Cristo Rey San Diego High School

San Diego · San Diego County · Catholic religious-affiliated

Private San Diego County ~47 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 Cristo Rey San Diego High School compares for families

Real college outcomes data available below.

  • Statewide6.4% UC Reach — 11.7 points below the California median of 18.1%.
  • vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (6.4% UC Reach vs 13.0% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Cristo Rey San Diego High School sent 84 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 3.6% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 6.4%11.7 percentage points below the California median of 18.1%, higher than 6% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
6%
3 admits / 47 seniors
-6.6 pp vs. peer median (13.0%) · Ranked #6 of 7 similar schools
5-year trend
2024 · 7.9% 2025 · 6.4%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.1%
Peer median
13.0%
Top 10%
51.2%
This school
6.4%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 6.4%

Higher than 6% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Cristo Rey San Diego High School's UC Reach of 6.4% is below the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.

Overall, Cristo Rey San Diego High School's UC Reach is higher than 6% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach
178.7%
84 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% · higher than 84% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
3.6%
3 / 84 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 3 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 / 47 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.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
47
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
196
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
3.95

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

UC Outcomes Trend — 2024–2025

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 5 4.26
UCLA → Elite 11 4.05
UC San Diego → Selective 20 3.80
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 14 3.83
UC Irvine → Selective 22 4.05
UC Davis → 12 3 25.0% 6.4% 3.79
= 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 Cristo Rey San Diego High School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
184 (2024)196 (2025)
+6.5%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
38 (2024)47 (2025)
+23.7%

If this trend holds (+6.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~209 +13 $0
3 yr (2028) ~237 +41 $0
5 yr (2030) ~269 +73 $0

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

Cristo Rey San Diego High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Catholic · San Diego · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Cristo Rey San Diego High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #6 of 7): 6% vs. a peer median of 13%.
  • Its UC Reach has slipped 2 points since 2024 — worth watching.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 24% (38→47 from 2024 to 2025), tracking the peer-group median of +23%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+6.5%/yr); projects to ~237 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

196 students (2025)
~237 projected (2028)
at +6.5%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Cristo Rey San Diego High School Private · Catholic 196 6.4% +24%
Peer-group median 13.0% +23%
San Diego Academy Private · Other religious 189 -58%
Calvary Christian Academy Private · Other religious 261 -50%
Waldorf School of San Diego Hs Private · secular 247 +19%
Foothills Christian Hs Private · Other religious 263 5.0% +28%
Victory Christian Academy Private · Other religious 312 13.0% +127%
Ocean View Christian Academy Private · Other religious 398 13.0% +56%
Horizon Prep Private · Other religious 309 +100%
Escondido Adventist Academy Private · Other religious 158 10.0% -41%
Saint Augustine High School Private · Catholic 717 14.4% -1%
Cambridge School Private · Other religious 390 51.9% +238%

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 →

Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023

From 6 years of Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (free public IRS data). The school's tax filings show financial scale, fundraising health, and endowment trajectory — signals that drive board-level conversations about tuition pricing, financial-aid capacity, and capital projects.

Total revenue
$2.9M
FY2023
Net assets (endowment + property)
$0.7M
Tuition revenue (program)
$0.8M
≈ $4140/student avg
Gifts & grants
$2.0M
fundraising
Total revenue by year ($M)
Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 821922472). Tuition-per-student is total program-service revenue divided by latest enrollment — a rough average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service, etc.); the actual published tuition can differ. Form 990 is filed annually under penalty of perjury, so the financial scale figures are authoritative.

Diocesan context — Diocese of San Diego

Diocese
Counties covered
San Diego, Imperial
Schools operated (K–12)
~46
approx; from diocesan reports
Other Catholic HS tracked
5
in this diocese, on this site

Diocese of San Diego 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.
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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