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Bell Gardens High School

6119 Agra Street, Bell Gardens, CA 90201View on map

  • Public
  • Bell Gardens
  • 523 seniors
  • 1,912 students

Bell Gardens High School is a public high school in Bell Gardens (Montebello Unified) with 523 seniors. In fall 2025, 77% of its 90 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Riverside (UCR). 93% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

77%

69 of 90 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

13%

69 of 523 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

17%

90 of 523 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

13%

9 of 67 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

8.8%

3 of 34 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

Bell Gardens High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • Los Angeles4 pts higher

    13%

    9 of 67 admitted

    This school13%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.76)

  • Berkeley5 pts lower

    9%

    3 of 34 admitted

    This school9%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.87)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    23%

    16 of 69 admitted

    This school23%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.73)

  • San Diego26 pts higher

    51%

    26 of 51 admitted

    This school51%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Santa Barbara14 pts higher

    46%

    13 of 28 admitted

    This school46%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Davis17 pts higher

    55%

    18 of 33 admitted

    This school55%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.02 (all applicants 3.73)

  • Santa Cruz8 pts lower

    63%

    12 of 19 admitted

    This school63%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.74)

  • Riverside7 pts higher

    94%

    49 of 52 admitted

    This school94%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.77)

  • MercedAbout the same

    94%

    33 of 35 admitted

    This school94%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.76)

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

Bell Gardens High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 3.

  • Long Beach11 pts lower

    37%

    50 of 137 admitted

    This school37%Overall47%

  • PomonaAbout the same

    71%

    47 of 66 admitted

    This school71%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    85%

    84 of 99 admitted

    This school85%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills5 pts lower

    86%

    67 of 78 admitted

    This school86%Overall91%

  • Los Angeles5 pts lower

    87%

    111 of 127 admitted

    This school87%Overall92%

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (392 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

46%

181 of 392 graduates

UC or CSU

21%

82 graduates

Community college

22%

86 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC185%
CSU6416%
CA private college103%
Out of state31%
Community college8622%
Not enrolled21154%
Enrolled in college18146%
Total392100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities, Homeless
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Advanced Placement

15

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

32

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

27% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

20%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

90 of 448 graduates

A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.

2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

7%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

38 of 509 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 2 classes
  • English: 4 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 6 classes
  • Social science: 13 classes

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 44%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 14%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 20%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 5%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 95%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 93%County median 64%

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