Saint Joseph High School

Santa Maria · Santa Barbara County · Private independent

Private Santa Barbara County ~123 seniors

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Is Saint Joseph High School a good school for college admissions?

Saint Joseph High School's UC Reach Score is 17 (Below the CA median, below the state median; higher than 45% of California high schools), from 21 UC admits (counted at each UC) for 123 seniors in 2025, and we have not found a published college list for it.

How hard is it to get into Saint Joseph High School?

Saint Joseph High School does not post an acceptance rate on its admissions pages.

Grades served

9–12

school site

Enrollment

512

2025 count

Acceptance rate

Not posted

admissions pages checked Oct 2026

From the school's own admissions pages and public filings. Dates verified Oct 1, 2026; exams verified September 2026. Full calendar: California private-school admissions tracker · entrance exams. More private high schools in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties · Entrance exams in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties

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Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC Reach Score

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

UCLA

3 admitted

Net $12,548/yr avg

Grads earn $82,511 @10yr

UCSD

7 admitted

Net $12,470/yr avg

Grads earn $84,943 @10yr

UCSB

7 admitted

Net $16,109/yr avg

Grads earn $74,915 @10yr

UCD

4 admitted

Net $14,741/yr avg

Grads earn $80,838 @10yr

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How Saint Joseph High School compares for families

Mid-pack college outcomes within California.

▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 17 — right around the California median of 19.
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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 Joseph High School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Saint Joseph High School sent 118 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 17.8% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 17 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 2 points below the California median of 19, higher than 45% of California high schools. The school produces 2.4 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

UC Reach Score 17 ⓘ 21 admits (counted at each UC) / 123 seniors methodology

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
19

Top 10%
53

This school
17

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CA median 19 Top 10% ≥ 53 This school 17

Higher than 45% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

What this number means

Saint Joseph High School's UC Reach Score of 17 is below 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 78 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Saint Joseph High School's UC Reach is higher than 45% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

118 applications

In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · higher than 59% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

17.8%

21 / 118 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.4% · higher than 6% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of 21 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

— enrollees / 123 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 (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

13.8

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 16.0 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.2 · higher than 43% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

2.4

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 10.2 · higher than 34% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

123

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

512

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.

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)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	16	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	—	—^†
UCLA → Elite	27	3	—^†	11.1%	2	—	—	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	20	7	—^†	35.0%	6	—	—	—^†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	24	7	—^†	29.2%	6	—	—	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	17	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	—	—^†
UC Davis →	14	4	—^†	28.6%	3	—	—	—^†

† = 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.

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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At a glance

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Saint Joseph High School is a private high school in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California with 123 seniors in the Class of 2025.

Its UC Reach Score is 17 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 21 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 123, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 45% of California high schools.

In 2025 its students filed 118 UC applications and received 21 offers, a UC admit rate of 17.8% (counted at each campus).

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

What is Saint Joseph High School's UC Reach Score? Saint Joseph High School's UC Reach Score is 17 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 21 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 123, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 45% of California high schools.

How many students from Saint Joseph High School got into a UC? In 2025 its students filed 118 UC applications and received 21 offers, a UC admit rate of 17.8% (counted at each campus).

Is Saint Joseph High School a good school for college admissions? Saint Joseph High School's UC Reach Score is 17 (Below the CA median, below the state median; higher than 45% of California high schools), from 21 UC admits (counted at each UC) for 123 seniors in 2025, and we have not found a published college list for it.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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