Reach Report · by Test Prep Gurus
Studio City · Los Angeles County · Enrollment & Outcomes Intelligence
This report benchmarks Harvard-Westlake School against 10 similar nearby schools on enrollment retention and college outcomes. Enrollment is on a growth trajectory (+20 projected over five years).
Watch: trailing its set on enroll. trend.
The college-readiness stats families compare before they enroll, from Harvard-Westlake School's published School Profile (Class of 2025).
| ACT — mean · middle 50% | 32.0 |
| AP exams | no AP courses taught · 97.0% scored 3 or higher |
| National Merit Semifinalists | 39 |
Source: school-published profile. Private schools don't sit for state assessments — these self-published stats are the comparison families use instead.
A mean ACT of 32 runs +12.6 points above the national average of 19.4 (ACT, Class of 2024 National Profile).
From Harvard-Westlake School's own published matriculation list: 192 colleges, 1,423 graduates placed across the window (5 yr. total), 283 in the class of '25.
| Most-chosen destinations | CLASS OF '25 | 5 YR. TOTAL |
|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago Ivy+ | 14 | 77 |
| New York University | 26 | 76 |
| University of Michigan | 13 | 64 |
| Harvard University Ivy+ | 8 | 54 |
| University of California Berkeley | 9 | 47 |
| Cornell University Ivy+ | 7 | 43 |
| University of Pennsylvania Ivy+ | 7 | 40 |
| University of Southern California | 9 | 39 |
| Stanford University Ivy+ | 9 | 33 |
| Washington University - St. Louis | 4 | 30 |
| Yale University Ivy+ | 4 | 29 |
| Georgetown University | 3 | 29 |
Ivy+ enrollments (the eight Ivies plus Stanford, MIT, Chicago and Duke): 374 across the window, 69 in the class of '25 — Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University.
Where Harvard-Westlake School ranks among every high school whose published list names the college — by graduates per class year, the same rule the public feeder boards use.
| College | Rank | Graduates per class year |
|---|---|---|
| Kenyon College | #1 of 97 | 3.0 |
| New York University | #2 of 261 | 26.0 |
| University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) | #2 of 221 | 13.0 |
| Brown University | #2 of 207 | 6.0 |
| Howard University | #2 of 118 | 3.0 |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | #2 of 30 | 1.0 |
| Tufts University | #3 of 224 | 6.0 |
| University of Chicago | #3 of 192 | 14.0 |
Source: Harvard-Westlake School Profile 2025-2026 · verified against the document. Counts are the school's own, reproduced as printed. 3 of the 10 schools this report benchmarks against publish a numbered list.
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors. UC 6-yr grad = share of this school's UC enrollees who graduate within six years. Your school is highlighted.
| School | UC Reach Score | UC 6-yr grad |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard-Westlake School (you) | 62 | 92.9% |
| Saint John Bosco High School | 31 | 87.0% |
| Loyola High School | 62 | — |
| Polytechnic School | 76 | 86.7% |
| Fairmont Preparatory Academy | 101 | 79.3% |
| Bishop Amat Memorial High School | 28 | — |
| Calvary Chapel Christian School | — | — |
| Servite High School | 25 | 86.4% |
| Bishop Montgomery High School | 54 | 91.4% |
| Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian | 46 | 93.8% |
| Westridge School for Girls | 104 | — |
On UC Reach Score (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors), Harvard-Westlake School scores 62 — ahead of 5 of its 9 closest competitors. This is the outcome metric families compare most directly when choosing between nearby schools.
UC Reach counts admits to the six most selective UC campuses per 100 seniors — a useful yardstick, but for a class with this academic profile it is a floor, not a ceiling. A Harvard-Westlake School class posting 39 National Merit Semifinalists and 97% of AP exams scoring 3 or higher is academically competitive at least as high as the most selective UCs — the same profile that clears those bars also clears the most selective private universities in the country. Where each student ultimately enrolls is a personal choice this report doesn't track; what the data shows is that this class's options run at least as high as UC Reach implies, and for many students, higher.
Harvard-Westlake School earns admission to the six most selective UC campuses at a high rate (62 UC Reach Score), yet only about 31% of its Berkeley admits go on to enroll there — well below the roughly 60% statewide. Few enroll at the other UCs either (about 9% yield), so these admits are leaving the UC system, not just picking a different UC. High admit rates paired with low enrollment at the very top UCs is the data signature of a class with options even more selective than the UCs — the kind of student who turns down Berkeley or UCLA only for a college even harder to get into.
It's exactly the strength a top school wants surfaced — and most data tools miss it. Lead with it: the top-UC admit is the floor, not the ceiling.
An honest read of what we hold: admissions and enrollment counts, not destinations. We do not track where any student enrolled, so this is a signature consistent with more-selective choices — not a claim about specific colleges. Enrollee counts were reported for one of the two most selective UCs here, so the elite-UC yield reflects Berkeley (29 admits); we corroborate with the school's low yield across the other UC campuses, which is why the "left the system" read holds. Computed over the 50% of this school's admit-bearing top-6 campuses that report enrollee counts, 2025.
Your closest competitors by the similar-school model. Enrollment is shown as a trend (compound annual change), not a single-year headcount — a 3,000-student school and a 900-student school are only comparable on direction. It trails on: Enroll. trend.
| School | Enroll. trendyou #8/11 | Retention | UC Reach Scoreyou #5/10 | A–G | SBAC ELA | SBAC Math | Grad | Absent. | AP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard-Westlake School (you) | +0.1 → | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint John Bosco High School | +1.1 ↑ | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Loyola High School | +0.5 ↑ | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polytechnic School | +0.3 → | — | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fairmont Preparatory Academy | +3.7 ↑ | — | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bishop Amat Memorial High… | -3.3 ↓ | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Calvary Chapel Christian School | +2.8 ↑ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Servite High School | -0.8 ↓ | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bishop Montgomery High School | -0.0 → | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian | +2.8 ↑ | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Westridge School for Girls | +0.7 ↑ | — | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Green = top third of this set · red = bottom third · on each metric (direction-aware: for absenteeism, lower is better). Ranks count only schools with data for that metric. Enrollment trend = compound annual change across all available years.
Enrollment moved from 1,602 (2018) to 1,616 (2025) — 0.2%/yr. Projected forward at that rate:
| Year | 2026 | 2028 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Projected enrollment | 1,620 | 1,628 | 1,636 |
Net 5-year change: 20 students. Simple CAGR extrapolation.
Los Angeles County demographics (2022 ACS). County-level context for your enrollment picture.
| Median household income | $83,411 |
| Adults with a bachelor's+ | 34.58% |
| Below poverty line | 13.74% |
| County population | 9,936,690 |
Ranked by impact and feasibility and grouped by horizon — act now, this year, and monitor. Every item fires from a specific signal in this report.
Turn the findings above into what you actually say to families: amplify the strengths they care about, and shore up the gaps that drive students away. Drawn straight from where you lead and trail your similar-school set.