Providence High School
Burbank · Los Angeles County · Catholic religious-affiliated
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- The UC pipeline here is real. 68 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 120 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 7% of California high schools.
- Elite admits are rare — here and everywhere. Berkeley and UCLA admitted 20 of this class's 303 UC applications. The strong middle campuses — San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis — are where most real UC outcomes happen.
- Students who test here average 1330 on the SAT. That's far above the national average of about 1030 — as published in the school's own profile.
- Kids actually show up. Only 1% of students are chronically absent, versus about 23% statewide — day-to-day engagement most schools would envy.
- One question for any counselor: who should still test? Plenty of strong students skip the SAT/ACT now — but merit scholarships at dozens of colleges still key off scores. Ask how the school decides who should still sit for one.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
📋 At a glance
- 📚 18 AP courses offered (school profile)
- 🏆 3 National Merit SemifinalistsRoughly the top 1% of PSAT scorers in each state — about 16,000 juniors nationally. A useful gauge of a school's academic top end. (2024)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
- 📝 SAT avg 1330 (25-75: 1270–1400)
- 📝 ACT avg 29.5 (25-75: 28–32)
- 📚 AP exam pass rate 81% (avg score 3.9)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, the school's own published profile (2024), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
🎓 Where grads go — and what it costs & pays
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Getting in is step one. The cost above is the average family's net price — yours depends on your income — and your child's odds depend on their GPA + scores. See your family's real numbers at these campuses:
🎯 Get my child's odds + our real net price →Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How Providence High School compares for families
Top-tier college outcomes for California families.
- ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 57 — 39 points above the California median of 18. Ahead of 93% of California high schools.
- ▸ Locally🎯 Top 5% in California on Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism) — plus 2 more top-ranks.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (UC Reach Score 57 vs a 41 median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025
Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.
Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.
Student composition — 2025-26
HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.
Race / ethnicity
Program subgroups
Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.
Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25
Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.
Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.
Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+0.8%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~501 | +4 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~509 | +12 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~517 | +20 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
How does Providence High School really compare on getting kids to college?
We've ranked it #2 of 9 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.
Your similar-school group includes
Saint Bonaventure High School · Providence · Hillcrest Christian School · Villanova Preparatory School · LA Reina High School · Grace Brethren High School · +4 more
Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25
Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Los Angeles County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Enrollment growth is beating Los Angeles County (+25.0% vs. -0.3%), but 169 of 175 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled?
169 of 175 students who enrolled at Providence High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (96.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.
Diocesan context — Archdiocese of Los Angeles
ArchdioceseLargest Catholic school system in the U.S. Archdiocese of Los Angeles 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.
Providence High School sent 303 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 22.4% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 57 — 39 points above the California median of 18, higher than 93% of California high schools. The school produces 16.7 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
+15 pts above peer median (41) · Ranked #2 of 9 similar schools
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Higher than 93% of California high schools (980 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Providence High School's UC Reach Score of 57 clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (51) — meaning roughly 56 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.
Against similar schools, Providence High School stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 41.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97 — a gap of 40 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Providence High School's UC Reach is higher than 93% of California high schools (980 ranked).
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.
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.
| 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 |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 4.06 | 4.21 | +0.14 | 16.7% | Peers +0.20 · wider |
| UCLA | 4.02 | 4.25 | +0.24 | 11.8% | Peers +0.25 · matches |
| UC San Diego | 4.02 | 4.26 | +0.24 | 18.9% | Peers +0.24 · matches |
| UC Santa Barbara | 4.00 | 4.26 | +0.26 | 35.8% | Peers +0.26 · matches |
| UC Irvine | 4.01 | 4.11 | +0.11 | 19.0% | Peers +0.21 · wider |
| UC Davis | 4.04 | 4.15 | +0.11 | 59.1% | Peers +0.19 · wider |
📊 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% |
Where Providence High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (22.7% actual vs. 20.4% expected), based on 2024 data.
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 Score | Yield | Avg GPA (App) '24 | Avg GPA (Adm) '24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 47 | 12 | 8 | 25.5% | 10 | 66.7% | 4.06 | 4.21 |
| UCLA → Elite | 71 | 8 | 4 | 11.3% | 7 | 50.0% | 4.02 | 4.25 |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 54 | 9 | 3 | 16.7% | 8 | 33.3% | 4.02 | 4.26 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 52 | 17 | —† | 32.7% | 14 | — | 4.00 | 4.26 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 51 | 8 | —† | 15.7% | 7 | — | 4.01 | 4.11 |
| UC Davis → | 28 | 14 | —† | 50.0% | 12 | — | 4.04 | 4.15 |