--- description: Verbum Dei's class of 2015 is going to college title: Every Student at This L.A. High School Got Accepted to College image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Every Student at This Los Angeles High School Got Accepted to College by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 12, 2015 12:34 AM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 12, 2015 12:34 AM CUT Graduates of an all-boys high school in a Los Angeles neighborhood with a rocky past have [a lot to celebrate](http://ktla.com/2015/06/11/entire-graduating-class-from-all-boys-school-in-watts-receive-college-acceptance-letters/ "undefined"). Each graduating student of Verbum Dei High School, a Jesuit college preparatory institution located in Los Angeles’s Watts neighborhood, was accepted to a four-year college, _KTLA_ reports. This year’s class, 70 students of approximately 260 overall, is the school’s seventh in a row to reach a 100% acceptance rate. Verbum Dei’s student body is about 50% black and 50% Latino, according to the school’s [website](http://www.verbumdei.us/about/facts.html "undefined"). \[[_KTLA_](http://ktla.com/2015/06/11/entire-graduating-class-from-all-boys-school-in-watts-receive-college-acceptance-letters/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3918549/verbum-dei-los-angeles-high-school-college/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3918549/verbum-dei-los-angeles-high-school-college/"},"headline":"Every Student at This Los Angeles High School Got Accepted to College","datePublished":"2015-06-12T00:34:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:21:01.656Z","description":"The college prep school has about 260 students, including 70 graduating seniors","url":"https://time.com/3918549/verbum-dei-los-angeles-high-school-college/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Education","High School","viral","los angeles","Schools","graduation"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3918549/verbum-dei-los-angeles-high-school-college/","name":"Every Student at This Los Angeles High School Got Accepted to College"}}]}] ```