Saint Marys Academy

Inglewood · Los Angeles County · Private

Private Los Angeles County ~50 seniors

Data Year

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

249 (2020) → 237 (2025)

-4.8%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

44 (2020) → 50 (2025)

+13.6%

If this trend holds (-1.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~235	-2	$0
3 yr (2028)	~230	-7	$0
5 yr (2030)	~226	-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.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

★ Top 5% UC Reach

UC Reach ⓘ

86%

43 admits / 50 seniors
+56.7 pp above peer median (29.3%) · Ranked #1 of 11 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 13.0% 2025 · 86.0%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.5%

Peer median
29.3%

Top 10%
53.3%

This school
86.0%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 86.0%

Higher than 98% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Saint Marys Academy's UC Reach of 86.0% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53.3%) — meaning roughly 86 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

Against similar schools, Saint Marys Academy stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 29.3%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 17 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Saint Marys Academy's UC Reach is higher than 98% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

232.0%

116 applications

Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 2 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 88% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

37.1%

43 / 116 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 86% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

None enrolled of 43 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 / 50 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) ⓘ

66.0

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 98% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

22.0

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 99% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

237

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 Marys Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Inglewood · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Saint Marys Academy sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 11): 86% vs. a peer median of 29%.
▸Its UC Reach has risen 79 points since 2020.
▸Senior-class enrollment is up 14% (44→50 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of +4%.
▸At its recent rate (-1.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~230 by 2028 — about 7 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

237 students (2025)

→

~230 projected (2028)

at -1.0%/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 private school typical — use your school's published tuition. 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 Marys Academy	Private	237	86.0%	+14%
Peer-group median			29.3%	+4%
Shalhevet High School	Private · Other religious	237	20.6%	-53%
Vistamar School	Private · secular	222	35.3%	+2%
Bishop Conaty Our Lady Loretto	Private · Catholic	284	35.8%	+10%
Pacifica Christian Hs	Private · Other religious	259	57.6%	+29%
Verbum Dei High School	Private · Catholic	298	21.1%	-20%
Armenian Mesrobian High School	Private · Other religious	235	30.8%	+59%
Pilgrim School	Private · secular	320	27.8%	+90%
Saint Bernard High School	Private · Catholic	162	15.4%	-12%
Junipero Serra High School	Private · Catholic	367	18.3%	+6%
Lycee Francais De Los Angeles	Private · secular	153	40.6%	-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 ⓘ

3.58

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 Davis	3.43	60.0%	41.1%	+18.9pp	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	16	5	—	31.2%	10.0%	—	3.65	—
UCLA → Elite	23	6	—	26.1%	12.0%	—	3.65	—
UC San Diego → Selective	17	7	—	41.2%	14.0%	—	3.51	—
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	21	10	—	47.6%	20.0%	—	3.51	—
UC Irvine → Selective	21	5	—	23.8%	10.0%	—	3.55	—
UC Davis →	18	10	—	55.6%	20.0%	—	3.43	—

⚠ 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 86% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.

Berkeley and UCLA admit volume is strong — a clear high-end signal for this school's academic preparation.

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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