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Catholic (girls) · Belmont (Peninsula) · AKA: NDB

Notre Dame Belmont

“Where Girls with Dreams Become Women of Vision”

Students
~390
Ratio
10:1
Tuition
$34k

What makes this school special

  • All-girls Catholic college prep founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1851, on a 10.6-acre Belmont campus midway down the Peninsula
  • Named to the College Board's AP School Honor Roll at the Platinum level; in May 2025, 212 students sat 439 AP exams across 21 subjects and 71% scored 3 or higher
  • The Tri-School Program with Mercy and Serra brings co-ed academics and arts to an otherwise all-girls campus
  • Colleges offered the class of 2026 a combined $26.6 million in merit scholarships, separate from need-based financial aid

Academics

Curriculum

Honors coursework; double-block AP lab sciences

Advanced coursework

22 AP courses · 11 UC-approved honors courses

See the list filed with UC

World languages

American Sign Language, French, Spanish

Schedule

Block (A/B rotation)

Signature programs

  • Six academic concentrations (STEM, Mass Communications, Social Justice, Humanities, Arts, Sports Medicine)
  • Double-block AP lab sciences (full college-length labs)
  • Junior Capstone social-justice project
  • Empowered for Success (learning-differences support)

College matriculation

Stanford, Cornell, Dartmouth, Georgetown, UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, Boston College, Pomona College, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Santa Clara University, University of San Francisco

See the full list

UC admissions · For fall 2025 entry

applied
48
admitted to at least one campus
31
enrolled at a UC
14
What these numbers can and can’t tell you

Athletics, arts & activities

Athletics · West Bay Athletic League (WBAL)

PomBasketballBeach VolleyballCheerCross CountryFlag FootballGolfLacrosseSoccerSoftballSwimmingTennisTrack & FieldVolleyballWater PoloWrestling

Arts

Visual ArtPhotographySculptureGraphic DesignChoral MusicInstrumental MusicJazz BandDanceTheater

Clubs & activities · 40+

Mock TrialTigerBots (robotics)Math TeamThe Catalyst (newspaper)Tiger TVModel United NationsKey Club
See all clubs

Life there

Tuition includes

  • Lunch

Food

Daily lunch (included in tuition)

Learning support

Empowered for Success (EFS), for documented learning differences

Notable alumni

  • Emma Chamberlain (YouTuber and podcaster)

Often on the same list

Mercy High School, Burlingame

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Convent High School

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Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory

Catholic (co-ed)

Sources

  1. NDB School Profile 2025-26 — enrollment, ratio, class size, race/ethnicity, AP/honors, college acceptances, AP Honor Roll
  2. Admissions — Apply — HSPT, deadlines, requirements
  3. Affording NDB — 2026-27 tuition (lunch included), fees
  4. Who We Are — founding, mission, motto
  5. Academics — concentrations, double-block sciences, EFS
  6. Athletics — sports, WBAL
  7. Student Leadership — clubs
  8. Bell Schedule — block schedule
  9. The ~35% financial-aid/merit-scholarship reach and the class of 2026's $26.6M in college merit-scholarship offers confirmed by the Notre Dame Belmont Office of Admissions (correspondence, July 2026)
  10. UC A-G course list — Notre Dame High School — the 2026-27 course list the school files with the University of California: 22 AP courses and 11 UC-approved honors courses beyond AP. The school's 2025-26 profile counts 19 APs; we carry the filed number. The same filing names the languages taught — American Sign Language, French, Spanish

Details checked August 2026