Ambassador High School
Torrance · Los Angeles County · Religious-affiliated
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- The UC pipeline here is real. 10 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 26 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 17% of California high schools.
- Worth asking admissions: the school profile. This school doesn't publish SAT/ACT or AP results publicly. Every private school produces a counselor's "school profile" for colleges — ask for it. How a school answers says as much as the numbers.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
🎓 Where grads go — and what it costs & pays
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
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How Ambassador High School compares for families
Above-average college outcomes statewide.
- ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 38 — 20 points above the California median of 18. Ahead of 83% of California high schools.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsRight at the peer median (UC Reach Score 41) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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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 Ambassador High School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+15.4%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~171 | +23 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~227 | +79 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~303 | +155 | $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 Ambassador High School really compare on getting kids to college?
We've ranked it #5 of 8 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
Rolling Hills Prep School · New Covenant Academy · Saint Bernard High School · Pacific Lutheran High School · Lighthouse Church School · Saint Marys Academy · +4 more
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 300223099). 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.
Ambassador High School sent 58 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 17.2% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 38 — 20 points above the California median of 18, higher than 83% of California high schools..
-2 pts vs. peer median (41) · Ranked #5 of 8 similar schools
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Higher than 83% of California high schools (980 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Ambassador High School's UC Reach Score of 38 is in the top quartile statewide (median 18; top 25% bar 31) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 51.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97 — a gap of 59 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Ambassador High School's UC Reach is higher than 83% 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 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 | 7 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.87 | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 13 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.75 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 10 | 3 | —† | 30.0% | 12 | — | 3.72 | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 10 | 4 | —† | 40.0% | 15 | — | 3.75 | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 12 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.75 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 6 | 3 | —† | 50.0% | 12 | — | — | —† |