Sacred Heart Preparatory Sch

Atherton · San Mateo County · Private (Catholic)
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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
N/A
(class size est.)
UC Application Reach
N/A
344 applications
UC Admit Rate
14.8%
51 / 344 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 1% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
7.8%
4 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
N/A
4 enrollees / None 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
90%
57% finished in 4 yrs · N=21 entered 2010
In context: CA median 87.0% · +3.5 pp above.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
N/A
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Total School Enrollment
N/A
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
4.09
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.21

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 4.10 27.0% 16.9% +10.1pp Over
UCLA 4.09 10.7% 9.5% +1.2pp On target
UC San Diego 4.08 27.5% 17.8% +9.7pp Over
UC Santa Barbara 4.09 40.0% 36.2% +3.8pp On target
UC Irvine 4.07 24.1% 25.0% -0.9pp On target
UC Davis 4.06 24.4% 32.1% -7.7pp Under
"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 Preparatory Sch sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (25.3% 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 67 9 13.4% 4.10 4.20
UCLA → Elite 71 6 8.5% 4.09 4.27
UC San Diego → Selective 55 9 16.4% 4.08 4.24
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 71 19 4 26.8% 21.1% 4.09 4.23
UC Irvine → Selective 33 4.07 4.18
UC Davis → 47 8 17.0% 4.06 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

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.
Senior class size is estimated from CDE grade 12 enrollment data. Reach percentages should be interpreted as approximate.
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