Bishops School
La Jolla · San Diego County · Private independent
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LA Jolla Country Day School → Academy Our Lady of Peace → Saint Augustine High School → Maranatha Christian Schools → San Diego Jewish Academy → Compare all similar →A parent's read
- The UC pipeline here is real. 87 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 127 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 4% of California high schools.
- Elite admits are rare — here and everywhere. Berkeley and UCLA admitted 24 of this class's 390 UC applications. The strong middle campuses — San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis — are where most real UC outcomes happen.
- 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.
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 aid-receiving family's net price — yours depends on whether you qualify for aid — 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 costs →Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How Bishops School compares for families
One of California's strongest schools for college outcomes.
- ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 69 — 50 points above the California median of 19. Ahead of 96% of California high schools.
- ▸ Locally🎓 Top 5% in California on UC Reach — plus 1 more top-rank.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (UC Reach Score 69 vs a 33 median) 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 Bishops School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+0.6%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~823 | +5 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~833 | +15 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~842 | +24 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = a placeholder only — use your school's published tuition. Edit the figure to match your school.
How does Bishops School really compare on getting kids to college?
We've ranked it #1 of 11 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.
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LA Jolla Country Day School · Academy Our Lady of Peace · Saint Augustine High School · Maranatha Christian Schools · San Diego Jewish Academy · Santa Fe Christian School · +4 more
Bishops School sent 390 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 22.3% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 68 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 50 points above the California median of 19, higher than 96% of California high schools. The school produces 18.9 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
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Higher than 96% of California high schools (1107 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Bishops School's UC Reach Score of 68 clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53) — meaning roughly 68 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.
Against similar schools, Bishops School stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 33.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95 — a gap of 26 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Bishops School's UC Reach is higher than 96% of California high schools (1107 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.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach Score | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 71 | 16 | 3 | 22.5% | 13 | 18.8% | — | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 80 | 8 | —† | 10.0% | 6 | — | — | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 59 | 10 | —† | 16.9% | 8 | — | — | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 72 | 20 | —† | 27.8% | 16 | — | — | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 59 | 15 | —† | 25.4% | 12 | — | — | —† |
| UC Davis → | 49 | 18 | —† | 36.7% | 14 | — | — | —† |
What This Means
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