Saint Bernard High School

Playa Del Rey · Los Angeles County · Private (Catholic)
Private Los Angeles County ~38 seniors
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
182 (2020)162 (2025)
-11.0%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
43 (2020)38 (2025)
-11.6%

If this trend holds (-2.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~158 -4 $0
3 yr (2028) ~151 -11 $0
5 yr (2030) ~144 -18 $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 Los Angeles

Archdiocese
Counties covered
Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara
Schools operated (K–12)
~210
approx; from diocesan reports
Other Catholic HS tracked
44
in this diocese, on this site

Largest Catholic school system in the U.S. Archdiocese of Los Angeles 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
5-year trend
2020 · 25.6% 2024 · 15.4%
UC Application Reach
121.1%
46 applications
Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).
In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252.7% · higher than 68% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
N/A
None / 46 applications
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of None 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 / 38 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)
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
38
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
162
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.

Saint Bernard High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Catholic · Playa Del Rey · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Saint Bernard High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #10 of 10): 15% vs. a peer median of 38%.
  • Its UC Reach has slipped 10 points since 2020 — worth watching.
  • Senior-class enrollment is down 12% (43→38 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +2%.
  • At its recent rate (-2.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~151 by 2028 — about 11 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

162 students (2025)
~151 projected (2028)
at -2.3%/yr

That's about 11 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
Saint Bernard High School Private · Catholic 162 15.4% -12%
Peer-group median 38.5% +2%
Ambassador High School Private · Other religious 148 38.5% +53%
Lighthouse Church School Private · Other religious 125
Lycee Francais De Los Angeles Private · secular 153 40.6% -20%
New Covenant Academy Private · Other religious 144 135.0% -25%
Saint Marys Academy Private 237 86.0% +14%
Shalhevet High School Private · Other religious 237 20.6% -53%
Pacifica Christian Hs Private · Other religious 259 57.6% +29%
Vistamar School Private · secular 222 35.3% +2%
Bishop Conaty Our Lady Loretto Private · Catholic 284 35.8% +10%
Verbum Dei High School Private · Catholic 298 21.1% -20%

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
3.78

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 3.78 17.6% 9.0% +8.7pp Over
UC Davis 3.89 50.0% 30.6% +19.4pp 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 9 3.75
UCLA → Elite 12 3.78
UC San Diego → Selective 6 3.85
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 6 3.91
UC Irvine → Selective 7 3.65
UC Davis → 6 3.89
⚠ 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.
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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