Bishop Montgomery High School

Torrance · Los Angeles County · Catholic religious-affiliated

Private Los Angeles County ~208 seniors

Data Year

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🎓54% UC Reach

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

Program details not reported to CRDC

Academic signals

Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Bishop Montgomery High School compares for families

Top-tier college outcomes for California families.

▸ Statewide53.8% UC Reach — 35.7 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 91% of California high schools.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (53.8% UC Reach vs 31.0% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Bishop Montgomery High School sent 526 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 21.3% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 53.8% — 35.7 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 91% of California high schools. The school produces 9.6 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

54%

112 admits / 208 seniors
+22.8 pp above peer median (31.0%) · Ranked #3 of 11 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 46.0% 2025 · 53.8%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.1%

Peer median
31.0%

Top 10%
51.2%

This school
53.8%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 53.8%

Higher than 91% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Bishop Montgomery High School's UC Reach of 53.8% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (51.2%) — meaning roughly 53 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

Against similar schools, Bishop Montgomery High School stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 31.0%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 44 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Bishop Montgomery High School's UC Reach is higher than 91% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

252.9%

526 applications

Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 3 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.

In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252.0% · higher than 91% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

21.3%

112 / 526 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 22% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

29.5%

33 enrolled of 112 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 ⓘ

15.9%

33 enrollees / 208 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.

UC 6-Yr Grad Rate ⓘ

91%

83% finished in 4 yrs · N=35 entered 2019

In context: CA median 88.6% · +2.8 pp above.

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

40.4

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 90% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

9.6

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.3 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 9.7 · higher than 90% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

208

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

844

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.

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.97

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.23

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

UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA

Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.

🎯 Who's actually getting into UC from Bishop Montgomery High School

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
UC Berkeley	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out	Filtered out
UCLA	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out	Filtered out
UC San Diego	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara	Strong shot	Moderate	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Irvine	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Davis	Strong shot	Real shot	Moderate	Filtered out

Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2024.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC Berkeley	3.99	4.25	+0.26	11.4%	Peers +0.23 · matches
UCLA	3.96	4.30	+0.34	10.9%	Peers +0.28 · steeper
UC San Diego	3.96	4.24	+0.28	19.6%	Peers +0.27 · matches
UC Santa Barbara	3.96	4.26	+0.30	30.3%	Peers +0.28 · matches
UC Irvine	3.97	4.22	+0.24	31.2%	Peers +0.22 · matches
UC Davis	4.00	4.17	+0.17	45.5%	Peers +0.21 · wider

📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2024 (for reference)

GPA band	UCB	UCLA	UCSD	UCSB	UCI	UCD
4.00+	17.1%	14.4%	43.5%	57.3%	46.0%	64.1%
3.70–3.99	2.8%	1.5%	11.2%	9.2%	16.5%	27.5%
3.30–3.69	0.8%	0.9%	1.4%	2.3%	3.4%	9.1%
3.00–3.29	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.5%	0.4%	2.1%
< 3.00	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.5%	0.3%	0.6%

How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

Where Bishop Montgomery High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (23.3% actual vs. 21.0% 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	66	9	3	13.6%	4.3%	33.3%	3.99	4.25
UCLA → Elite	102	11	10	10.8%	5.3%	90.9%	3.96	4.30
UC San Diego → Selective	96	17	4	17.7%	8.2%	23.5%	3.96	4.24
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	89	23	—^†	25.8%	11.1%	—	3.96	4.26
UC Irvine → Selective	99	24	12	24.2%	11.5%	50.0%	3.97	4.22
UC Davis →	74	28	4	37.8%	13.5%	14.3%	4.00	4.17

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). 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 →

No SBAC data for private schools — and that's not the metric you want anyway

California's Smarter Balanced (CAASPP) assessment is administered by the state, by statute, to public & charter schools only. Private schools don't sit for it. That's why the SBAC card is missing on this profile — not a data gap on our side, a deliberate scope of the state's testing program.

For private schools, UC Reach is the stronger academic signal anyway. SBAC measures grade-11 inputs (proficiency on a state standard); UC Reach measures outputs (who actually got into the most selective UCs). For private-school families weighing tuition against college outcomes, the outputs are the relevant signal.

Scroll up to the UC Reach card for Bishop Montgomery High School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

845 (2020) → 844 (2025)

-0.1%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

177 (2020) → 208 (2025)

+17.5%

If this trend holds (-0.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~844	+0	$0
3 yr (2028)	~843	-1	$0
5 yr (2030)	~843	-1	$0

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

Bishop Montgomery High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Catholic · Torrance · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Bishop Montgomery High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #3 of 11): 54% vs. a peer median of 31%.
▸Bishop Montgomery High School's UC Reach has stepped down from a peak of 60% in 2024 to 54% in 2025 — a 6-point decline worth tracking.
▸Senior-class enrollment is up 18% (177→208 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of +2%.
▸At its recent rate (-0.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~843 by 2028 — about 1 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

844 students (2025)

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~843 projected (2028)

at -0.0%/yr

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

Estimate seeded by catholic private school typical — Catholic HS typical $10k–18k. NCES doesn't publish per-school tuition; adjust to your school's actual figure. 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
Bishop Montgomery High School	Private · Catholic	844	53.8%	+18%
Peer-group median			31.0%	+2%
Saint John Bosco High School	Private · Catholic	869	31.1%	-3%
Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian	Private · Other religious	862	45.9%	+19%
Immaculate Heart High School	Private · Catholic	673	30.9%	-22%
Notre Dame Academy	Private · Catholic	1263	23.4%	+9%
Saint Joseph High School	Private · Catholic	557	30.3%	-10%
Milken Community School	Private · Other religious	778	66.4%	+6%
Loyola High School	Private · Catholic	1289	62.2%	-1%
Mary Star of the Sea High Sch	Private · Catholic	407	18.1%	-44%
Wildwood School	Private · secular	726	37.7%	+35%
Valley Christian High School	Private · Other religious	527	16.1%	+29%

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 →

Diocesan context — Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Archdiocese

Counties covered

Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara

Schools operated (K–12)

~210

approx; from diocesan reports

Other Catholic HS tracked

in this diocese, on this site

Largest Catholic school system in the U.S. Archdiocese of Los Angeles is the canonical governance body for Catholic schools in this region — board policy, tuition guidance, and shared services typically originate here. Visit the diocesan website →

Financial figures aren't shown because Catholic (arch)dioceses don't file IRS Form 990 — they're covered by the USCCB Group Ruling (GEN 0928), which exempts dioceses, parishes, and parochial schools from individual filing. School counts above are hand-compiled from each diocese's published schools-department information.

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 54% 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 declined meaningfully year-over-year. This should be reviewed in context of applicant volume, GPA trends, course rigor changes, and peer-school performance before drawing conclusions.

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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