San Gabriel Academy

San Gabriel · Los Angeles County · Religious-affiliated

Private Los Angeles County ~35 seniors
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🎓29% UC Reach

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • Program details not reported to CRDC
Academic signals
  • Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How San Gabriel Academy compares for families

Above-average college outcomes statewide.

  • Statewide28.6% UC Reach10.5 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 72% of California high schools.
  • vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (28.6% UC Reach vs 34.3% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

San Gabriel Academy sent 46 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 21.7% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 28.6%10.5 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 72% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
29%
10 admits / 35 seniors
-5.7 pp vs. peer median (34.3%) · Ranked #8 of 10 similar schools
5-year trend
2020 · 22.6% 2025 · 28.6%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.1%
Peer median
34.3%
Top 10%
51.2%
This school
28.6%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 28.6%

Higher than 72% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

San Gabriel Academy's UC Reach of 28.6% is above the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 69 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, San Gabriel Academy's UC Reach is higher than 72% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach
131.4%
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 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252.0% · higher than 74% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
21.7%
10 / 46 applications
In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 25% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of 10 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 / 35 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)
20.0
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 64% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
35
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
320
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
3.91
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.18

UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA

Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.

🎯 Who's actually getting into UC from San Gabriel Academy
Campus 4.00+ GPA 3.70–3.99 GPA 3.30–3.69 GPA < 3.30 GPA
UC San Diego Strong shot Moderate Long odds Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Irvine Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Davis Strong shot Strong shot Real shot Filtered out
Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2025.

The numbers behind it

Campus Applicant GPA Admit GPA Lift Admit rate vs peer schools @ same GPA
UC San Diego 3.92 4.23 +0.31 37.5% Peers +0.31 · matches
UC Santa Barbara 3.86 4.18 +0.32 57.1% Peers +0.33 · matches
UC Irvine (2021) 3.97 4.18 +0.22 33.3% Peers +0.28 · wider
UC Davis 3.93 4.14 +0.21 50.0% Peers +0.24 · matches
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)
GPA band UCB UCLA UCSD UCSB UCI UCD
4.00+ 17.0% 15.1% 45.2% 62.3% 46.3% 65.9%
3.70–3.99 3.1% 1.6% 9.3% 17.6% 17.0% 31.1%
3.30–3.69 0.8% 0.5% 1.5% 2.8% 2.4% 10.3%
3.00–3.29 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 1.9%
< 3.00 0.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.7%
How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

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) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 5 4.03 4.21
UCLA → Elite 8 3.94 4.28
UC San Diego → Selective 8 3 37.5% 8.6% 3.92 4.23
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 7 4 57.1% 11.4% 3.86 4.18
UC Irvine → Selective 12 3.86 4.23
UC Davis → 6 3 50.0% 8.6% 3.93 4.14
= UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). 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 →

No SBAC data for private schools — and that's not the metric you want anyway

California's Smarter Balanced (CAASPP) assessment is administered by the state, by statute, to public & charter schools only. Private schools don't sit for it. That's why the SBAC card is missing on this profile — not a data gap on our side, a deliberate scope of the state's testing program.

For private schools, UC Reach is the stronger academic signal anyway. SBAC measures grade-11 inputs (proficiency on a state standard); UC Reach measures outputs (who actually got into the most selective UCs). For private-school families weighing tuition against college outcomes, the outputs are the relevant signal.

Scroll up to the UC Reach card for San Gabriel Academy's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
388 (2020)320 (2025)
-17.5%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
62 (2020)35 (2025)
-43.5%

If this trend holds (-3.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~308 -12 $0
3 yr (2028) ~285 -35 $0
5 yr (2030) ~264 -56 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.

San Gabriel Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · San Gabriel · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, San Gabriel Academy sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #8 of 10): 29% vs. a peer median of 34%.
  • San Gabriel Academy's UC Reach has declined meaningfully from a peak of 40% in 2021 to 29% in 2025 — a 12-point drop that warrants attention. Multi-year UC Reach declines of this size often signal something specific (leadership change, comp-program shift, demographic move) rather than year-to-year noise. This is the kind of trajectory an Enrollment Trend Audit unpacks.
  • Senior-class enrollment is down 44% (62→35 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +9%.
  • At its recent rate (-3.8%/yr), enrollment projects to ~285 by 2028 — about 35 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

320 students (2025)
~285 projected (2028)
at -3.8%/yr

That's about 35 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.

Estimate seeded by other religious private school typical — wide range: Jewish day $25k–35k, Lutheran/Christian $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
San Gabriel Academy Private · Other religious 320 28.6% -44%
Peer-group median 34.3% +9%
Ramona Convent Secondary Sch Private · Catholic 296 42.4% +31%
Glendale Adventist Academy Private · Other religious 313 +38%
Mayfield Senior School Private · Catholic 310 61.4% +8%
Sacred Heart High School Private · Catholic 317 39.2% +40%
Don Bosco Technical Institute Private · Catholic 351 34.3% -30%
Cantwell/Sacred Heart Mary Hs Private · Catholic 378 14.9% -4%
Armenian Mesrobian High School Private · Other religious 235 30.8% +59%
Waverly School Private · secular 300 32.0% -32%
Bishop Conaty Our Lady Loretto Private · Catholic 284 35.8% +10%
South Hills Academy Private · Other religious 258 16.7% -52%

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 →

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.
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.
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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