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Pasadena Waldorf High School

Altadena · Los Angeles County · Private independent

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UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCD
4 admitted
Net $14,741/yr avg
Grads earn $80,838 @10yr

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Their published college acceptances

College acceptances

Pasadena Waldorf School publishes the colleges that admitted its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 169 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
As Of 2025

American Academy of Dramatic Arts American University of Paris American University Arizona State University ArtCenter College of Design Babson College Bard College - Berlin Bard College Barnard College Beloit College Bennington College Bentley University Berklee College of Music Boston University Brandeis University Brown University Bryn Mawr College California College of the Arts California Institute of the Arts California Lutheran University California State - Channel Islands California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo California State University, Chico California State University, Fullerton California State University, Long Beach California State University, Monterey Bay California State University, Northridge California State University, San Diego
and 139 more
California State University, San Francisco California State University, San Jose California State University, San Marcos California State University, Sonoma Carleton College Chapman University Clark University Cogswell Polytechnical College Colburn Conservatory of Music Colby College College of Idaho College of Mount St. Vincent College of Wooster Colorado School of Mines Columbia College of Music Connecticut College Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Curry College Dominican University of California Drake University Earlham College Eckerd College Emerson College Emily Carr University of Art and Design Eugene Lang College at the New School Evergreen State College Fashion Institute of Technology Fordham University Fort Lewis College George Washington University Gettysburg College Hampshire College Haverford College Hawai’i Pacific University Hofstra University Indiana University Bloomington International Yacht Restoration School Ithaca College Kenyon College King’s College London Knox College Laguna College of Art and Design Lake Forest College Lawrence College Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College London College of Contemporary Arts London Metropolitan University Los Angeles College of Music Louisiana State University Loyola Marymount University Macalester College Maryland Institute College of Art Maryville University Massachusetts College of Art and Design Michigan Technological University Mills College Mount Holyoke College Muhlenberg College New England Conservatory of Music New York University Northeastern University Notre Dame de Namur University NYU Tisch School Of The Arts Oberlin College Oberlin Conservatory of Music Occidental College Ohio State University Otis College of Art and Design Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Pitzer College Pratt Institute Reed College Ringling College of Art & Design Roanoke College Rochester Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Salve Regina University San Francisco Art Institute Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago School of Visual Arts Scripps College Skidmore College Smith College Sonoma State University Southern Utah University St. Catherine University St. John’s College St. Joseph's College - New York St. Olaf College Susquehanna University Swarthmore College The New School - Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts The New School – Parsons School of Design University of Arizona University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Merced University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of Colorado, Boulder University of Colorado, Denver University of Denver University of East London University of Edinburgh University of Hawai’i University of Maine University of Oregon University of Portland University of Puget Sound University of Redlands University of Rhode Island University of San Francisco University of Southern California University of St. Andrews University of Tampa University of Texas, Austin University of the Arts University of the Arts, London University of the Pacific University of Utah University of Washington Ursinus College Vassar College Wellesley College Wesleyan University Westminster College Whitman College Whittier College Willamette University

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Independently verified As published by Pasadena Waldorf School — College Acceptances As Of 2025 ↗. Found at: PDF linked ('View the full list') from /high-school page's 'Beyond Graduation' section.

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.

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

Total enrollment (9–12)
252 (2020) → 200 (2025)
-20.6%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
13 (2020) → 14 (2025)
+7.7%

If this trend holds (-4.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~191 -9 $0
3 yr (2028) ~174 -26 $0
5 yr (2030) ~159 -41 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = derived from this school's IRS Form 990 (FY2023) — program-service revenue ÷ enrollment. Edit the figure to match your school.

How does Pasadena Waldorf High School really compare on getting kids to college?

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Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023

From 13 years of Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (free public IRS data). The school's tax filings show financial scale, fundraising health, and endowment trajectory — signals that drive board-level conversations about tuition pricing, financial-aid capacity, and capital projects.

Total revenue
$7.1M
FY2023
Net assets (endowment + property)
$7.0M
+19.0% since FY2011
Tuition revenue (program)
$6.1M
≈ $30496/student avg
Gifts & grants
—
fundraising
Total revenue by year ($M)
Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 953308553). View latest 990 PDF → Tuition-per-student is total program-service revenue divided by latest enrollment — a rough average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service, etc.); the actual published tuition can differ. Form 990 is filed annually under penalty of perjury, so the financial scale figures are authoritative.

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology
UC Application Reach Score ⓘ
N/A
17 applications
UC Admit Rate ⓘ
23.5%
4 / 17 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.4% · higher than 36% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate ⓘ
N/A
— enrolled of 4 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 ⓘ
N/A
— enrollees / — 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) ⓘ
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ
N/A
Senior Class Size ⓘ
N/A
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Total School Enrollment ⓘ
200
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.

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ
3.99

GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2021–2025

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) '24 Avg GPA (Adm) '24
UC Berkeley → Elite 6 —† —† —† —† — — —†
UCLA → Elite 5 —† —† —† —† — — —†
UC Davis → 6 4 —† 66.7% — — — —†
† = 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

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.
Senior class size is estimated from CDE grade 12 enrollment data. Reach percentages should be interpreted as approximate.
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