Notre Dame High School
Belmont · San Mateo County · Catholic religious-affiliated
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- 📚 18 AP courses offered (school profile)
- 🏆 3 National Merit Semifinalists last year
- 📝 SAT avg 1320 (25-75: 1260–1390)
- 📝 ACT avg 29.0 (25-75: 27–31)
- 📚 AP exam pass rate 80.0% (avg score 3.9)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
🎓 Where grads go
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How Notre Dame High School compares for families
What families should know about Notre Dame High School.
- ▸ Locally🎓 #1 in California on UC Reach — plus 1 more top-rank.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Mercy High School, Crystal Springs Uplands Sch, Saint Joseph-Notre Dame Hs and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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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.
This school doesn't have UC outcomes data on file yet — we surface UCOP-published admits by sending HS, and not every private school appears in those records. The enrollment trend, stability, and other cards on this page are still primary-sourced for this school.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-5.8%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~335 | -21 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~298 | -58 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~264 | -92 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
Notre Dame High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · Catholic · Belmont · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Notre Dame High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #5 of 10): 69% vs. a peer median of 66%.
- ▸Notre Dame High School's UC Reach has declined meaningfully from a peak of 101% in 2021 to 69% in 2024 — a 32-point drop that warrants attention. Multi-year UC Reach declines of this size often signal something specific (leadership change, comp-program shift, demographic move) rather than year-to-year noise. This is the kind of trajectory an Enrollment Trend Audit unpacks.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 34% (120→79 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of -23%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-5.6%/yr), enrollment projects to ~299 by 2028 — about 57 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 57 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.
Estimate seeded by catholic private school typical — Catholic HS typical $10k–18k. NCES doesn't publish per-school tuition; adjust to your school's actual figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame High School | Private · Catholic | 356 | 69.0% | -34% |
| Peer-group median | 66.1% | -23% | ||
| Mercy High School | Private · Catholic | 354 | 24.7% | -19% |
| Crystal Springs Uplands Sch | Private · secular | 347 | 63.7% | +11% |
| Saint Joseph-Notre Dame Hs | Private · Catholic | 395 | 48.8% | -27% |
| Woodside Priory School | Private · Other religious | 436 | 70.3% | +14% |
| Fremont Christian High School | Private · Other religious | 406 | 34.5% | -42% |
| Castilleja School | Private · secular | 416 | 113.7% | -15% |
| California Crosspoint High School | Private · Other religious | 536 | 83.3% | -36% |
| San Francisco Christian School | Private · Other religious | 259 | — | -60% |
| Immaculate Conception Academy | Private · Catholic | 239 | 66.1% | -31% |
| Basis Independent Fremont Upper Sch | Private · secular | 350 | 212.5% | +23% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type, and religious orientation. Methodology →
Diocesan context — Archdiocese of San Francisco
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of San Francisco is the canonical governance body for Catholic schools in this region — board policy, tuition guidance, and shared services typically originate here. Visit the diocesan website →
Financial figures aren't shown because Catholic (arch)dioceses don't file IRS Form 990 — they're covered by the USCCB Group Ruling (GEN 0928), which exempts dioceses, parishes, and parochial schools from individual filing. School counts above are hand-compiled from each diocese's published schools-department information.
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.
GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.
UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA
Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.
| Campus | 4.00+ GPA | 3.70–3.99 GPA | 3.30–3.69 GPA | < 3.30 GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out | Filtered out |
| UCLA | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out | Filtered out |
| UC San Diego | Strong shot | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Santa Barbara | Strong shot | Moderate | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Irvine | Strong shot | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Davis | Strong shot | Real shot | Moderate | Filtered out |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 3.85 | 4.18 | +0.34 | 26.2% | Peers +0.32 · matches |
| UCLA | 3.85 | 4.20 | +0.35 | 8.3% | Peers +0.36 · matches |
| UC San Diego | 3.84 | 4.12 | +0.29 | 22.0% | Peers +0.33 · wider |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.82 | 4.18 | +0.36 | 28.1% | Peers +0.34 · matches |
| UC Irvine | 3.81 | 4.07 | +0.26 | 23.1% | Peers +0.33 · wider |
| UC Davis | 3.75 | 4.01 | +0.26 | 36.0% | Peers +0.32 · wider |
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2024 (for reference)
| GPA band | UCB | UCLA | UCSD | UCSB | UCI | UCD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.00+ | 17.1% | 14.4% | 43.5% | 57.3% | 46.0% | 64.1% |
| 3.70–3.99 | 2.8% | 1.5% | 11.2% | 9.2% | 16.5% | 27.5% |
| 3.30–3.69 | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 9.1% |
| 3.00–3.29 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
| < 3.00 | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
Where Notre Dame High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (24.1% actual vs. 21.8% expected), based on 2024 data.
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) '24 | Avg GPA (Adm) '24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 118 | 13 | 5 | 11.0% | — | 38.5% | 3.85 | 4.18 |
| UCLA → Elite | 162 | 17 | 8 | 10.5% | — | 47.1% | 3.85 | 4.20 |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 146 | 48 | 7 | 32.9% | — | 14.6% | 3.84 | 4.12 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 151 | 48 | 6 | 31.8% | — | 12.5% | 3.82 | 4.18 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 98 | 7 | 3 | 7.1% | — | 42.9% | 3.81 | 4.07 |
| UC Davis → | 91 | 48 | 6 | 52.7% | — | 12.5% | 3.75 | 4.01 |