Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Montebello High School
Public · Montebello · Los Angeles County · 1,770 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
15%
Higher than 41% of California high schools
-4.6 pp vs. peer median (19.6%)
· Ranked #10 of 11 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 8.6%
2025 · 15.0%
-26%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
-17.3 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-8%)
~1548
5-yr projected enrollment (222 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Montebello High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #10 of 11): 15% vs. a peer median of 20%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 6 points since 2018.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Montebello High School is admitting at roughly +8 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.742) alone would predict (28% actual vs. 19% 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 26% (683→509 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -16%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-4.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1548 by 2029 — about 222 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schurr High School | Public | 17.3% | -16% |
| Bell Gardens High | Public | 16.3% | -31% |
| El Rancho High School | Public | 19.8% | -16% |
| Santa Fe High School | Public | 14.7% | -24% |
| San Gabriel High School | Public | 33.1% | -16% |
| James a Garfield High School | Public | 28.1% | -15% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Reach — by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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