Pilgrim School

Los Angeles · Los Angeles County · Private
Private Los Angeles County ~36 seniors
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
327 (2022)320 (2025)
-2.1%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
19 (2022)36 (2025)
+89.5%

If this trend holds (-0.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~318 -2 $0
3 yr (2028) ~313 -7 $0
5 yr (2030) ~309 -11 $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 12 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
$0.2M
FY2023
Net assets (endowment + property)
Tuition revenue (program)
Gifts & grants
fundraising
Total revenue by year ($M)
Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 954099278). View latest 990 PDF → 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
UC Reach
28%
10 admits / 36 seniors
-16.2 pp vs. peer median (44.0%) · Ranked #10 of 10 similar schools
5-year trend
2023 · 70.0% 2025 · 27.8%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Peer median
44.0%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
27.8%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 27.8%

Higher than 69% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Pilgrim School's UC Reach of 27.8% is above the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.

Against similar schools, Pilgrim School trails the peer-group median (44.0%) — even though it looks strong vs. the state average.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 75 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Pilgrim School's UC Reach is higher than 69% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
275.0%
99 applications
Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 3 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 93% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
10.1%
10 / 99 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 10 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 / 36 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)
11.1
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 31% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
36
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
320
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.

Pilgrim School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · Los Angeles · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Pilgrim School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #10 of 10): 28% vs. a peer median of 44%.
  • Its UC Reach has slipped 42 points since 2023 — worth watching.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 90% (19→36 from 2022 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of +12%.
  • At its recent rate (-0.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~313 by 2028 — about 7 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

320 students (2025)
~313 projected (2028)
at -0.7%/yr

That's about 7 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.

Estimate seeded by nonsectarian private school typical — CA independent day schools typical $25k–55k. 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
Pilgrim School Private · secular 320 27.8% +90%
Peer-group median 44.0% +12%
Waverly School Private · secular 300 32.0% -32%
Sacred Heart High School Private · Catholic 317 39.2% +40%
Bishop Conaty Our Lady Loretto Private · Catholic 284 35.8% +10%
Marlborough School Private · secular 546 64.0% +29%
Sequoyah School Private · secular 451 47.6% +0%
Glendale Adventist Academy Private · Other religious 313 +38%
Saint Marys Academy Private 237 86.0% +14%
Mayfield Senior School Private · Catholic 310 61.4% +8%
San Gabriel Academy Private · Other religious 320 28.6% -44%
Ramona Convent Secondary Sch Private · Catholic 296 44.0% +31%

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
3.68

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
UCLA 3.65 25.0% 9.3% +15.7pp Over
"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.

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 19 3.89
UCLA → Elite 21 3.65
UC San Diego → Selective 20 3.61
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 17 4 23.5% 11.1% 3.58
UC Irvine → Selective 12 3.66
UC Davis → 10 6 60.0% 16.7%
⚠ 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.
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.
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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