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Carlmont High School

1400 Alameda de Las Pulgas, Belmont, CA 94002View on map

  • Public
  • Belmont
  • 595 seniors
  • 2,385 students

Carlmont High School is a public high school in Belmont (Sequoia Union High) with 595 seniors. In fall 2025, 77% of its 361 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC San Diego (UCSD), and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). 77% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

77%

279 of 361 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

47%

279 of 595 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

61%

361 of 595 seniors

County median 42%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

7.9%

24 of 303 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

16%

45 of 288 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

Carlmont High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    24 of 303 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.01)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    16%

    45 of 288 admitted

    This school16%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Irvine6 pts lower

    16%

    48 of 295 admitted

    This school16%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.99)

  • San Diego10 pts lower

    15%

    46 of 309 admitted

    This school15%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts lower

    27%

    83 of 307 admitted

    This school27%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Davis12 pts lower

    25%

    76 of 309 admitted

    This school25%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    75%

    170 of 227 admitted

    This school75%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.93)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    133 of 150 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.93)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    96 of 98 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.91)

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

Carlmont High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo9 pts lower

    21%

    65 of 307 admitted

    This school21%Overall30%

  • San Diego4 pts higher

    38%

    103 of 271 admitted

    This school38%Overall34%

  • San Jose6 pts lower

    75%

    123 of 165 admitted

    This school75%Overall80%

  • Chico4 pts higher

    98%

    48 of 49 admitted

    This school98%Overall94%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    94%

    82 of 87 admitted

    This school94%Overall96%

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

Any college

87%

503 of 580 graduates

UC or CSU

33%

191 graduates

Community college

26%

149 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC10919%
CSU8214%
CA private college336%
Out of state13022%
Community college14926%
Not enrolled7713%
Enrolled in college50387%
Total580100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races, Filipino
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Advanced Placement

20

AP courses offered

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

71

AP class sections

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

42% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

66%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

383 of 576 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)

57%

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

334 of 587 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 3 classes
  • English: 19 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 4 classes
  • Mathematics: 12 classes
  • Science: 7 classes
  • Social science: 19 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 87%County median 62%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 75%County median 37%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 63%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 52%County median 19%
  • Low-income students 11%County median 35%
  • Graduates completing courses 77%County median 66%

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