"caveats":["UC admits and applications are counted at each campus: a student admitted to three UCs counts three times. The UC Reach Score is those admits divided by the senior class, times 100, so a strong school scores above 100.","A published college list is the school's own document, copied as printed; counts are the school's, never ours, and an unnumbered list carries no counts.","Enrollment is NCES CCD for national pages and CDE for California pages; graduation and readiness measures are the state's or EDFacts' own definitions, named in each sentence.","Every figure here is also rendered on the HTML page it describes."],"city":"Hercules","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":78.7,"county":"Contra Costa","enrollment":{"since_total":935,"since_year":2018,"total":817,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"Hercules High School's UC Reach Score is 25 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 40 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 163, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 62% of California high schools.","q":"What is Hercules High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 291 UC applications and received 40 offers, a UC admit rate of 13.7% (counted at each campus); 15 enrolled.","q":"How many students from Hercules High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of Hercules High School's graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (11 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 12.","q":"Which UC campus do Hercules High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"76% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","q":"What percentage of Hercules High School graduates complete the A-G requirements?"},{"a":"79% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","q":"What percentage of Hercules High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 817 students in 2026, down 13% since 2018.","q":"How many students attend Hercules High School?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"Hercules High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":null,"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Public","slug":"hercules-high-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":408,"uc":{"admit_rate":"13.7%","admits":40,"applications":291,"ca_percentile":62,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":15,"seniors":163,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Around the CA median","uc_reach_score":25,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":85.0,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/hercules-high-school"}