Saint Francis High School
La Canada · Los Angeles County · Catholic religious-affiliated
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- The UC pipeline here is real. 44 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 150 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 29% of California high schools.
- Elite admits are rare — here and everywhere. Berkeley and UCLA admitted 11 of this class's 313 UC applications. The strong middle campuses — San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis — are where most real UC outcomes happen.
- Worth asking admissions: the school profile. This school doesn't publish SAT/ACT or AP results publicly. Every private school produces a counselor's "school profile" for colleges — ask for it. How a school answers says as much as the numbers.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
Where grads go — and what it costs & pays
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Getting in is step one. The cost above is the average aid-receiving family's net price — yours depends on whether you qualify for aid — and your child's odds depend on their GPA + scores. See your family's real numbers at these campuses:
Get my child's odds + our real costs →Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How Saint Francis High School compares for families
Above-average college outcomes statewide.
- ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 29 — 10 points above the California median of 19. Ahead of 71% of California high schools.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsOther schools in the county, closest in size: Windward School, Calvary Chapel Christian School, Immaculate Heart High School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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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 Saint Francis High School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-1.6%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~613 | -10 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~594 | -29 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~575 | -48 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = a typical CA Catholic high school ($10k–18k). Edit the figure to match your school.
Diocesan context — Archdiocese of Los Angeles
ArchdioceseLargest 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.
Saint Francis High School sent 313 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 14.1% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 29 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 10 points above the California median of 19, higher than 71% of California high schools. The school produces 7.3 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
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Higher than 71% of California high schools (1107 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Saint Francis High School's UC Reach Score of 29 is above the California median (19). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53 or higher.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95 — a gap of 66 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Saint Francis High School's UC Reach is higher than 71% of California high schools (1107 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.
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
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) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 43 | 6 | 3 | 14.0% | 4 | 50.0% | — | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 61 | 5 | 3 | 8.2% | 3 | 60.0% | — | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 58 | 9 | 4 | 15.5% | 6 | 44.4% | — | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 61 | 9 | —† | 14.8% | 6 | — | — | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 57 | 5 | —† | 8.8% | 3 | — | — | —† |
| UC Davis → | 33 | 10 | —† | 30.3% | 7 | — | — | —† |
What This Means
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