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Belmont Senior High

High School
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of high schools
State Rank
of 1,739 California high schools

School overview

Enrollment
663 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
92%
Teachers
33 full-time

College & career readiness

Graduation Rate
49.8%
AP Exam Prepared
72.0%
A-G Completion
82.2%
College-Going Rate
46.9%

Data source: California Department of Education — ACGR, CCI, CGR reports

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+35.1 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+15.0 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
1.7%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 351 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic87.5%
White2.6%
Asian2.6%
Black3.6%
Other3.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Belmont Senior High
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard6.5%
Met Standard15.2%
Below Standard78.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "22% proficient" for Belmont Senior High and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

6.5% of students exceeded standard while 15.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 9.0 points below the state average of 15.5%. That's 12.4 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. The 19 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 13.3% exceeded — 6.9 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

The graduation rate is 49.8%. 82.2% of students complete A-G requirements for UC/CSU eligibility — a strong college readiness signal. 46.9% of graduates go on to college within a year.

Chronic absenteeism is 40.4%, above the state average of 34.0%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
6.5%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
21.7%
Students meeting standard
Chronic Absenteeism
40.4%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.1%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
264
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
11th13110.7%23.7%19.1%46.6%34.4%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
11th1332.3%6.8%12.8%78.2%9.0%

Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score