Bell Gardens High School

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

13%

9 of 67 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley 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 β€” (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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Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, 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 41%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 13%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 15%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 95%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 93%County median 64%

Across California

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