{"a_g_completion_pct":null,"at_a_glance":["Cate School is a private high school in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California with 73 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 51 (Strong, top 10% in California): 37 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 73, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 89% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 185 UC applications and received 37 offers, a UC admit rate of 20.0% (counted at each campus); 5 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (5 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 13.","Enrollment was 306 students in 2025, up 3% since 2020.","Cate School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2022-2026: 115 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are University of California, Berkeley (13), University of Chicago (13), New York University (10), University of Southern California (10), Barnard College (9). Source: School Profile 2023-2024.","Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named."],"caveats":["UC admits and applications are counted at each campus: a student admitted to three UCs counts three times. The UC Reach Score is those admits divided by the senior class, times 100, so a strong school scores above 100.","A published college list is the school's own document, copied as printed; counts are the school's, never ours, and an unnumbered list carries no counts.","Enrollment is NCES CCD for national pages and CDE for California pages; graduation and readiness measures are the state's or EDFacts' own definitions, named in each sentence.","Every figure here is also rendered on the HTML page it describes."],"city":"Carpinteria","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":null,"county":"Santa Barbara","enrollment":{"since_total":297,"since_year":2020,"total":306,"year":2025},"faq":[{"a":"Cate School's UC Reach Score is 51 (Strong, top 10% in California): 37 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 73, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 89% of California high schools.","q":"What is Cate School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 185 UC applications and received 37 offers, a UC admit rate of 20.0% (counted at each campus); 5 enrolled.","q":"How many students from Cate School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of Cate School's graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (5 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 13.","q":"Which UC campus do Cate School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"Cate School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2022-2026: 115 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are University of California, Berkeley (13), University of Chicago (13), New York University (10), University of Southern California (10), Barnard College (9). Source: School Profile 2023-2024.","q":"Where do Cate School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 306 students in 2025, up 3% since 2020.","q":"How many students attend Cate School?"},{"a":"At Cate School, applicants take the ISEE or SSAT.","q":"Does Cate School require an entrance exam?"},{"a":"At Cate School, applications are due Jan 15, 2027.","q":"When is the application deadline for Cate School?"},{"a":"Cate School's UC Reach Score is 51 (Strong, top 10% in California; higher than 89% of California high schools), from 37 UC admits (counted at each UC) for 73 seniors in 2025, and it publishes a college list with per-college counts.","q":"Is Cate School a good school for college admissions?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"Cate School","ok":true,"published_college_list":{"colleges":115,"kind":"matriculation","numbered":true,"source_name":"School Profile 2023-2024","source_url":"https://www.cate.org/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculation-school-profile/","top":[{"college":"University of California, Berkeley","count":13},{"college":"University of Chicago","count":13},{"college":"New York University","count":10},{"college":"University of Southern California","count":10},{"college":"Barnard College","count":9},{"college":"Bates College","count":9},{"college":"Northeastern University","count":9},{"college":"Tulane University","count":9},{"college":"Brown University","count":8},{"college":"Emory University","count":7}],"verified":false,"years_label":"2022-2026"},"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Private","slug":"cate-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":null,"uc":{"admit_rate":"20.0%","admits":37,"applications":185,"ca_percentile":89,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":5,"seniors":73,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Strong","uc_reach_score":51,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":null,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/cate-school"}