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Ambassador High School → Lighthouse Church School → Lycee Francais De Los Angeles → New Covenant Academy → Saint Marys Academy → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
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
ArchdioceseLargest 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.
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
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 →
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 |
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
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 | — |