Pilgrim School
Los Angeles · Los Angeles County · Private independent
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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 Pilgrim School compares for families
Above-average college outcomes statewide.
- ▸ Statewide27.8% UC Reach — 9.7 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 70% of California high schools.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (27.8% UC Reach vs 42.4% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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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 Pilgrim School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-1.1%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~317 | -3 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~310 | -10 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~303 | -17 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
Pilgrim School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · secular · Los Angeles · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach Score, Pilgrim School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #10 of 10): 28 vs. a peer median of 42.
- ▸Pilgrim School's UC Reach Score has declined meaningfully from a peak of 70 in 2023 to 28 in 2025 — a 42-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 up 90% (19→36 from 2022 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of +12%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-0.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~313 by 2028 — about 7 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 7 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.
Estimate seeded by nonsectarian private school typical — CA independent day schools typical $25k–55k. 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 Score | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilgrim School | Private · secular | 320 | 28 | +90% |
| Peer-group median | 42 | +12% | ||
| Waverly School | Private · secular | 300 | 32 | -32% |
| Sacred Heart High School | Private · Catholic | 317 | 39 | +40% |
| Bishop Conaty Our Lady Loretto | Private · Catholic | 284 | 36 | +10% |
| Marlborough School | Private · secular | 546 | 64 | +29% |
| Sequoyah School | Private · secular | 451 | 48 | +0% |
| Glendale Adventist Academy | Private · Other religious | 313 | — | +38% |
| Saint Marys Academy | Private | 237 | 86 | +14% |
| Mayfield Senior School | Private · Catholic | 310 | 61 | +8% |
| San Gabriel Academy | Private · Other religious | 320 | 29 | -44% |
| Ramona Convent Secondary Sch | Private · Catholic | 296 | 42 | +31% |
UC Reach Score = 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 →
Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023
From 12 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.
Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 954099278). 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.
Pilgrim School sent 99 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 10.1% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 28 — 10 points above the California median of 18, higher than 70% of California high schools..
-15 pts vs. peer median (42) · Ranked #10 of 10 similar schools
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Higher than 70% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Pilgrim School's UC Reach Score of 28 is above the California median (18). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51 or higher.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97 — a gap of 70 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Pilgrim School's UC Reach is higher than 70% of California high schools (978 ranked).
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 San Diego | Strong shot | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Santa Barbara | Strong shot | Moderate | 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 San Diego (2022) | 4.10 | 4.26 | +0.16 | 55.6% | Peers +0.22 · wider |
| UC Santa Barbara (2019) | 3.87 | 4.08 | +0.21 | 45.5% | Peers +0.31 · wider |
| UC Davis (2021) | 3.86 | 4.07 | +0.22 | 62.5% | Peers +0.28 · 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% |
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 Score | Yield | Avg GPA (App) '24 | Avg GPA (Adm) '24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 19 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.89 | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 21 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.65 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 20 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.61 | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 17 | 4 | —† | 23.5% | 11 | — | 3.58 | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 12 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.66 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 10 | 6 | —† | 60.0% | 17 | — | — | —† |