{"a_g_completion_pct":64.7,"at_a_glance":["Santa Monica High School is a public high school in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California with 710 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 49 (Above average, top 25% in California): 346 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 710, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 89% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 1,457 UC applications and received 346 offers, a UC admit rate of 23.7% (counted at each campus); 96 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (38 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 98.","65% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","82% 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, 84% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2019).","It has about 199 students per school counselor.","Enrollment was 2,588 students in 2026, down 8% since 2018.","Santa Monica High School publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the the classes of 2017-2026: 162 colleges. Source: Santa Monica High School Profile 2026-2027.","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 Monica","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":81.6,"county":"Los Angeles","enrollment":{"since_total":2826,"since_year":2018,"total":2588,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"Santa Monica High School's UC Reach Score is 49 (Above average, top 25% in California): 346 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 710, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 89% of California high schools.","q":"What is Santa Monica High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 1,457 UC applications and received 346 offers, a UC admit rate of 23.7% (counted at each campus); 96 enrolled.","q":"How many students from Santa Monica High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of Santa Monica High School's graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (38 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 98.","q":"Which UC campus do Santa Monica High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"65% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","q":"What percentage of Santa Monica High School graduates complete the A-G requirements?"},{"a":"82% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","q":"What percentage of Santa Monica High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Santa Monica High School publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the the classes of 2017-2026: 162 colleges. Source: Santa Monica High School Profile 2026-2027.","q":"Where do Santa Monica High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 2,588 students in 2026, down 8% since 2018.","q":"How many students attend Santa Monica High School?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"Santa Monica High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":{"colleges":162,"first_named":["Academy of Art University","Alabama State University","American Jewish University","American University","Amherst College","Arizona State University","Art Center College of Design","Art Institute of CA Los Angeles","Auburn University","Azusa Pacific University"],"kind":"college_list","numbered":false,"source_name":"Santa Monica High School Profile 2026-2027","source_url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1790109487/smmusdorg/yecfz6cgmv5mrsg4evho/Profile2026-2027.pdf","verified":true,"years_label":"the classes of 2017-2026"},"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Public","slug":"santa-monica-high-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":199,"uc":{"admit_rate":"23.7%","admits":346,"applications":1457,"ca_percentile":89,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":96,"seniors":710,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Above average","uc_reach_score":49,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":83.7,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/santa-monica-high-school"}