Ambassador High School

Torrance · Los Angeles County · Private (Other religious)

Private Los Angeles County ~26 seniors

Data Year

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Most similar nearby schools

Rolling Hills Prep School → New Covenant Academy → Saint Bernard High School → Pacific Lutheran High School → Lighthouse Church School → Compare all similar →

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

79 (2020) → 148 (2025)

+87.3%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

17 (2020) → 26 (2025)

+52.9%

If this trend holds (+13.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~168	+20	$0
3 yr (2028)	~216	+68	$0
5 yr (2030)	~277	+129	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.

Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023

From 13 years of Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (free public IRS data). The school's tax filings show financial scale, fundraising health, and endowment trajectory — signals that drive board-level conversations about tuition pricing, financial-aid capacity, and capital projects.

Total revenue

$1.8M

FY2023

Net assets (endowment + property)

$0.7M

Tuition revenue (program)

$1.7M

≈ $11285/student avg

Gifts & grants

$0.1M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 300223099). View latest 990 PDF → Tuition-per-student is total program-service revenue divided by latest enrollment — a rough average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service, etc.); the actual published tuition can differ. Form 990 is filed annually under penalty of perjury, so the financial scale figures are authoritative.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

38%

10 admits / 26 seniors
-2.1 pp vs. peer median (40.6%) · Ranked #5 of 8 similar schools

5-year trend

2022 · 11.5% 2025 · 38.5%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.5%

Peer median
40.6%

Top 10%
53.3%

This school
38.5%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 38.5%

Higher than 81% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Ambassador High School's UC Reach of 38.5% is in the top quartile statewide (median 18.5%; top 25% bar 32.0%) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 53.3%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 64 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Ambassador High School's UC Reach is higher than 81% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

223.1%

58 applications

Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 2 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.

In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252.7% · higher than 88% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

17.2%

10 / 58 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 5% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

None enrolled of 10 admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach ⓘ

N/A

None enrollees / 26 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD) ⓘ

26.9

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 76% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

148

All grades · Private School Affidavit

Private-school figures come from the California Private School Affidavit. Per CDE, inclusion in private-school data is not an evaluation, approval, or endorsement of a school.

Ambassador High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · Torrance · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Ambassador High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #5 of 8): 38% vs. a peer median of 41%.
▸Its UC Reach has risen 27 points since 2022.
▸Senior-class enrollment is up 53% (17→26 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of -21%.
▸Enrollment has been growing (+13.4%/yr); projects to ~216 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

148 students (2025)

→

~216 projected (2028)

at +13.4%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
Ambassador High School	Private · Other religious	148	38.5%	+53%
Peer-group median			40.6%	-21%
Rolling Hills Prep School	Private · secular	145	27.3%	-43%
New Covenant Academy	Private · Other religious	144	135.0%	-25%
Saint Bernard High School	Private · Catholic	162	15.4%	-12%
Pacific Lutheran High School	Private · Other religious	84	—	+0%
Lighthouse Church School	Private · Other religious	125	—	—
Saint Marys Academy	Private	237	86.0%	+14%
Eastside Christian High School	Private · Other religious	120	—	-22%
Lycee Francais De Los Angeles	Private · secular	153	40.6%	-20%
Aquinas International Academy	Private · secular	145	12.0%	-70%
Cornelia Connelly School	Private · Catholic	124	41.9%	—

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type, and religious orientation. Methodology →

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.76

GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach % (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach	Yield	Avg GPA (App) '24	Avg GPA (Adm) '24
UC Berkeley → Elite	7	—	—	—	—	—	3.87	—
UCLA → Elite	13	—	—	—	—	—	3.75	—
UC San Diego → Selective	10	3	—	30.0%	11.5%	—	3.72	—
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	10	4	—	40.0%	15.4%	—	3.75	—
UC Irvine → Selective	12	—	—	—	—	—	3.75	—
UC Davis →	6	3	—	50.0%	11.5%	—	—	—

⚠ Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once. Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.

A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.

UC Reach is solid. A meaningful share of the senior class is achieving UC admission, and there is likely room to grow both application volume and admission outcomes.

The school generates broad UC access, but fewer students are reaching the most selective UC campuses (UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCI). Targeted academic enrichment and campus-fit advising may help.

Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.

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