| # |
School |
City, state |
Students per class year |
Class year |
Source |
| 1 |
Valley Christian High School |
San Jose, CA |
14.0 28 over 2 class years |
Class of 2024 & 2025 |
School's published list |
| 2 |
Loyola High School |
Los Angeles, CA |
11.8 59 over 5 class years |
2020-24 |
School's published list |
| 3 |
Lick Wilmerding High School |
San Francisco, CA |
9.5 38 over 4 class years |
past four years |
School's published list |
| 4 |
Harvard-Westlake School |
Studio City, CA |
9.0 9 over 1 class year |
BY THE CLASSES OF 2021-2025 |
School's published list |
| 5 |
The Harker School |
San Jose, CA |
8.7 26 over 3 class years |
Classes of 2023, 2024 & 2025 |
School's published list |
| 6 |
Santa Margarita Catholic High School |
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA |
8.0 8 over 1 class year |
Class of 2025 |
School's published list |
| 7 |
Menlo School |
Atherton, CA |
6.7 20 over 3 class years |
Classes of 2023-2025 |
School's published list |
| 8 |
Francis Parker School |
San Diego, CA |
6.0 24 over 4 class years |
2022-2025 |
School's published list |
| 9 |
Viewpoint School |
Calabasas, CA |
6.0 6 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 10 |
Woodside Priory School |
Portola Valley, CA |
6.0 6 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 11 |
Polytechnic School |
Pasadena, CA |
5.8 29 over 5 class years |
Class of 2022-2026 |
School's published list |
| 12 |
Sage Hill School |
Newport Coast, CA |
5.0 15 over 3 class years |
2023-2025 |
School's published list |
| 13 |
Phillips Academy (Andover) |
Andover, MA |
5.0 5 over 1 class year |
Class of 2024 |
School's published list |
| 14 |
Crossroads School |
Santa Monica, CA |
4.7 14 over 3 class years |
classes of 2023-25 |
School's published list |
| 15 |
Westridge School |
Pasadena, CA |
4.7 14 over 3 class years |
2021-2023 |
School's published list |
| 16 |
The Head-Royce School |
Oakland, CA |
4.4 22 over 5 class years |
(2021–25) |
School's published list |
| 17 |
Brentwood School |
Los Angeles, CA |
4.0 4 over 1 class year |
Class of 2024 |
School's published list |
| 18 |
Stevenson School |
Pebble Beach, CA |
4.0 4 over 1 class year |
Class of 2025 |
School's published list |
| 19 |
The International School of San Francisco |
San Francisco, CA |
4.0 4 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 20 |
The Webb Schools |
Claremont, CA |
4.0 4 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 21 |
San Francisco University High School |
San Francisco, CA |
3.8 19 over 5 class years |
2021-2025 |
School's published list |
| 22 |
La Jolla Country Day School |
La Jolla, CA |
3.3 10 over 3 class years |
2023-2025 |
School's published list |
| 23 |
College Preparatory School |
Oakland, CA |
3.2 16 over 5 class years |
the last five years |
School's published list |
| 24 |
Athenian School |
Danville, CA |
3.2 13 over 4 class years |
In the past four years, (2023-2026) |
School's published list |
| 25 |
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy |
La Canada, CA |
3.0 9 over 3 class years |
Past 3 Years |
School's published list |
| 26 |
Archer School for Girls |
Los Angeles, CA |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
Class of '25 |
School's published list |
| 27 |
California Crosspoint High School |
Alameda, CA |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
Class of 2025 |
School's published list |
| 28 |
Chadwick School |
Palos Verdes Estate, CA |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
Class of 2025 |
School's published list |
| 29 |
Hopkins School |
New Haven, CT |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 30 |
Saint Augustine High School |
San Diego, CA |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 31 |
Saint Joseph-Notre Dame High School |
Alameda, CA |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 32 |
St. Margaret's Episcopal School |
San Juan Capistrano, CA |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 33 |
Thacher School the |
Ojai, CA |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 Matriculation |
School's published list |
| 34 |
Bentley School |
Lafayette, CA |
2.8 11 over 4 class years |
College Matriculations 2022–2025 |
School's published list |
| 35 |
Branson School |
Ross, CA |
2.7 8 over 3 class years |
Branson Classes of 2024-2026 |
School's published list |
| 36 |
Cate School |
Carpinteria, CA |
2.6 13 over 5 class years |
2022-2026 |
School's published list |
| 37 |
Urban School of San Francisco |
San Francisco, CA |
2.6 13 over 5 class years |
2022-2026 |
School's published list |
| 38 |
Choate Rosemary Hall |
Wallingford, CT |
2.4 12 over 5 class years |
IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, (CLASS OF 2022-2026) |
School's published list |
| 39 |
St. Stephen's Episcopal School (Austin) |
Austin, TX |
2.0 10 over 5 class years |
Classes of 2021-2025 |
School's published list |
| 40 |
The Lawrenceville School |
Lawrenceville, NJ |
2.0 10 over 5 class years |
the last five years |
School's published list |
| 41 |
Northfield Mount Hermon |
Mount Hermon, MA |
2.0 8 over 4 class years |
the past four years |
School's published list |
| 42 |
Marin Academy |
San Rafael, CA |
2.0 6 over 3 class years |
CLASSES OF 2023–2025 |
School's published list |
| 43 |
Dana Hall School |
Wellesley, MA |
2.0 2 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 44 |
Marlborough School |
Los Angeles, CA |
2.0 2 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 45 |
Peddie School |
Hightstown, NJ |
2.0 2 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 46 |
Rye Country Day School |
Rye, NY |
2.0 2 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 47 |
Saint Francis Catholic High School |
Sacramento, CA |
2.0 2 over 1 class year |
Class of 2025 |
School's published list |
| 48 |
The Bolles School |
Jacksonville, FL |
2.0 2 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 49 |
Alsion Montessori Middle/High |
Fremont, CA |
1.9 13 over 7 class years |
2019-2025 |
School's published list |
| 50 |
The Taft School |
Watertown, CT |
1.8 9 over 5 class years |
past five years (2020-2024) |
School's published list |
The 50 largest of 147 ranked private schools.
All schools, public and private, and the lists of colleges that admitted each school's graduates, are on the University of California-Berkeley feeder leaderboard. More about the college: University of California-Berkeley.
Each count is copied from a list the school published about its own graduates: where they enrolled, one student at one college. The ranked figure is that count divided by the class years the school's list covers. A school that is not on this page did not publish a numbered matriculation list we could read — that is all absence means here. It is never a statement about a school's graduates. Lists of acceptances (where students were admitted, not where they enrolled) are never counted in this ranking: an acceptances list runs about three times an enrollment list, so counting the two together would compare different things. Those lists are ranked on their own, separately.