St. Ignatius College Preparatory

San Francisco · San Francisco County · Private independent

Private San Francisco County ~363 seniors

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51 UC Reach Score · Strong 14 AP courses

A parent's read

The UC pipeline here is real. 186 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 363 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 10% of California high schools.
Elite admits are rare — here and everywhere. Berkeley and UCLA admitted 49 of this class's 1,088 UC applications. The strong middle campuses — San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis — are where most real UC outcomes happen.
One question for any counselor: who should still test? Plenty of strong students skip the SAT/ACT now — but merit scholarships at dozens of colleges still key off scores. Ask how the school decides who should still sit for one.

Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.

At a glance

Programs & features

14 AP courses offered (school profile)

Academic signals

SAT 25-75: 1190–1420
ACT 25-75: 26–32

Composed from the school's own published profile (2025), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC Reach Score

Strong top 10% in California

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

UCB

32 admitted

21 enrolled

Net $13,481/yr avg

Grads earn $92,446 @10yr

UCLA

17 admitted

7 enrolled

Net $12,548/yr avg

Grads earn $82,511 @10yr

UCSD

27 admitted

6 enrolled

Net $12,470/yr avg

Grads earn $84,943 @10yr

UCSB

40 admitted

9 enrolled

Net $16,109/yr avg

Grads earn $74,915 @10yr

UCI

25 admitted

5 enrolled

Net $14,251/yr avg

Grads earn $80,735 @10yr

UCD

45 admitted

Net $14,741/yr avg

Grads earn $80,838 @10yr

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Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

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How St. Ignatius College Preparatory compares for families

Top-tier college outcomes for California families.

▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 51 — 32 points above the California median of 19. Ahead of 90% of California high schools.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsOther schools in the county, closest in size: Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep, Archbishop Riordan High School, Lick Wilmerding High School 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 St. Ignatius College Preparatory's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

1,537 (2020) → 1,555 (2025)

+1.2%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

349 (2020) → 363 (2025)

+4.0%

If this trend holds (+0.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~1,558	+3	$0
3 yr (2028)	~1,565	+10	$0
5 yr (2030)	~1,571	+16	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = a placeholder only — use your school's published tuition. Edit the figure to match your school.

Key takeaway · Class of 2025

St. Ignatius College Preparatory sent 1,088 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 17.1% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 51 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 32 points above the California median of 19, higher than 90% of California high schools. The school produces 13.5 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

UC Reach Score 51 ⓘ 186 admits (counted at each UC) / 363 seniors methodology

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
19

Top 10%
53

This school
51

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CA median 19 Top 10% ≥ 53 This school 51

Higher than 90% of California high schools (1107 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

What this number means

St. Ignatius College Preparatory's UC Reach Score of 51 is in the top quartile statewide (median 19; top 25% bar 33) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 53.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95 — a gap of 44 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, St. Ignatius College Preparatory's UC Reach is higher than 90% of California high schools (1107 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

300

1088 applications

Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 3 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.

In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · San Francisco Co. Top 10% ≥ 319 · higher than 96% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

17.1%

186 / 1088 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.4% · higher than 4% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

25.8%

48 enrolled of 186 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 ⓘ

48 enrollees / 363 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.

UC 6-Yr Grad Rate ⓘ

Kids from here finish what they start: 93% of its UC entrants earn the degree within six years — above the norm for CA schools.

93%

86% finished in 4 yrs · N=73 entered 2019

In context: CA median 88.6% · +4.6 pp above.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

38.8

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.9 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.2 · higher than 88% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

13.5

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 10.2 · higher than 95% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

363

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

1,555

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 ⓘ

4.01

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.22

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 St. Ignatius College Preparatory

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
UC Berkeley	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out	Filtered out
UCLA	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out	Filtered out
UC San Diego	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara	Strong shot	Moderate	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Irvine	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 Berkeley	4.03	4.21	+0.17	20.5%	Peers +0.21 · wider
UCLA	4.03	4.24	+0.21	6.9%	Peers +0.25 · wider
UC San Diego	4.00	4.25	+0.25	18.6%	Peers +0.26 · matches
UC Santa Barbara	4.01	4.25	+0.24	23.2%	Peers +0.25 · matches
UC Irvine	4.00	4.12	+0.13	15.2%	Peers +0.21 · wider
UC Davis	3.99	4.22	+0.23	34.4%	Peers +0.21 · 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%

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).

Where St. Ignatius College Preparatory sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (19.3% actual vs. 21.7% expected), based on 2024 data.

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 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	199	32	21	16.1%	9	65.6%	4.03	4.21
UCLA → Elite	205	17	7	8.3%	5	41.2%	4.03	4.24
UC San Diego → Selective	188	27	6	14.4%	7	22.2%	4.00	4.25
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	195	40	9	20.5%	11	22.5%	4.01	4.25
UC Irvine → Selective	142	25	5	17.6%	7	20.0%	4.00	4.12
UC Davis →	159	45	—^†	28.3%	12	—	3.99	4.22

† = 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

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.

UC Reach is very strong — more than 51% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.

Strong UC Reach paired with low yield: students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere. The pattern is characteristic of competitive college-preparatory schools where many students choose more selective private colleges or out-of-state flagships over UC — UC functions as a strong backup option rather than a first choice.

The school generates broad UC access, but fewer students are reaching the most selective UC campuses (UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCI). Targeted academic enrichment and campus-fit advising may help.

UC Reach has declined meaningfully year-over-year. This should be reviewed in context of applicant volume, GPA trends, course rigor changes, and peer-school performance before drawing conclusions.

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.

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