{"a_g_completion_pct":56.6,"at_a_glance":["El Cerrito High School is a public high school in El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California with 394 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 39 (Above average, top 25% in California): 155 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 394, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 82% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 674 UC applications and received 155 offers, a UC admit rate of 23.0% (counted at each campus); 52 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (18 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 37.","57% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","76% 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, 76% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2019).","It has about 504 students per school counselor.","Enrollment was 1,361 students in 2026, down 8% 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":"El Cerrito","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":76,"county":"Contra Costa","enrollment":{"since_total":1482,"since_year":2018,"total":1361,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"El Cerrito High School's UC Reach Score is 39 (Above average, top 25% in California): 155 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 394, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 82% of California high schools.","q":"What is El Cerrito High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 674 UC applications and received 155 offers, a UC admit rate of 23.0% (counted at each campus); 52 enrolled.","q":"How many students from El Cerrito High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of El Cerrito High School's graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (18 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 37.","q":"Which UC campus do El Cerrito High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"57% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","q":"What percentage of El Cerrito High School graduates complete the A-G requirements?"},{"a":"76% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","q":"What percentage of El Cerrito High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 1,361 students in 2026, down 8% since 2018.","q":"How many students attend El Cerrito High School?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"El Cerrito High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":null,"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Public","slug":"el-cerrito-high-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":504,"uc":{"admit_rate":"23.0%","admits":155,"applications":674,"ca_percentile":82,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":52,"seniors":394,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Above average","uc_reach_score":39,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":76.1,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/el-cerrito-high-school"}