Mercy High School

Burlingame · San Mateo County · Private (Catholic)
Private San Mateo County ~81 seniors
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
393 (2020)354 (2025)
-9.9%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
100 (2020)81 (2025)
-19.0%

If this trend holds (-2.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~347 -7 $0
3 yr (2028) ~332 -22 $0
5 yr (2030) ~319 -35 $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 San Francisco

Archdiocese
Counties covered
San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin
Schools operated (K–12)
~78
approx; from diocesan reports
Other Catholic HS tracked
8
in this diocese, on this site

Archdiocese of San Francisco 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.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
25%
20 admits / 81 seniors
-24.1 pp vs. peer median (48.8%) · Ranked #8 of 10 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 39.8% 2025 · 24.7%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Peer median
48.8%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
24.7%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 24.7%

Higher than 64% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Mercy High School's UC Reach of 24.7% is above the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.

But in San Mateo County, where the local median is 29.6% and the top-10% bar is 65.8%, this score is mid-pack rather than exceptional — typical of its market rather than a standout.

Against similar schools, Mercy High School trails the peer-group median (48.8%) — even though it looks strong vs. the state average.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 78 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Mercy High School's UC Reach is higher than 64% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
209.9%
170 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 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · San Mateo Co. Top 10% ≥ 339.9% · higher than 86% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
11.8%
20 / 170 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 0% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of 20 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 / 81 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%
71% finished in 4 yrs · N=21 entered 2011
In context: CA median 86.7% · +13.3 pp above.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
13.6
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 43% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
81
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
354
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.

Mercy High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

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

  • On UC Reach, Mercy High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #8 of 10): 25% vs. a peer median of 49%.
  • Its UC Reach has held roughly steady since 2020.
  • Senior-class enrollment is down 19% (100→81 from 2020 to 2025), tracking the peer-group median of -21%.
  • At its recent rate (-2.1%/yr), enrollment projects to ~332 by 2028 — about 22 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

354 students (2025)
~332 projected (2028)
at -2.1%/yr

That's about 22 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
Mercy High School Private · Catholic 354 24.7% -19%
Peer-group median 48.8% -21%
Notre Dame High School Private · Catholic 356 69.0% -34%
Crystal Springs Uplands Sch Private · secular 347 49.5% +11%
Saint Joseph-Notre Dame Hs Private · Catholic 395 48.8% -27%
San Francisco Christian School Private · Other religious 259 -60%
Immaculate Conception Academy Private · Catholic 239 66.1% -31%
Woodside Priory School Private · Other religious 436 70.3% +14%
Fremont Christian High School Private · Other religious 406 34.5% -42%
Convent of the Sacred Heart Hs Private · Catholic 220 17.0% +0%
San Francisco Waldorf Hs Private · secular 320 7.5% +14%
Urban School of San Francisco Private · secular 420 37.4% -15%

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 →

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
3.72
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.09

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

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? Based on 2024 (latest GPA available).

Campus Applicant GPA (avg) Actual admit rate CA peer avg Δ Verdict
UC Berkeley 3.87 21.1% 12.9% +8.1pp Over
UC Santa Barbara 3.78 17.9% 27.3% -9.5pp Under
UC Irvine 3.61 12.9% 20.1% -7.2pp Under
UC Davis 3.67 33.3% 33.0% +0.4pp On target
"Applicant GPA" is the average GPA of this school's UC applicant pool — not an individual student GPA. "CA peer avg" is the application-weighted statewide admit rate at this school-pool GPA, fit separately per campus. At any given pool GPA, real admit rates span widely (UCSD ranges 8% → 65% across CA schools) because UCs use comprehensive review — context-of-opportunity, geography, demographics, and applicant essays all weigh in beyond GPA. A large negative residual flags this school is admitted at a meaningfully lower rate than other CA schools at the same pool GPA — not that students here were "rejected at expected rate X." "Over" / "Under" use a ±5-point band. Campuses with fewer than 5 applicants are omitted.

Where Mercy High School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (21.0% actual vs. 24.0% 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 26 3.87
UCLA → Elite 23 3.78
UC San Diego → Selective 27 4 14.8% 4.9% 3.69
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 27 4 14.8% 4.9% 3.78 4.22
UC Irvine → Selective 36 3 8.3% 3.7% 3.61
UC Davis → 31 9 29.0% 11.1% 3.67 4.01
⚠ 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 →

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 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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