Xavier College Preparatory Hs

Palm Desert · Riverside County · Private (Catholic)

Private Riverside County ~161 seniors

Data Year

Compare with peers

Most similar nearby schools

Desert Christian Academy → Aquinas High School → San Diego Jewish Academy → Carnegie Schools Riverside → Palm Valley School → Compare all similar →

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

584 (2020) → 533 (2025)

-8.7%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

139 (2020) → 161 (2025)

+15.8%

If this trend holds (-1.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~523	-10	$0
3 yr (2028)	~505	-28	$0
5 yr (2030)	~486	-47	$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 — Diocese of San Bernardino

Diocese

Counties covered

San Bernardino, Riverside

Schools operated (K–12)

~28

approx; from diocesan reports

Other Catholic HS tracked

in this diocese, on this site

Diocese of San Bernardino 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.

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Xavier College Preparatory Hs sent 286 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 30.1% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 53.4% — 34.9 percentage points above the California median of 18.5%, higher than 90% of California high schools. The school produces 8.1 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

53%

86 admits / 161 seniors
+39.0 pp above peer median (14.4%) · Ranked #1 of 8 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 36.6% 2025 · 53.4%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.5%

Peer median
14.4%

Top 10%
53.3%

This school
53.4%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 53.4%

Higher than 90% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Xavier College Preparatory Hs's UC Reach of 53.4% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53.3%) — meaning roughly 53 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 49 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Xavier College Preparatory Hs's UC Reach is higher than 90% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

177.6%

286 applications

Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).

In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Riverside Co. Top 10% ≥ 124.1% · higher than 82% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

30.1%

86 / 286 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 68% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

27.9%

24 enrolled of 86 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 ⓘ

14.9%

24 enrollees / 161 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.

UC 6-Yr Grad Rate ⓘ

95%

70% finished in 4 yrs · N=20 entered 2016

In context: CA median 87.8% · +7.2 pp above.

Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD) ⓘ

44.1

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 91% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

8.1

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 81% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

161

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

533

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.

Xavier College Preparatory Hs — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Catholic · Palm Desert · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Xavier College Preparatory Hs sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 8): 53% vs. a peer median of 14%.
▸Its UC Reach has risen 21 points since 2020.
▸Senior-class enrollment is up 16% (139→161 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of +4%.
▸At its recent rate (-1.8%/yr), enrollment projects to ~505 by 2028 — about 28 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

533 students (2025)

→

~505 projected (2028)

at -1.8%/yr

That's about 28 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
Xavier College Preparatory Hs	Private · Catholic	533	53.4%	+16%
Peer-group median			14.4%	+4%
Desert Christian Academy	Private · Other religious	628	—	+25%
Aquinas High School	Private · Catholic	645	26.3%	+8%
San Diego Jewish Academy	Private · Other religious	572	10.3%	-31%
Carnegie Schools Riverside	Private · Other religious	494	6.2%	+0%
Palm Valley School	Private · secular	216	—	-17%
Damien High School	Private · Catholic	696	22.4%	-31%
Ontario Christian High School	Private · Other religious	469	10.3%	+22%
Newport Christian School	Private · Other religious	458	—	+140%
Saint Augustine High School	Private · Catholic	717	14.4%	-1%
Academy Our Lady of Peace	Private · Catholic	722	38.2%	+9%

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 ⓘ

3.82

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.13

GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.

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 Xavier College Preparatory Hs

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
UC Berkeley	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out	Filtered out
UCLA	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out	Filtered out
UC San Diego	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara	Strong shot	Moderate	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Irvine	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Davis	Strong shot	Real shot	Moderate	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 2024.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC Berkeley (2021)	4.12	4.21	+0.09	35.0%	Peers +0.17 · wider
UCLA	3.90	4.24	+0.34	12.5%	Peers +0.32 · matches
UC San Diego	3.80	4.18	+0.38	25.5%	Peers +0.35 · matches
UC Santa Barbara	3.82	4.18	+0.37	27.9%	Peers +0.34 · matches
UC Irvine	3.81	4.04	+0.24	20.5%	Peers +0.34 · wider
UC Davis	3.73	4.04	+0.31	50.0%	Peers +0.33 · matches

📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2024 (for reference)

GPA band	UCB	UCLA	UCSD	UCSB	UCI	UCD
4.00+	17.1%	14.4%	43.5%	57.3%	46.0%	64.1%
3.70–3.99	2.8%	1.5%	11.2%	9.2%	16.5%	27.5%
3.30–3.69	0.8%	0.9%	1.4%	2.3%	3.4%	9.1%
3.00–3.29	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.5%	0.4%	2.1%
< 3.00	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.5%	0.3%	0.6%

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).

Where Xavier College Preparatory Hs sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (24.0% actual vs. 21.5% expected), based on 2024 data.

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	37	6	—	16.2%	3.7%	—	3.85	—
UCLA → Elite	57	7	5	12.3%	4.3%	71.4%	3.90	4.24
UC San Diego → Selective	64	22	8	34.4%	13.7%	36.4%	3.80	4.18
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	50	21	6	42.0%	13.0%	28.6%	3.82	4.18
UC Irvine → Selective	52	15	5	28.8%	9.3%	33.3%	3.81	4.04
UC Davis →	26	15	—	57.7%	9.3%	—	3.73	4.04

⚠ 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 53% 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.

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.

Compare with other schools → See Riverside County rankings →