Archer School for Girls

Los Angeles · Los Angeles County · Private
Private Los Angeles County ~71 seniors
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
486 (2020)484 (2025)
-0.4%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
79 (2020)71 (2025)
-10.1%

If this trend holds (-0.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~484 +0 $0
3 yr (2028) ~483 -1 $0
5 yr (2030) ~482 -2 $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 12 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
$31.0M
FY2023
Net assets (endowment + property)
$63.9M
+219.8% since FY2012
Tuition revenue (program)
$26.9M
≈ $55525/student avg
Gifts & grants
$3.2M
fundraising
Total revenue by year ($M)
Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 954463705). 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
45%
32 admits / 71 seniors
-14.2 pp vs. peer median (59.3%) · Ranked #8 of 11 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 37.5% 2025 · 45.1%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Peer median
59.3%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
45.1%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 45.1%

Higher than 85% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Archer School for Girls's UC Reach of 45.1% 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 58 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Archer School for Girls's UC Reach is higher than 85% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
223.9%
159 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
20.1%
32 / 159 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 17% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
9.4%
3 enrolled of 32 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
4.2%
3 enrollees / 71 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)
35.2
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 84% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
14.1
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 95% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
71
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
484
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.

Archer School for Girls — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · Los Angeles · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Archer School for Girls sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #8 of 11): 45% vs. a peer median of 59%.
  • Its UC Reach has risen 2 points since 2020.
  • Senior-class enrollment is down 10% (79→71 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +19%.
  • At its recent rate (-0.1%/yr), enrollment projects to ~483 by 2028 — about 1 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

484 students (2025)
~483 projected (2028)
at -0.1%/yr

That's about 1 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.

Default derived from this school's own IRS Form 990 (FY2023): program-service revenue ÷ enrollment, rounded to the nearest $1k — an authoritative average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service). Your published tuition may differ; adjust if needed. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Archer School for Girls Private · secular 484 45.1% -10%
Peer-group median 59.3% +19%
New Roads School Private · secular 545 64.6% +4%
Geffen Academy at UCLA Private · secular 589 121.1% +21%
Windward School Private · secular 625 77.4% +8%
Marlborough School Private · secular 546 64.0% +29%
Wildwood School Private · secular 726 37.7% +35%
Buckley School Private · secular 829 50.6% +30%
Crespi Carmelite High School Private · Catholic 428 60.8% -16%
Pilgrim School Private · secular 320 27.8% +90%
Saint Monica Catholic Hs Private · Catholic 367 57.8% +17%
Cathedral High School Private · Other religious 583 13.7% -20%

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
4.03
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.24

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

Admit rate vs. CA peer average, by campus

How does this school's admit rate at each UC compare to other CA schools whose applicant pool averages the same GPA? Based on 2024 (latest GPA available).

Campus Applicant GPA (avg) Actual admit rate CA peer avg Δ Verdict
UC Berkeley 4.06 19.4% 16.0% +3.4pp On target
UCLA 4.03 16.7% 9.2% +7.4pp Over
UC Santa Barbara 4.06 19.4% 34.6% -15.3pp Under
UC Davis 4.08 38.9% 32.5% +6.4pp Over
"Applicant GPA" is the average GPA of this school's UC applicant pool — not an individual student GPA. "CA peer avg" is the application-weighted statewide admit rate at this school-pool GPA, fit separately per campus. At any given pool GPA, real admit rates span widely (UCSD ranges 8% → 65% across CA schools) because UCs use comprehensive review — context-of-opportunity, geography, demographics, and applicant essays all weigh in beyond GPA. A large negative residual flags this school is admitted at a meaningfully lower rate than other CA schools at the same pool GPA — not that students here were "rejected at expected rate X." "Over" / "Under" use a ±5-point band. Campuses with fewer than 5 applicants are omitted.

Where Archer School for Girls sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (21.8% actual vs. 22.1% expected), based on 2024 data.

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 33 5 3 15.2% 7.0% 60.0% 4.06 4.27
UCLA → Elite 33 5 15.2% 7.0% 4.03 4.18
UC San Diego → Selective 29 7 24.1% 9.9% 3.97
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 31 8 25.8% 11.3% 4.06 4.30
UC Irvine → Selective 17 3.96
UC Davis → 16 7 43.8% 9.9% 4.08 4.19
⚠ 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 very strong — more than 45% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.
Strong UC Reach paired with low yield: students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere. The pattern is characteristic of competitive college-preparatory schools where many students choose more selective private colleges or out-of-state flagships over UC — UC functions as a strong backup option rather than a first choice.
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.
UC Reach has improved meaningfully compared to the prior year — a positive trajectory worth monitoring and reinforcing.
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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