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Pilgrim School → Sequoyah School → Mayfield Senior School → Pasadena Waldorf High School → Ramona Convent Secondary Sch → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-3.6%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2025) | ~289 | -11 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2027) | ~268 | -32 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2029) | ~249 | -51 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023
From 13 years of Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (free public IRS data). The school's tax filings show financial scale, fundraising health, and endowment trajectory — signals that drive board-level conversations about tuition pricing, financial-aid capacity, and capital projects.
Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 954869859). Tuition-per-student is total program-service revenue divided by latest enrollment — a rough average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service, etc.); the actual published tuition can differ. Form 990 is filed annually under penalty of perjury, so the financial scale figures are authoritative.
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.
Waverly School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · secular · Pasadena · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Waverly School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 9): 32% vs. a peer median of 42%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 38 points since 2021 — worth watching.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 32% (31→21 from 2020 to 2024), trailing the peer-group median of +14%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-3.6%/yr), enrollment projects to ~268 by 2027 — about 32 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 32 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.
Default derived from this school's own IRS Form 990 (FY2023): program-service revenue ÷ enrollment, rounded to the nearest $1k — an authoritative average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service). Your published tuition may differ; adjust if needed. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waverly School | Private · secular | 300 | 32.0% | -32% |
| Peer-group median | 41.6% | +14% | ||
| Pilgrim School | Private · secular | 320 | 27.8% | +90% |
| Sequoyah School | Private · secular | 451 | 47.6% | +0% |
| Mayfield Senior School | Private · Catholic | 310 | 61.4% | +8% |
| Pasadena Waldorf High School | Private · secular | 200 | — | +8% |
| Ramona Convent Secondary Sch | Private · Catholic | 296 | 44.0% | +31% |
| Glendale Adventist Academy | Private · Other religious | 313 | — | +38% |
| San Gabriel Academy | Private · Other religious | 320 | 28.6% | -44% |
| Westridge School for Girls | Private · secular | 550 | 55.1% | +19% |
| Sacred Heart High School | Private · Catholic | 317 | 39.2% | +40% |
| Bishop Conaty Our Lady Loretto | Private · Catholic | 284 | 35.8% | +10% |
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.
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 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UCLA → Elite | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.87 | — |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.80 | — |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.91 | — |