{"a_g_completion_pct":34.3,"at_a_glance":["Santa Maria High School is a public high school in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California with 793 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 15 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 119 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 793, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 40% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 474 UC applications and received 119 offers, a UC admit rate of 25.1% (counted at each campus); 34 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UC Santa Barbara than at any other UC campus (10 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 12.","34% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","69% 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, 86% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2019).","It has about 387 students per school counselor.","Enrollment was 3,094 students in 2026, up 18% 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":"Santa Maria","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":69.1,"county":"Santa Barbara","enrollment":{"since_total":2618,"since_year":2018,"total":3094,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"Santa Maria High School's UC Reach Score is 15 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 119 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 793, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 40% of California high schools.","q":"What is Santa Maria High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 474 UC applications and received 119 offers, a UC admit rate of 25.1% (counted at each campus); 34 enrolled.","q":"How many students from Santa Maria High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of Santa Maria High School's graduates enrolled at UC Santa Barbara than at any other UC campus (10 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 12.","q":"Which UC campus do Santa Maria High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"34% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","q":"What percentage of Santa Maria High School graduates complete the A-G requirements?"},{"a":"69% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","q":"What percentage of Santa Maria High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 3,094 students in 2026, up 18% since 2018.","q":"How many students attend Santa Maria High School?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"Santa Maria High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":null,"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Public","slug":"santa-maria-high-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":387,"uc":{"admit_rate":"25.1%","admits":119,"applications":474,"ca_percentile":40,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":34,"seniors":793,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Below the CA median","uc_reach_score":15,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":85.7,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/santa-maria-high-school"}