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Notre Dame High School

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Private Riverside County ~78 seniors
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44 UC Reach Score · Above average

A parent's read

  • The UC pipeline here is real. 34 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 78 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 15% of California high schools.
  • Worth asking admissions: the school profile. This school doesn't publish SAT/ACT or AP results publicly. Every private school produces a counselor's "school profile" for colleges — ask for it. How a school answers says as much as the numbers.

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 Reach Score
44
Above average top 25% in California
Top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2025 — counts each campus admit, so a student admitted to several UCs counts more than once (which is why a strong school can score over 100).

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCB
3 admitted
Net $13,481/yr avg
Grads earn $92,446 @10yr
UCLA
3 admitted
3 enrolled
Net $12,548/yr avg
Grads earn $82,511 @10yr
UCSD
11 admitted
3 enrolled
Net $12,470/yr avg
Grads earn $84,943 @10yr
UCSB
3 admitted
Net $16,109/yr avg
Grads earn $74,915 @10yr
UCI
6 admitted
Net $14,251/yr avg
Grads earn $80,735 @10yr
UCD
8 admitted
Net $14,741/yr avg
Grads earn $80,838 @10yr

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Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

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How Notre Dame High School compares for families

Above-average college outcomes statewide.

  • ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 44 — 25 points above the California median of 19. Ahead of 85% of California high schools.
  • ▸ Locally🎓 Top 3 in Riverside County on UC Reach.
  • ▸ vs Similar SchoolsOther schools in the county, closest in size: Mesa Grande Academy, Cornerstone Christian School, LA Sierra Academy and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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No SBAC data for private schools — and that's not the metric you want anyway

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 Notre Dame High School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Notre Dame High School sent 145 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 23.4% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 44 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 25 points above the California median of 19, higher than 85% of California high schools. The school produces 7.7 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

UC Reach Score 44 ⓘ 34 admits (counted at each UC) / 78 seniors methodology
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
19
Top 10%
53
This school
44
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CA median 19 Top 10% ≥ 53 This school 44

Higher than 85% of California high schools (1107 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

What this number means

Notre Dame High School's UC Reach Score of 44 is in the top quartile statewide (median 19; top 25% bar 33) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 53.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95 — a gap of 51 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Notre Dame High School's UC Reach is higher than 85% of California high schools (1107 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ
186
145 applications
Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).
In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · Riverside Co. Top 10% ≥ 101 · higher than 83% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate ⓘ
23.4%
34 / 145 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.4% · higher than 35% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate ⓘ
17.6%
6 enrolled of 34 admitted
Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.
UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ
8
6 enrollees / 78 seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.
Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ
33.3
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.9 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.2 · higher than 82% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ
7.7
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 10.2 · higher than 79% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size ⓘ
78
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment ⓘ
331
All grades · Private School Affidavit

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.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %
UC Reach Score (where available)
UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Score Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 17 3 —† 17.6% 4 — — —†
UCLA → Elite 34 3 3 8.8% 4 100.0% — —†
UC San Diego → Selective 31 11 3 35.5% 14 27.3% — —†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 18 3 —† 16.7% 4 — — —†
UC Irvine → Selective 32 6 —† 18.8% 8 — — —†
UC Davis → 13 8 —† 61.5% 10 — — —†
† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.
A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.
UC Reach is solid. A meaningful share of the senior class is achieving UC admission, and there is likely room to grow both application volume and admission outcomes.
Strong UC Reach paired with low yield: students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere. The pattern is characteristic of competitive college-preparatory schools where many students choose more selective private colleges or out-of-state flagships over UC — UC functions as a strong backup option rather than a first choice.
The school generates broad UC access, but fewer students are reaching the most selective UC campuses (UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCI). Targeted academic enrichment and campus-fit advising may help.
Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.
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