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Montclair High School

4725 Benito Street, Montclair, CA 91763View on map

  • Public
  • Montclair
  • 552 seniors
  • 2,588 students

Montclair High School is a public high school in Montclair (Chaffey Joint Union High) with 552 seniors. In fall 2025, 81% of its 89 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC San Diego (UCSD). 60% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

81%

72 of 89 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

13%

72 of 552 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

16%

89 of 552 seniors

County median 18%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.7%

6 of 62 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

10%

3 of 30 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

Montclair High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    6 of 62 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.33 (all applicants 3.89)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    10%

    3 of 30 admitted

    This school10%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.88)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    24%

    16 of 67 admitted

    This school24%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.85)

  • San Diego10 pts higher

    35%

    22 of 63 admitted

    This school35%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Santa Barbara34 pts higher

    67%

    16 of 24 admitted

    This school67%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.90 (all applicants 3.69)

  • Davis7 pts lower

    30%

    6 of 20 admitted

    This school30%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.81)

  • Santa Cruz4 pts higher

    75%

    12 of 16 admitted

    This school75%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.79 (all applicants 3.73)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    84%

    58 of 69 admitted

    This school84%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.73)

  • MercedAbout the same

    95%

    36 of 38 admitted

    This school95%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.79)

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

Montclair High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 4 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 1.

  • Pomona6 pts lower

    67%

    93 of 138 admitted

    This school67%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    85%

    104 of 123 admitted

    This school85%Overall87%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    92%

    66 of 72 admitted

    This school92%Overall92%

  • San BernardinoAbout the same

    97%

    85 of 88 admitted

    This school97%Overall98%

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

Any college

64%

407 of 634 graduates

UC or CSU

24%

151 graduates

Community college

36%

226 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC579%
CSU9415%
CA private college264%
Out of state41%
Community college22636%
Not enrolled22736%
Enrolled in college40764%
Total634100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

10

AP courses offered

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

33

AP class sections

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

20% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

27%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

177 of 657 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)

14%

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

91 of 660 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • English: 6 classes
  • Foreign language: 8 classes
  • Mathematics: 5 classes
  • Science: 3 classes
  • Social science: 11 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 64%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 25%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 29%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 9%County median 7%
  • Low-income students 89%County median 73%
  • Graduates completing courses 60%County median 49%

Across California

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