The Gold Standard of Education
Voted Best Private
High School in SF Bay Area
SFGATE spotlights the top-tier businesses and schools that make our Bay Area community shine, and Notre Dame Belmont won the public vote as best private high school!
Named Best Private High School Near Santa Clara
SFGATE has named NDB one of the best private high schools near Santa Clara. Schools on this list have an A+ rating from Nichecom, a 4-star rating from a minimum of 60 combined reviews from Niche, Google and Private School Review.
The AP School Honor Roll offers four levels of distinction: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. NDB has been designated as Gold With 217 students who took 452 AP exams, 71.43% scored a three or higher on at least one AP exam.
NDB has earned the College Board's AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award. NDB is one of only 834 schools in the nation to be recognized for achieving this important result in AP CSP. NDB students achieved 100% pass rate on the following AP Exams, exceeding CA and global scores!
Art Student Lyla Sheridan '24 Wins National Gold Medal
We are proud to announce that Lyla Sheridan '24 won a Gold Medal in the 2024 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in New York. Her work of art, "An Act of War," from her AP Studio portfolio investigated how birds mimic human nature.
Prepared for College
Four-Year College Prep Program
NDB gets students ahead of the curve by beginning a rigorous college preparation process their freshman year and sustaining growth throughout their four-year career at NDB Over four years, students grow equipped with skills to apply for and gain entrance to competitive colleges across the country.
Acceptance Rates to Esteemed Colleges are Higher for NDB Students
The following reflects acceptance rates of the Class of 2024:
UC Berkeley (5 attending)
NDB Acceptance Rate: 29.4%
UCB Acceptance Rate: 11.7%
UC Davis (3 attending)
NDB Acceptance Rate: 432%
UCD Acceptance Rate: 373%
UC San Diego (1 attending)
NDB Acceptance Rate: 250%
UCSD Acceptance Rate: 247%
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (7 attending)
NDB Acceptance Rate: 48.8%
Cal Poly Acceptance Rate: 28.0%
Loyola Marymount University (1 attending)
NDB Acceptance Rate: 64.1%
CU Acceptance Rate: 410%
Lucy Wood ‘24
UC Los Angeles (3 attending)
NDB Acceptance Rate: 10.5%
UCLA Acceptance Rate: 8.8%
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (7 attending)
NDB Acceptance Rate: 488%
Cal Poly Acceptance Rate: 280%
San Diego State University (6 attending)
NDB Acceptance Rate: 676%
SDSU Acceptance Rate: 390%
New York University (1 attending)
NDB Acceptance Rate: 19.0%
NYU Acceptance Rate: 15.0%
University of Washington (2 attending)
NDB Acceptance Rate: 48.2%
UW Acceptance Rate: 110%
Psychology and Political Science Student at UCLA
Northeastern University (3 attending)
NDB Acceptance Rate: 35.7%
NE Acceptance Rate: 5.7%
Santa Clara University (5 attending)
NDB Acceptance Rate: 4736%
SCU Acceptance Rate: 440%
Boston University (0 attending)
NDB Acceptance Rate: 333%
BU Acceptance Rate: 140%
“My four years as a Pre-Trial Attorney on NDB’s Mock Trial Team inspired me to follow a pre-law track at UCLA. I gained confidence through public speaking, mentoring, coaching and leadership opportunities. Having the opportunity to safely grow and develop among a community of amazing young women has been the most special experience of my life that can never be replicated.”
