Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Belmont High School
Public · Los Angeles · Los Angeles County · 561 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
14%
Higher than 37% of California high schools
-15.3 pp vs. peer median (29.5%)
· Ranked #6 of 7 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 11.6%
2025 · 14.2%
-39%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
-31.0 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-8%)
~456
5-yr projected enrollment (105 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Belmont High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #6 of 7): 14% vs. a peer median of 30%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 2 points since 2018 — worth watching.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Belmont High School is admitting at roughly +10 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.896) alone would predict (30% actual vs. 21% 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 39% (199→121 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of +17%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-6.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~456 by 2029 — about 105 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felicitas And Gonzalo Mendez High | Public | 30.6% | -46% |
| Alliance Ted K Tajima High Sch | Public | 28.3% | +90% |
| Ednovate - Brio College Prep | Public | — | +59% |
| University Preparatory Value High | Public | — | -5% |
| Nava College Prep Academy | Public | 28.2% | -26% |
| Math, Science, & Technology Magnet Academy At Roosevelt High | Public | — | +31% |
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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