The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has named about 16,000 high school students from the graduating class of 2024 — less than 1 percent of U.S. seniors — as semifinalists in the prestigious 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Over 150 students from L.A. County are among the 16,000 semifinalists' group and will attend the final awards ceremony in the spring of 2024. In addition to the semifinalists, about 34,000 students were recognized as Commended Students. Semifinalists and Commended Students constitute the top 50,000 students nationwide who participated in the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). We applaud the tremendous efforts of these students and their families for their immense dedication to their education, as well as the teachers who supported and guided them through their academic journey.

For the complete list of L.A. County districts with students as semifinalists and commended students in alphabetical order, please see below:

• ABC Unified School District
• Alhambra Unified School District
• Arcadia Unified School District
• Beverly Hills Unified School District
• Burbank Unified School District
• Culver City Unified School District
• El Segundo Unified School District
• Glendale Unified School District
• Glendora Unified School District
• Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
• La Cañada Unified School District
• Las Virgenes Unified School District
• Long Beach Unified School District
• Los Angeles Office of Education
• Los Angeles Unified School District
• Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified District
• Pasadena Unified School District
• Redondo Beach Unified School District
• Rowland Unified School District
• San Marino Unified School District
• Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
• South Pasadena Unified School District
• Temple City Unified School District
• Torrance Unified School District
• Walnut Valley Unified School District
• William S. Hart Union High School District

About the NMSC

Established in 1955, National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance. NMSC conducts the National Merit Scholarship Program, an annual academic competition for recognition and college undergraduate scholarships.

Read the National Merit Scholarship Program announcement here.

Access complete list of L.A. County students here.