{"a_g_completion_pct":84.3,"at_a_glance":["Mira Costa High School is a public high school in Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles County, California with 653 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 60 (Excellent, top 6% in California): 391 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 653, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 94% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 1,540 UC applications and received 391 offers, a UC admit rate of 25.4% (counted at each campus); 89 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (27 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 84.","84% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","91% 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, 94% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2019).","It has about 293 students per school counselor.","Enrollment was 2,492 students in 2026, down 2% since 2018.","Mira Costa High School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the Class of 2026: 145 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are El Camino Community College (56), University of California, Santa Barbara (26), University of California, Los Angeles (25), University of California, Berkeley (21), Indiana University Bloomington (20). Source: Class of 2026 College Map.","Mira Costa High School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #1 UCLA, #2 USC, #2 Colorado, #5 Michigan, #5 Wisconsin, #7 Miami. Ivy+ admits: #3 of 33 schools per class year. #1 for admits to Colorado, University of Oregon, Indiana University Bloomington.","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":"Manhattan Beach","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":91.1,"county":"Los Angeles","enrollment":{"since_total":2541,"since_year":2018,"total":2492,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"Mira Costa High School's UC Reach Score is 60 (Excellent, top 6% in California): 391 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 653, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 94% of California high schools.","q":"What is Mira Costa High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 1,540 UC applications and received 391 offers, a UC admit rate of 25.4% (counted at each campus); 89 enrolled.","q":"How many students from Mira Costa High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of Mira Costa High School's graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (27 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 84.","q":"Which UC campus do Mira Costa High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"84% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","q":"What percentage of Mira Costa High School graduates complete the A-G requirements?"},{"a":"91% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","q":"What percentage of Mira Costa High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Mira Costa High School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the Class of 2026: 145 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are El Camino Community College (56), University of California, Santa Barbara (26), University of California, Los Angeles (25), University of California, Berkeley (21), Indiana University Bloomington (20). Source: Class of 2026 College Map.","q":"Where do Mira Costa High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Mira Costa High School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #1 UCLA, #2 USC, #2 Colorado, #5 Michigan, #5 Wisconsin, #7 Miami. 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