Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Notre Dame High School
Private · Catholic · Belmont · San Mateo County · 356 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach Score · Class of 2025
32
Above average
top 25% in California
Higher than 74% of California high schools
-34.5 pp vs. peer median (66)
· Ranked #9 of 10 similar schools
5-year UC Reach Score
2021 · 45
2025 · 32
-34%
Senior-class enrollment (2020–2025)
-36.2 pp
vs. San Mateo County baseline (+2%)
~298
5-yr projected enrollment (58 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach Score, Notre Dame High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #9 of 10): 32 vs. a peer median of 66.
- ▸Notre Dame High School's UC Reach Score has declined meaningfully from a peak of 69 in 2024 to 32 in 2025 — a 37-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 (-5.8%/yr), enrollment projects to ~298 by 2028 — about 58 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach Score | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy High School | Private · Catholic | 25 | -19% |
| Crystal Springs Uplands School | Private · secular | 64 | +11% |
| Saint Joseph-Notre Dame High School | Private · Catholic | 49 | -27% |
| Woodside Priory School | Private · Other religious | 70 | +14% |
| Fremont Christian High School | Private · Other religious | 34 | -42% |
| Castilleja School | Private · secular | 114 | -15% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Reach — by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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