{"a_g_completion_pct":null,"at_a_glance":["Mater Dei Catholic High School is a private high school in Chula Vista, San Diego County, California with 294 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 35 (Above average, top 25% in California): 104 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 294, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 78% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 549 UC applications and received 104 offers, a UC admit rate of 18.9% (counted at each campus); 24 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UCLA than at any other UC campus (8 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 14.","Enrollment was 1,222 students in 2025, up 30% since 2020.","Mater Dei Catholic High School publishes a college acceptances list for the Not printed (no class year stated near this list): 12 colleges. Source: School Profile 2025-26 (MDC_2526_SchoolProfileDigital_V3.pdf).","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":"Chula Vista","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":null,"county":"San Diego","enrollment":{"since_total":941,"since_year":2020,"total":1222,"year":2025},"faq":[{"a":"Mater Dei Catholic High School's UC Reach Score is 35 (Above average, top 25% in California): 104 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 294, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 78% of California high schools.","q":"What is Mater Dei Catholic High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 549 UC applications and received 104 offers, a UC admit rate of 18.9% (counted at each campus); 24 enrolled.","q":"How many students from Mater Dei Catholic High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of Mater Dei Catholic High School's graduates enrolled at UCLA than at any other UC campus (8 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 14.","q":"Which UC campus do Mater Dei Catholic High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"Mater Dei Catholic High School publishes a college acceptances list for the Not printed (no class year stated near this list): 12 colleges. Source: School Profile 2025-26 (MDC_2526_SchoolProfileDigital_V3.pdf).","q":"Where do Mater Dei Catholic High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 1,222 students in 2025, up 30% since 2020.","q":"How many students attend Mater Dei Catholic High School?"},{"a":"At Mater Dei Catholic High School, tuition is $21,750 for 2026-27.","q":"What is the tuition at Mater Dei Catholic High School?"},{"a":"Mater Dei Catholic High School's UC Reach Score is 35 (Above average, top 25% in California; higher than 78% of California high schools), from 104 UC admits (counted at each UC) for 294 seniors in 2025, and it publishes a college list without per-college counts.","q":"Is Mater Dei Catholic High School a good school for college admissions?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"Mater Dei Catholic High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":{"colleges":12,"first_named":["Berkeley","Penn","UCLA","MIT","Columbia University","Cornell University","University of San Diego","Brown","USC University of Southern California","The University of Chicago"],"kind":"acceptances","numbered":false,"source_name":"School Profile 2025-26 (MDC_2526_SchoolProfileDigital_V3.pdf)","source_url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1758044592/materdeicatholicorg/ttyg6dfpe8ve69r3pbbs/MDC_2526_SchoolProfileDigital_V3.pdf","verified":true,"years_label":"Not printed (no class year stated near this list)"},"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Private","slug":"mater-dei-catholic-high-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":null,"uc":{"admit_rate":"18.9%","admits":104,"applications":549,"ca_percentile":78,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":24,"seniors":294,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Above average","uc_reach_score":35,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":null,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/mater-dei-catholic-high-school"}