{"a_g_completion_pct":54.5,"at_a_glance":["South El Monte High School is a public high school in South El Monte, Los Angeles County, California with 308 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 19 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 58 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 308, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 50% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 207 UC applications and received 58 offers, a UC admit rate of 28.0% (counted at each campus); 12 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UCLA than at any other UC campus (5 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 13.","54% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","78% 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, 75% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2016).","It has about 270 students per school counselor.","Enrollment was 1,080 students in 2026, down 17% 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":"South El Monte","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":77.9,"county":"Los Angeles","enrollment":{"since_total":1300,"since_year":2018,"total":1080,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"South El Monte High School's UC Reach Score is 19 (Around the CA median, near the state median): 58 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 308, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 50% of California high schools.","q":"What is South El Monte High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 207 UC applications and received 58 offers, a UC admit rate of 28.0% (counted at each campus); 12 enrolled.","q":"How many students from South El Monte High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of South El Monte High School's graduates enrolled at UCLA than at any other UC campus (5 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 13.","q":"Which UC campus do South El Monte High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"54% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","q":"What percentage of South El Monte High School graduates complete the A-G requirements?"},{"a":"78% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","q":"What percentage of South El Monte High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 1,080 students in 2026, down 17% since 2018.","q":"How many students attend South El Monte High School?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"South El Monte High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":null,"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Public","slug":"south-el-monte-high-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":270,"uc":{"admit_rate":"28.0%","admits":58,"applications":207,"ca_percentile":50,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":12,"seniors":308,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Around the CA median","uc_reach_score":19,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":75.0,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/south-el-monte-high-school"}