Pomona Catholic High School

Pomona · Los Angeles County · Catholic religious-affiliated

Private Los Angeles County ~50 seniors
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📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • Program details not reported to CRDC
Academic signals
  • Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

🎓 Where grads go

UC Reach Score
14
Below the CA median below the state median
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

UCSD
3 admitted
UCD
4 admitted

Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

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How Pomona Catholic High School compares for families

Mid-pack college outcomes within California.

  • Statewide14.0% UC Reach — right around the California median of 18.1%.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Academy of Media Arts, Agbu Manoogian-Demirdjian Sch, Agbu Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Hs 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 Pomona Catholic High School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
199 (2020)171 (2025)
-14.1%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
59 (2020)50 (2025)
-15.3%

If this trend holds (-2.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~167 -4 $0
3 yr (2028) ~158 -13 $0
5 yr (2030) ~150 -21 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.

Diocesan context — Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Archdiocese
Counties covered
Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara
Schools operated (K–12)
~210
approx; from diocesan reports
Other Catholic HS tracked
44
in this diocese, on this site

Largest Catholic school system in the U.S. Archdiocese of Los Angeles 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.

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Pomona Catholic High School sent 85 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 8.2% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 144 points below the California median of 18, higher than 37% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach Score
14
Below the CA median Top 63% of CA high schools
7 admits / 50 seniors
5-year trend
2021 · 16 2025 · 14
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18
Top 10%
51
This school
14
050100
CA median 18 Top 10% ≥ 51 This school 14

Higher than 37% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Pomona Catholic High School's UC Reach Score of 14 is below the California median (18). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51 or higher.

Overall, Pomona Catholic High School's UC Reach is higher than 37% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score
170
85 applications
Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).
In context: CA median 75 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241 · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252 · higher than 82% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
8.2%
7 / 85 applications
In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 0% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of 7 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
None enrollees / 50 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 (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
6.0
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 6% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
50
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
171
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
3.65

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.

🎯 Who's actually getting into UC from Pomona Catholic High School
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 Davis Strong shot Real shot Moderate Filtered out
Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2024.

The numbers behind it

Campus Applicant GPA Admit GPA Lift Admit rate vs peer schools @ same GPA
UC San Diego (2021) 3.67 4.00 +0.33 41.7% Peers +0.43 · wider
UC Davis (2020) 3.76 3.85 +0.09 62.5% Peers +0.33 · 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%
How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

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/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 9
UCLA → Elite 17 3.69
UC San Diego → Selective 16 3 18.8% 6 3.68
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 14 3.66
UC Irvine → Selective 19 3.59
UC Davis → 10 4 40.0% 8
= 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 requires unique-student counts. 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.
Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.
Note: UC Reach sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It measures competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why it can exceed 100%.
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