{"a_g_completion_pct":73.4,"at_a_glance":["San Marcos High School is a public high school in San Marcos, San Diego County, California with 777 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 24 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 190 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 777, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 61% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 901 UC applications and received 190 offers, a UC admit rate of 21.1% (counted at each campus); 56 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UC San Diego than at any other UC campus (16 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 25.","73% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","81% 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, 89% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2019).","It has about 380 students per school counselor.","Enrollment was 3,039 students in 2026, down 9% 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":"San Marcos","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":81.3,"county":"San Diego","enrollment":{"since_total":3338,"since_year":2018,"total":3039,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"San Marcos High School's UC Reach Score is 24 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 190 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 777, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 61% of California high schools.","q":"What is San Marcos High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 901 UC applications and received 190 offers, a UC admit rate of 21.1% (counted at each campus); 56 enrolled.","q":"How many students from San Marcos High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of San Marcos High School's graduates enrolled at UC San Diego than at any other UC campus (16 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 25.","q":"Which UC campus do San Marcos High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"73% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","q":"What percentage of San Marcos High School graduates complete the A-G requirements?"},{"a":"81% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","q":"What percentage of San Marcos High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 3,039 students in 2026, down 9% since 2018.","q":"How many students attend San Marcos High School?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"San Marcos High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":null,"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Public","slug":"san-marcos-high-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":380,"uc":{"admit_rate":"21.1%","admits":190,"applications":901,"ca_percentile":61,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":56,"seniors":777,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Around the CA median","uc_reach_score":24,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":89.3,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/san-marcos-high-school"}