New Roads School

Santa Monica · Los Angeles County · Private
Private Los Angeles County ~79 seniors
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
517 (2020)545 (2025)
+5.4%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
76 (2020)79 (2025)
+3.9%

If this trend holds (+1.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~551 +6 $0
3 yr (2028) ~563 +18 $0
5 yr (2030) ~575 +30 $0

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

Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023

From 13 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
$28.0M
FY2023
Net assets (endowment + property)
$30.3M
+3.7% since FY2011
Tuition revenue (program)
$26.4M
≈ $48385/student avg
Gifts & grants
$1.5M
fundraising
Total revenue by year ($M)
Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 954823489). 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.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
★ Top 10% UC Reach
UC Reach
65%
51 admits / 79 seniors
+12.5 pp above peer median (52.1%) · Ranked #3 of 11 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 31.2% 2025 · 64.6%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Peer median
52.1%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
64.6%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 64.6%

Higher than 95% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

New Roads School's UC Reach of 64.6% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53.3%) — meaning roughly 64 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 38 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, New Roads School's UC Reach is higher than 95% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
213.9%
169 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% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252.7% · higher than 87% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
30.2%
51 / 169 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 68% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
9.8%
5 enrolled of 51 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
6.3%
5 enrollees / 79 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)
46.8
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 93% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
24.1
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 99% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
79
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
545
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.

New Roads School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · Santa Monica · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, New Roads School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #3 of 11): 65% vs. a peer median of 52%.
  • Its UC Reach has risen 38 points since 2020.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 4% (76→79 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +19%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+1.1%/yr); projects to ~563 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

545 students (2025)
~563 projected (2028)
at +1.1%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
New Roads School Private · secular 545 64.6% +4%
Peer-group median 52.1% +19%
Geffen Academy at UCLA Private · secular 589 121.1% +21%
Archer School for Girls Private · secular 484 45.1% -10%
Windward School Private · secular 625 77.4% +8%
Marlborough School Private · secular 546 64.0% +29%
Wildwood School Private · secular 726 37.7% +35%
Buckley School Private · secular 829 50.6% +30%
Cathedral High School Private · Other religious 583 13.7% -20%
Crossroads School Private · secular 1202 53.6% +10%
Saint Genevieve High School Private · Catholic 547 19.0% +25%
Saint Monica Catholic Hs Private · Catholic 367 57.8% +17%

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
3.84
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.11

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 3.83 12.5% 12.6% -0.1pp On target
UCLA 3.86 10.3% 8.9% +1.4pp On target
UC San Diego 3.81 10.7% 26.1% -15.4pp Under
UC Davis 3.85 29.4% 30.7% -1.3pp 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 New Roads School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (14.2% actual vs. 18.0% 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 33 12 5 36.4% 15.2% 41.7% 3.83
UCLA → Elite 39 7 17.9% 8.9% 3.86
UC San Diego → Selective 28 9 32.1% 11.4% 3.81
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 29 6 20.7% 7.6% 3.79
UC Irvine → Selective 12 3 25.0% 3.8% 3.89
UC Davis → 28 14 50.0% 17.7% 3.85 4.11
⚠ 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 is very strong — more than 65% 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 very low yield: this school's students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere — almost certainly at the most selective private universities (Ivies, Stanford, MIT, the top liberal-arts colleges) or elite out-of-state flagships. UC is functioning as a credentialing-grade backup rather than a destination.
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 and UCLA admit volume is strong — a clear high-end signal for this school's academic preparation.
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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