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Montgomery Senior High School

3250 Palm Avenue, San Diego, CA 92154View on map

  • Public
  • San Diego
  • 423 seniors
  • 1,546 students

Montgomery Senior High School is a public high school in San Diego (Sweetwater Union High) with 423 seniors. In fall 2025, 76% of its 120 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 52% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

76%

91 of 120 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

22%

91 of 423 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

28%

120 of 423 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

7.7%

5 of 65 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

14%

6 of 42 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

Montgomery Senior High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    5 of 65 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.37 (all applicants 3.84)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    6 of 42 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 3.99)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    21%

    16 of 77 admitted

    This school21%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.82)

  • San Diego13 pts higher

    38%

    42 of 111 admitted

    This school38%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Santa Barbara10 pts higher

    42%

    13 of 31 admitted

    This school42%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.66)

  • Davis8 pts higher

    45%

    10 of 22 admitted

    This school45%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.79)

  • Santa Cruz13 pts lower

    59%

    20 of 34 admitted

    This school59%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.75)

  • Riverside7 pts lower

    80%

    36 of 45 admitted

    This school80%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.72 (all applicants 3.63)

  • MercedAbout the same

    96%

    27 of 28 admitted

    This school96%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.75 (all applicants 3.71)

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

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

  • San Diego32 pts higher

    66%

    99 of 150 admitted

    This school66%Overall34%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    86%

    32 of 37 admitted

    This school86%Overall87%

  • San Marcos10 pts lower

    86%

    68 of 79 admitted

    This school86%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 (389 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

74%

288 of 389 graduates

UC or CSU

21%

81 graduates

Community college

48%

185 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC328%
CSU4913%
CA private college123%
Out of state103%
Community college18548%
Not enrolled10126%
Enrolled in college28874%
Total389100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

17

AP courses offered

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

28

AP class sections

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

32% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

38%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

127 of 337 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)

12%

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

55 of 461 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 4 classes
  • English: 4 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 4 classes
  • Science: 5 classes
  • Social science: 10 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 54%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 14%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 21%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 62%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 52%County median 65%

Across California

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