Westridge School for Girls

Pasadena · Los Angeles County · Private
Private Los Angeles County ~69 seniors
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
530 (2020)550 (2025)
+3.8%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
63 (2020)75 (2025)
+19.0%

If this trend holds (+0.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~554 +4 $0
3 yr (2028) ~562 +12 $0
5 yr (2030) ~571 +21 $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.

Total revenue
$25.9M
FY2023
Net assets (endowment + property)
$67.9M
+49.8% since FY2011
Tuition revenue (program)
$22.0M
≈ $40079/student avg
Gifts & grants
$2.6M
fundraising
Total revenue by year ($M)
Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 951644047). View latest 990 PDF → 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.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2024
★ Top 10% UC Reach
UC Reach
55%
38 admits / 69 seniors
+3.5 pp above peer median (51.6%) · Ranked #6 of 11 similar schools
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.6%
Peer median
51.6%
Top 10%
53.4%
This school
55.1%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.6% Top 10% ≥ 53.4% This school 55.1%

Higher than 91% of California high schools (1142 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Westridge School for Girls's UC Reach of 55.1% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53.4%) — meaning roughly 55 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95.1% — a gap of 40 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Westridge School for Girls's UC Reach is higher than 91% of California high schools (1142 ranked).

UC Application Reach
391.3%
270 applications
Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 4 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.
In context: CA median 79.7% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 243.8% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 246.2% · higher than 99% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
14.1%
38 / 270 applications
In context: CA median 26.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.9% · higher than 0% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
10.5%
4 enrolled of 38 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
5.8%
4 enrollees / 69 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)
43.5
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.8 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.3 · higher than 91% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
15.9
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.6 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 12.1 · higher than 95% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
69
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
547
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.

Westridge School for Girls — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · Pasadena · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Westridge School for Girls sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #6 of 11): 55% vs. a peer median of 52%.
  • Across the top-6 UC campuses, Westridge School for Girls is admitting at roughly -7 percentage points below what its average applicant GPA (4.028) alone would predict (14% actual vs. 21% expected). That's worth understanding — it can reflect grade inflation that UC sees through, weaker holistic-review materials at the margin, or applicants concentrating at more selective campuses than typical. Not a verdict; a signal.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 19% (63→75 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of +1%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.7%/yr); projects to ~562 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

550 students (2025)
~562 projected (2028)
at +0.7%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Westridge School for Girls Private · secular 550 55.1% +19%
Peer-group median 51.6% +1%
Sequoyah School Private · secular 451 47.6% +0%
Marlborough School Private · secular 546 64.0% +29%
Maranatha High School Private · Other religious 554 55.6% +2%
Polytechnic School Private · secular 881 76.3% -3%
Waverly School Private · secular 300 32.0% -32%
Geffen Academy at UCLA Private · secular 589 121.1% +21%
Windward School Private · secular 625 77.4% +8%
LA Salle High School Private · Catholic 659 42.3% -8%
Pilgrim School Private · secular 320 27.8% +90%
Cathedral High School Private · Other religious 583 13.7% -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
4.03
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.22

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?

Campus Applicant GPA (avg) Actual admit rate CA peer avg Δ Verdict
UC Berkeley 4.04 13.7% 15.5% -1.7pp On target
UCLA 4.05 7.7% 9.3% -1.6pp On target
UC San Diego 4.06 13.5% 18.5% -5.0pp Under
UC Santa Barbara 4.00 16.7% 31.9% -15.2pp Under
UC Irvine 4.02 11.4% 24.3% -12.9pp Under
UC Davis 3.96 25.0% 30.9% -5.9pp Under
"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.

Where Westridge School for Girls sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 6.7 points below what their GPAs predict (14.1% actual vs. 20.8% expected).

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 51 7 4 13.7% 10.1% 57.1% 4.04 4.21
UCLA → Elite 52 4 7.7% 5.8% 4.05
UC San Diego → Selective 52 7 13.5% 10.1% 4.06 4.29
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 48 8 16.7% 11.6% 4.00 4.25
UC Irvine → Selective 35 4 11.4% 5.8% 4.02
UC Davis → 32 8 25.0% 11.6% 3.96 4.14
⚠ 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 55% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.
Strong UC Reach paired with low yield: students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere. The pattern is characteristic of competitive college-preparatory schools where many students choose more selective private colleges or out-of-state flagships over UC — UC functions as a strong backup option rather than a first choice.
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.
Berkeley and UCLA admit volume is strong — a clear high-end signal for this school's academic preparation.
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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