Christian Brothers High School

Sacramento · Sacramento County · Catholic religious-affiliated

Private Sacramento County ~236 seniors
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🎓30% UC Reach 🎓Top 7 UC Reach in Sacramento

📋 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 Christian Brothers High School compares for families

Above-average college outcomes statewide.

  • Statewide29.7% UC Reach11.6 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 74% of California high schools.
  • Locally🎓 Top 7 in Sacramento County on UC Reach.
  • vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (29.7% UC Reach vs 46.2% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Christian Brothers High School sent 316 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 22.2% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 29.7%11.6 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 74% of California high schools. The school produces 5.1 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
30%
70 admits / 236 seniors
-16.5 pp vs. peer median (46.2%) · Ranked #7 of 11 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 23.5% 2025 · 29.7%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.1%
Peer median
46.2%
Top 10%
51.2%
This school
29.7%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 29.7%

Higher than 74% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Christian Brothers High School's UC Reach of 29.7% is above the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.

Against similar schools, Christian Brothers High School trails the peer-group median (46.2%) — even though it looks strong vs. the state average.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 68 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Christian Brothers High School's UC Reach is higher than 74% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach
133.9%
316 applications
Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).
In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · Sacramento Co. Top 10% ≥ 144.0% · higher than 75% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
22.2%
70 / 316 applications
In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 27% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
31.4%
22 enrolled of 70 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
9.3%
22 enrollees / 236 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
89%
78% finished in 4 yrs · N=37 entered 2019
In context: CA median 88.6%.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
19.9
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 64% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
5.1
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.3 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 9.7 · higher than 68% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
236
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
1,132
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
3.99
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 Christian Brothers 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 4.02 4.24 +0.22 16.2% Peers +0.22 · matches
UCLA 4.01 4.26 +0.25 9.3% Peers +0.25 · matches
UC San Diego 4.00 4.23 +0.23 21.2% Peers +0.25 · matches
UC Santa Barbara 3.99 4.21 +0.22 35.3% Peers +0.26 · wider
UC Irvine 3.95 4.12 +0.17 19.4% Peers +0.23 · wider
UC Davis 3.95 4.15 +0.20 53.8% 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 Christian Brothers High School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (26.7% actual vs. 21.9% 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 49 7 3 14.3% 3.0% 42.9% 4.02 4.24
UCLA → Elite 49 5 5 10.2% 2.1% 100.0% 4.01 4.26
UC San Diego → Selective 58 13 6 22.4% 5.5% 46.2% 4.00 4.23
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 57 15 3 26.3% 6.4% 20.0% 3.99 4.21
UC Irvine → Selective 41 7 17.1% 3.0% 3.95 4.12
UC Davis → 62 23 5 37.1% 9.7% 21.7% 3.95 4.15
= 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 Christian Brothers High School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
1,157 (2020)1,132 (2025)
-2.2%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
273 (2020)236 (2025)
-13.6%

If this trend holds (-0.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~1,127 -5 $0
3 yr (2028) ~1,117 -15 $0
5 yr (2030) ~1,108 -24 $0

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

Christian Brothers High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

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

  • On UC Reach, Christian Brothers High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 11): 30% vs. a peer median of 46%.
  • Christian Brothers High School's UC Reach has declined meaningfully from a peak of 46% in 2024 to 30% in 2025 — a 16-point drop that warrants attention. Multi-year UC Reach declines of this size often signal something specific (leadership change, comp-program shift, demographic move) rather than year-to-year noise. This is the kind of trajectory an Enrollment Trend Audit unpacks.
  • Senior-class enrollment is down 14% (273→236 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +8%.
  • At its recent rate (-0.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1117 by 2028 — about 15 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

1132 students (2025)
~1117 projected (2028)
at -0.4%/yr

That's about 15 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
Christian Brothers High School Private · Catholic 1132 29.7% -14%
Peer-group median 46.2% +8%
Jesuit High School Private · Catholic 917 37.2% -23%
Bradshaw Christian School Private · Other religious 1198 12.5% -27%
Woodland Christian High School Private · Other religious 805 10.9% +15%
Sacramento Country Day School Private · secular 565 93.3% +45%
Archbishop Riordan High School Private · Catholic 1192 58.6% +104%
De LA Salle High School Private · Catholic 1025 23.0% +6%
Bishop Odowd High School Private · Catholic 1259 81.2% -2%
Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep Private · Catholic 1438 57.1% +9%
Vacaville Christian High Schl Private · Other religious 821 18.2% +17%
Carondelet High School Private · Catholic 840 55.1% +4%

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 Sacramento

Diocese
Counties covered
Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado, Yolo, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada, Sierra, Plumas, Butte, Tehama, Glenn, Colusa, Shasta, Lassen, Modoc, Siskiyou, Trinity, Solano
Schools operated (K–12)
~37
approx; from diocesan reports
Other Catholic HS tracked
3
in this diocese, on this site

Diocese of Sacramento 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.
Students are earning UC admission but enrolling elsewhere at a notable rate. This may reflect competition from private colleges, out-of-state flagships, cost considerations, or UC campus fit. Student outcome surveys can clarify.
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.
Berkeley/UCLA admit volume is modest relative to overall UC reach. This is common and reflects the highly selective nature of those campuses, but may be a target area for the school's highest-performing students.
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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