Cathedral High School

Los Angeles · Los Angeles County · Religious-affiliated

Private Los Angeles County ~124 seniors

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📋 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 Cathedral High School compares for families

Mid-pack college outcomes within California.

▸ Statewide13.7% UC Reach — right around the California median of 18.1%.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (13.7% UC Reach vs 59.8% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Cathedral High School sent 260 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 6.5% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 13.7% — 4.4 percentage points below the California median of 18.1%, higher than 36% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

14%

17 admits / 124 seniors
-46.1 pp vs. peer median (59.8%) · Ranked #11 of 11 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 12.6% 2025 · 13.7%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.1%

Peer median
59.8%

Top 10%
51.2%

This school
13.7%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 13.7%

Higher than 36% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Cathedral High School's UC Reach of 13.7% is below the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.

Against similar schools, Cathedral High School trails the peer-group median (59.8%) — even though it looks strong vs. the state average.

Overall, Cathedral High School's UC Reach is higher than 36% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

209.7%

260 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% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252.0% · higher than 88% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

6.5%

17 / 260 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 0% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

None enrolled of 17 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 / 124 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 ⓘ

88%

72% finished in 4 yrs · N=25 entered 2016

In context: CA median 87.8%.

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

10.5

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 27% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

124

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

583

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 ⓘ

3.59

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.16

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 Cathedral 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 (2018)	3.66	4.03	+0.37	22.2%	Peers +0.44 · wider
UCLA	3.61	4.21	+0.60	7.0%	Peers +0.52 · steeper
UC San Diego	3.58	4.13	+0.55	13.8%	Peers +0.44 · steeper
UC Santa Barbara	3.57	4.16	+0.59	16.0%	Peers +0.46 · steeper
UC Irvine (2018)	3.43	4.17	+0.73	9.6%	Peers +0.56 · steeper
UC Davis (2021)	3.38	3.92	+0.54	20.0%	Peers +0.58 · 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 Cathedral High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 12.9 points below what their GPAs predict (10.5% actual vs. 23.5% 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	37	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.64	—^†
UCLA → Elite	61	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.61	4.21
UC San Diego → Selective	49	9	—^†	18.4%	7.3%	—	3.58	4.13
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	33	4	—^†	12.1%	3.2%	—	3.57	4.16
UC Irvine → Selective	45	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.56	—^†
UC Davis →	35	4	—^†	11.4%	3.2%	—	3.60	—^†

† = 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 Cathedral High School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

631 (2020) → 583 (2025)

-7.6%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

155 (2020) → 124 (2025)

-20.0%

If this trend holds (-1.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~574	-9	$0
3 yr (2028)	~556	-27	$0
5 yr (2030)	~539	-44	$0

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

Cathedral High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · Los Angeles · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Cathedral High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #11 of 11): 14% vs. a peer median of 60%.
▸Its UC Reach has risen 3 points since 2020.
▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Cathedral High School is admitting at roughly -13 percentage points below what its average applicant GPA (3.585) alone would predict (10% actual vs. 24% expected). That's worth understanding — it can reflect grade inflation that UC sees through, weaker holistic-review materials at the margin, or applicants concentrating at more selective campuses than typical. Not a verdict; a signal.
▸Senior-class enrollment is down 20% (155→124 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +7%.
▸At its recent rate (-1.6%/yr), enrollment projects to ~556 by 2028 — about 27 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

583 students (2025)

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~556 projected (2028)

at -1.6%/yr

That's about 27 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.

Estimate seeded by other religious private school typical — wide range: Jewish day $25k–35k, Lutheran/Christian $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
Cathedral High School	Private · Other religious	583	13.7%	-20%
Peer-group median			59.8%	+7%
Immaculate Heart High School	Private · Catholic	673	30.9%	-22%
Maranatha High School	Private · Other religious	554	55.6%	+2%
Marlborough School	Private · secular	546	64.0%	+29%
Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian	Private · Other religious	862	45.9%	+19%
Milken Community School	Private · Other religious	778	66.4%	+6%
Geffen Academy at UCLA	Private · secular	589	121.1%	+21%
Saint Genevieve High School	Private · Catholic	547	19.0%	+25%
Windward School	Private · secular	625	77.4%	+8%
New Roads School	Private · secular	545	64.6%	+4%
Archer School for Girls	Private · secular	484	45.1%	-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 →

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.

Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.

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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