Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep

San Francisco · San Francisco County · Private (Catholic)

Private San Francisco County ~326 seniors

Data Year

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Archbishop Riordan High School → Bishop Odowd High School → Marin Catholic High School → De LA Salle High School → Head-Royce School the → Compare all similar →

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

1,331 (2020) → 1,438 (2025)

+8.0%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

299 (2020) → 326 (2025)

+9.0%

If this trend holds (+1.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~1,460	+22	$0
3 yr (2028)	~1,506	+68	$0
5 yr (2030)	~1,554	+116	$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

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

★ Top 10% UC Reach

UC Reach ⓘ

57%

186 admits / 326 seniors
On the peer median (57.0%) · Ranked #6 of 11 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 39.2% 2025 · 57.1%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.5%

Peer median
57.0%

Top 10%
53.3%

This school
57.1%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 57.1%

Higher than 92% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep's UC Reach of 57.1% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53.3%) — meaning roughly 57 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 46 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep's UC Reach is higher than 92% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

274.8%

896 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% · higher than 93% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

20.8%

186 / 896 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 19% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

27.4%

51 enrolled of 186 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 ⓘ

15.6%

51 enrollees / 326 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 ⓘ

87%

85% finished in 4 yrs · N=47 entered 2019

In context: CA median 88.6% · -1.4 pp vs. median.

Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD) ⓘ

39.9

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 89% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

8.6

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 83% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

326

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

1,438

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.

Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

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

▸On UC Reach, Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #6 of 11): 57% vs. a peer median of 57%.
▸Its UC Reach has held roughly steady since 2020.
▸Senior-class enrollment is up 9% (299→326 from 2020 to 2025), tracking the peer-group median of +9%.
▸Enrollment has been growing (+1.6%/yr); projects to ~1506 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

1438 students (2025)

→

~1506 projected (2028)

at +1.6%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep	Private · Catholic	1438	57.1%	+9%
Peer-group median			57.0%	+9%
Archbishop Riordan High School	Private · Catholic	1192	58.6%	+104%
Bishop Odowd High School	Private · Catholic	1259	81.2%	-2%
Marin Catholic High School	Private · Catholic	718	30.4%	+19%
De LA Salle High School	Private · Catholic	1025	23.0%	+6%
Head-Royce School the	Private · secular	902	95.7%	+12%
Moreau Catholic High School	Private · Catholic	806	43.9%	-18%
Carondelet High School	Private · Catholic	840	55.1%	+4%
The Nueva School	Private · secular	952	64.8%	+19%
Lick Wilmerding High School	Private · secular	559	55.4%	+14%
The Kings Academy	Private · Other religious	1205	64.8%	-10%

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 ⓘ

3.92

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.22

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	3.99	13.3%	14.6%	-1.3pp	On target
UCLA	3.96	6.7%	9.0%	-2.3pp	On target
UC San Diego	3.90	17.1%	23.4%	-6.3pp	Under
UC Santa Barbara	3.86	24.5%	27.9%	-3.4pp	On target
UC Irvine	3.92	11.7%	23.0%	-11.4pp	Under
UC Davis	3.90	31.8%	30.6%	+1.2pp	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 Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (17.9% actual vs. 21.8% 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	144	14	6	9.7%	4.3%	42.9%	3.99	4.24
UCLA → Elite	144	14	10	9.7%	4.3%	71.4%	3.96	4.20
UC San Diego → Selective	169	40	14	23.7%	12.3%	35.0%	3.90	4.22
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	170	46	6	27.1%	14.1%	13.0%	3.86	4.25
UC Irvine → Selective	126	16	—	12.7%	4.9%	—	3.92	4.20
UC Davis →	143	56	15	39.2%	17.2%	26.8%	3.90	4.20

⚠ 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 57% 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 low yield: students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere. The pattern is characteristic of competitive college-preparatory schools where many students choose more selective private colleges or out-of-state flagships over UC — UC functions as a strong backup option rather than a first choice.

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.

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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