Carondelet High School

Concord · Contra Costa County · Catholic religious-affiliated

Private Contra Costa County ~207 seniors
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Top 10% UC Reach in California 🎓Top 6 UC Reach in Contra Costa 🎓Top 10% UC Reach in CA

📋 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 Carondelet High School compares for families

Top-tier college outcomes for California families.

  • Statewide55.1% UC Reach37.0 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 92% of California high schools.
  • Locally🎓 Top 6 in Contra Costa County on UC Reach — plus 1 more top-rank.
  • vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (55.1% UC Reach vs 50.3% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Carondelet High School sent 422 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 27.0% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 55.1%37.0 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 92% of California high schools. The school produces 12.6 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
★ Top 10% UC Reach
UC Reach
55%
114 admits / 207 seniors
+4.8 pp above peer median (50.3%) · Ranked #5 of 11 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 29.5% 2025 · 55.1%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.1%
Peer median
50.3%
Top 10%
51.2%
This school
55.1%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 55.1%

Higher than 92% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Carondelet High School's UC Reach of 55.1% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (51.2%) — meaning roughly 55 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 42 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Carondelet High School's UC Reach is higher than 92% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach
203.9%
422 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 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · Contra Costa Co. Top 10% ≥ 271.6% · higher than 87% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
27.0%
114 / 422 applications
In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 56% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
23.7%
27 enrolled of 114 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
13.0%
27 enrollees / 207 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
100%
90% finished in 4 yrs · N=20 entered 2018
In context: CA median 88.4% · +11.6 pp above.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
40.6
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)
12.6
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.3 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 9.7 · higher than 94% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
207
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
840
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
3.98
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.19

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 Carondelet 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 4.01 4.24 +0.22 20.3% Peers +0.22 · matches
UCLA 4.01 4.24 +0.23 7.9% Peers +0.25 · matches
UC San Diego 3.95 4.18 +0.23 26.2% Peers +0.28 · wider
UC Santa Barbara 3.97 4.23 +0.26 25.0% Peers +0.27 · matches
UC Irvine 3.94 4.02 +0.07 15.5% Peers +0.24 · wider
UC Davis 3.96 4.18 +0.23 30.9% Peers +0.23 · matches
📊 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 Carondelet High School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (20.1% actual vs. 21.2% 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 73 16 8 21.9% 7.7% 50.0% 4.01 4.24
UCLA → Elite 88 10 3 11.4% 4.8% 30.0% 4.01 4.24
UC San Diego → Selective 70 19 3 27.1% 9.2% 15.8% 3.95 4.18
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 82 35 4 42.7% 16.9% 11.4% 3.97 4.23
UC Irvine → Selective 46 4 8.7% 1.9% 3.94 4.02
UC Davis → 63 30 9 47.6% 14.5% 30.0% 3.96 4.18
= 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 Carondelet High School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
784 (2020)840 (2025)
+7.1%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
200 (2020)207 (2025)
+3.5%

If this trend holds (+1.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~852 +12 $0
3 yr (2028) ~876 +36 $0
5 yr (2030) ~900 +60 $0

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

Carondelet High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

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

  • On UC Reach, Carondelet High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #5 of 11): 55% vs. a peer median of 50%.
  • Its UC Reach has risen 26 points since 2020.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 4% (200→207 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +12%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+1.4%/yr); projects to ~876 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

840 students (2025)
~876 projected (2028)
at +1.4%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Carondelet High School Private · Catholic 840 55.1% +4%
Peer-group median 50.3% +12%
De LA Salle High School Private · Catholic 1025 23.0% +6%
Moreau Catholic High School Private · Catholic 806 43.9% -18%
Bishop Odowd High School Private · Catholic 1259 81.2% -2%
Head-Royce School the Private · secular 902 60.0% +12%
Berean Christian High School Private · Other religious 408 47.9% +12%
Marin Catholic High School Private · Catholic 718 30.4% +19%
Vacaville Christian High Schl Private · Other religious 821 18.2% +17%
Athenian School Private · secular 528 52.7% +7%
Quarry Lane School Private · secular 1035 112.8% +34%
Archbishop Riordan High School Private · Catholic 1192 58.6% +104%

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 — Diocese of Oakland

Diocese
Counties covered
Alameda, Contra Costa
Schools operated (K–12)
~50
approx; from diocesan reports
Other Catholic HS tracked
7
in this diocese, on this site

Diocese of Oakland 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 55% 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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