Saint Bernard High School
Playa Del Rey · Los Angeles County · Catholic religious-affiliated
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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.
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Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-4.2%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~155 | -7 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~142 | -20 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~130 | -32 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
Saint Bernard High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · Catholic · Playa Del Rey · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Saint Bernard High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #10 of 10): 15% vs. a peer median of 38%.
- ▸Saint Bernard High School's UC Reach has declined meaningfully from a peak of 26% in 2020 to 15% in 2024 — a 10-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 12% (43→38 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +2%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-2.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~151 by 2028 — about 11 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 11 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.
Estimate seeded by catholic private school typical — Catholic HS typical $10k–18k. 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 | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Bernard High School | Private · Catholic | 162 | 15.4% | -12% |
| Peer-group median | 38.5% | +2% | ||
| Ambassador High School | Private · Other religious | 148 | 38.5% | +53% |
| Lighthouse Church School | Private · Other religious | 125 | — | — |
| Lycee Francais De Los Angeles | Private · secular | 153 | 40.6% | -20% |
| New Covenant Academy | Private · Other religious | 144 | 135.0% | -25% |
| Saint Marys Academy | Private | 237 | 86.0% | +14% |
| Shalhevet High School | Private · Other religious | 237 | 20.6% | -53% |
| Pacifica Christian Hs | Private · Other religious | 259 | 57.6% | +29% |
| Vistamar School | Private · secular | 222 | 35.3% | +2% |
| Bishop Conaty Our Lady Loretto | Private · Catholic | 284 | 35.8% | +10% |
| Verbum Dei High School | Private · Catholic | 298 | 21.1% | -20% |
UC Reach = 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 →
Diocesan context — Archdiocese of Los Angeles
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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.
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 Irvine | Strong shot | Real shot | 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 (2019) | 3.62 | 4.17 | +0.54 | 38.5% | Peers +0.43 · steeper |
| UC Irvine (2019) | 3.81 | 4.17 | +0.36 | 41.7% | Peers +0.32 · steeper |
| UC Davis (2020) | 3.87 | 4.16 | +0.29 | 71.4% | Peers +0.28 · matches |
📊 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 | Yield | Avg GPA (App) '24 | Avg GPA (Adm) '24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 9 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.75 | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 12 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.78 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 6 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.85 | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 6 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.91 | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 7 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.65 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 6 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.89 | —† |