Saint Joseph High School

Santa Maria · Santa Barbara County · Private independent

Private Santa Barbara County ~123 seniors

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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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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 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.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsOther schools in the county, closest in size: Laguna Blanca School, Cate School, Providence 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 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 (1107 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 (1107 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 26.0% · 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 15.9 · 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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