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Don Bosco Technical Institute → Saint Paul High School → Sacred Heart High School → Ramona Convent Secondary Sch → Mayfield Senior School → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-0.7%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~375 | -3 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~370 | -8 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~365 | -13 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
Diocesan context — Archdiocese of Los Angeles
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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.
+5.3 pp above peer median (35.0%) · Ranked #3 of 11 similar schools
18.6%
35.0%
53.4%
40.3%
Higher than 81% of California high schools (1142 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Cantwell/Sacred Heart Mary Hs's UC Reach of 40.3% is in the top quartile statewide (median 18.6%; top 25% bar 34.2%) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 53.4%.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95.1% — a gap of 55 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Cantwell/Sacred Heart Mary Hs's UC Reach is higher than 81% of California high schools (1142 ranked).
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.
Cantwell/Sacred Heart Mary Hs — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · Catholic · Montebello · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Cantwell/Sacred Heart Mary Hs sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #3 of 11): 40% vs. a peer median of 35%.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Cantwell/Sacred Heart Mary Hs is admitting at roughly +9 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.934) alone would predict (34% actual vs. 25% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 4% (91→87 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of -7%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-0.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~370 by 2028 — about 8 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantwell/Sacred Heart Mary Hs | Private · Catholic | 378 | 40.3% | -4% |
| Peer-group median | 35.0% | -7% | ||
| Don Bosco Technical Institute | Private · Catholic | 351 | 34.3% | -30% |
| Saint Paul High School | Private · Catholic | 405 | 38.1% | -25% |
| Sacred Heart High School | Private · Catholic | 317 | 39.2% | +40% |
| Ramona Convent Secondary Sch | Private · Catholic | 296 | 44.0% | +31% |
| Mayfield Senior School | Private · Catholic | 310 | 61.4% | +8% |
| Junipero Serra High School | Private · Catholic | 367 | 18.3% | +6% |
| San Gabriel Academy | Private · Other religious | 320 | 28.6% | -44% |
| Verbum Dei High School | Private · Catholic | 298 | 21.1% | -20% |
| Whittier Christian High School | Private · Other religious | 410 | 6.4% | -30% |
| Bishop Conaty Our Lady Loretto | Private · Catholic | 284 | 35.8% | +10% |
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 →
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?
| Campus | Applicant GPA (avg) | Actual admit rate | CA peer avg | Δ | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 3.93 | 23.1% | 13.7% | +9.4pp | Over |
| UC San Diego | 3.89 | 33.3% | 23.7% | +9.6pp | Over |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.96 | 36.4% | 30.2% | +6.2pp | Over |
| UC Irvine | 4.02 | 27.8% | 24.3% | +3.5pp | On target |
| UC Davis | 3.85 | 50.0% | 30.7% | +19.3pp | Over |
Where Cantwell/Sacred Heart Mary Hs sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 9.0 points above what their GPAs predict (34.1% actual vs. 25.1% expected).
Campus Breakdown — 2024
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 13 | 3 | — | 23.1% | 4.2% | — | 3.93 | — |
| UCLA → Elite | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.08 | — |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 18 | 6 | 3 | 33.3% | 8.3% | 50.0% | 3.89 | 4.22 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 22 | 8 | — | 36.4% | 11.1% | — | 3.96 | 4.28 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 18 | 5 | — | 27.8% | 6.9% | — | 4.02 | 4.29 |
| UC Davis → | 14 | 7 | 3 | 50.0% | 9.7% | 42.9% | 3.85 | 4.18 |