{"a_g_completion_pct":null,"at_a_glance":["Palma High School is a private high school in Salinas, Monterey County, California with 88 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 23 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 20 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 88, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 59% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 124 UC applications and received 20 offers, a UC admit rate of 16.1% (counted at each campus); 3 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UC Santa Barbara than at any other UC campus (3 in 2025).","Of its graduates who enrolled at a UC, 90% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2002).","Enrollment was 584 students in 2025, up 20% since 2020.","Palma High School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the Class of 2025: 39 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Monterey Peninsula College (10), Hartnell College (9), Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (8), Saint Mary's College (5), CSU Monterey Bay (4). Source: Palma School Newsletter, June 2025.","Palma High School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #1 Cal State Monterey Bay, #7 University of San Diego.","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":"Salinas","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":null,"county":"Monterey","enrollment":{"since_total":486,"since_year":2020,"total":584,"year":2025},"faq":[{"a":"Palma High School's UC Reach Score is 23 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 20 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 88, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 59% of California high schools.","q":"What is Palma High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 124 UC applications and received 20 offers, a UC admit rate of 16.1% (counted at each campus); 3 enrolled.","q":"How many students from Palma High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of Palma High School's graduates enrolled at UC Santa Barbara than at any other UC campus (3 in 2025).","q":"Which UC campus do Palma High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"Palma High School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the Class of 2025: 39 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Monterey Peninsula College (10), Hartnell College (9), Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (8), Saint Mary's College (5), CSU Monterey Bay (4). Source: Palma School Newsletter, June 2025.","q":"Where do Palma High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Palma High School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #1 Cal State Monterey Bay, #7 University of San Diego.","q":"Which colleges is Palma High School a top feeder school to?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 584 students in 2025, up 20% since 2020.","q":"How many students attend Palma High School?"},{"a":"At Palma High School, applications are due Jan 31, 2027.","q":"When is the application deadline for Palma High School?"},{"a":"Palma High School's UC Reach Score is 23 (Around the CA median, near the state median; higher than 59% of California high schools), from 20 UC admits (counted at each UC) for 88 seniors in 2025, and it publishes a college list with per-college counts.","q":"Is Palma High School a good school for college admissions?"}],"feeder_standing":{"admit_boards":[],"boards":[{"college":"California State University-Monterey Bay","n":13,"per_year":4.0,"rank":1,"slug":"california-state-university-monterey-bay","top":false,"url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/california-state-university-monterey-bay"},{"college":"University of San Diego","n":65,"per_year":3.0,"rank":7,"slug":"university-of-san-diego","top":false,"url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/university-of-san-diego"}],"ivy":null,"ivy_admits":null,"n_colleges":707,"top_badges":[]},"name":"Palma High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":{"colleges":39,"kind":"matriculation","numbered":true,"source_name":"Palma School Newsletter, June 2025","source_url":"https://www.palmaschool.org/newsletter-jun-25","top":[{"college":"Monterey Peninsula College","count":10},{"college":"Hartnell College","count":9},{"college":"Cal Poly San Luis Obispo","count":8},{"college":"Saint Mary's College","count":5},{"college":"CSU Monterey Bay","count":4},{"college":"Cuesta College","count":3},{"college":"UC Santa Barbara","count":3},{"college":"University of San Diego","count":3},{"college":"CSU San Diego","count":2},{"college":"UC Los Angeles","count":2}],"verified":true,"years_label":"Class of 2025"},"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Private","slug":"palma-high-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":null,"uc":{"admit_rate":"16.1%","admits":20,"applications":124,"ca_percentile":59,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":3,"seniors":88,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Around the CA median","uc_reach_score":23,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":90.5,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/palma-high-school"}