{"a_g_completion_pct":null,"at_a_glance":["Mater Dei High School is a private high school in Santa Ana, Orange County, California with 514 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 36 (Above average, top 25% in California): 187 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 514, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 78% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 906 UC applications and received 187 offers, a UC admit rate of 20.6% (counted at each campus); 54 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UCLA than at any other UC campus (15 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 36.","Of its graduates who enrolled at a UC, 87% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2019).","Enrollment was 1,849 students in 2025, down 14% since 2020.","Mater Dei High School publishes a college acceptances list for the Class of 2026: 263 colleges. Source: 2025-2026 School Profile.","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":"Santa Ana","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":null,"county":"Orange","enrollment":{"since_total":2143,"since_year":2020,"total":1849,"year":2025},"faq":[{"a":"Mater Dei High School's UC Reach Score is 36 (Above average, top 25% in California): 187 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 514, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 78% of California high schools.","q":"What is Mater Dei High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 906 UC applications and received 187 offers, a UC admit rate of 20.6% (counted at each campus); 54 enrolled.","q":"How many students from Mater Dei High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of Mater Dei High School's graduates enrolled at UCLA than at any other UC campus (15 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 36.","q":"Which UC campus do Mater Dei High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"Mater Dei High School publishes a college acceptances list for the Class of 2026: 263 colleges. Source: 2025-2026 School Profile.","q":"Where do Mater Dei High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 1,849 students in 2025, down 14% since 2020.","q":"How many students attend Mater Dei High School?"},{"a":"At Mater Dei High School, tuition is $21,150 for 2026-27.","q":"What is the tuition at Mater Dei High School?"},{"a":"At Mater Dei High School, the HSPT is required.","q":"Does Mater Dei High School require an entrance exam?"},{"a":"Mater Dei High School's UC Reach Score is 36 (Above average, top 25% in California; higher than 78% of California high schools), from 187 UC admits (counted at each UC) for 514 seniors in 2025, and it publishes a college list without per-college counts.","q":"Is Mater Dei High School a good school for college admissions?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"Mater Dei High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":{"colleges":263,"first_named":["American University","Anglo-American University","Arizona Christian University","Arizona State University","Assumption University+","Auburn University","Azusa Pacific University","Babson College","Barry University+","Baylor University"],"kind":"acceptances","numbered":false,"source_name":"2025-2026 School Profile","source_url":"https://www.materdei.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=2575113&type=d&pREC_ID=2259420","verified":false,"years_label":"Class of 2026"},"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Private","slug":"mater-dei-high-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":null,"uc":{"admit_rate":"20.6%","admits":187,"applications":906,"ca_percentile":78,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":54,"seniors":514,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Above average","uc_reach_score":36,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":86.8,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/mater-dei-high-school"}