Saint Marys Academy
Inglewood · Los Angeles County · Private independent
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🎓 Where grads go
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How Saint Marys Academy compares for families
One of California's strongest schools for college outcomes.
- ▸ Statewide86.0% UC Reach — 67.9 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 99% of California high schools.
- ▸ Locally🎓 Top 5% in California on UC Reach — plus 1 more top-rank.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (86.0% UC Reach vs 29.3% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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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.
Scroll up to the UC Reach card for Saint Marys Academy'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) | ~233 | -4 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~226 | -11 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~219 | -18 | $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 Marys Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · Inglewood · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Saint Marys Academy sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 11): 86% vs. a peer median of 29%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 79 points since 2020.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 14% (44→50 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of +4%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-1.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~230 by 2028 — about 7 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 7 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.
Estimate seeded by private school typical — use your school's published tuition. 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 Marys Academy | Private | 237 | 86.0% | +14% |
| Peer-group median | 29.3% | +4% | ||
| Shalhevet High School | Private · Other religious | 237 | 20.6% | -53% |
| Vistamar School | Private · secular | 222 | 35.3% | +2% |
| Bishop Conaty Our Lady Loretto | Private · Catholic | 284 | 35.8% | +10% |
| Pacifica Christian Hs | Private · Other religious | 259 | 57.6% | +29% |
| Verbum Dei High School | Private · Catholic | 298 | 21.1% | -20% |
| Armenian Mesrobian High School | Private · Other religious | 235 | 30.8% | +59% |
| Pilgrim School | Private · secular | 320 | 27.8% | +90% |
| Saint Bernard High School | Private · Catholic | 162 | 15.4% | -12% |
| Junipero Serra High School | Private · Catholic | 367 | 18.3% | +6% |
| Lycee Francais De Los Angeles | Private · secular | 153 | 40.6% | -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 →
Saint Marys Academy sent 116 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 37.1% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 86.0% — 67.9 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 99% of California high schools. The school produces 22.0 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
+56.7 pp above peer median (29.3%) · Ranked #1 of 11 similar schools
18.1%
29.3%
51.2%
86.0%
Higher than 99% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Saint Marys Academy's UC Reach of 86.0% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (51.2%) — meaning roughly 86 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.
Against similar schools, Saint Marys Academy stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 29.3%.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 11 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Saint Marys Academy's UC Reach is higher than 99% of California high schools (978 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.
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 Santa Barbara | Strong shot | Moderate | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Irvine | Strong shot | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Santa Barbara (2023) | 3.82 | 3.84 | +0.01 | 76.9% | Peers +0.34 · wider |
| UC Irvine (2022) | 3.71 | 4.01 | +0.30 | 16.7% | Peers +0.40 · wider |
📊 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 | 16 | 5 | —† | 31.2% | 10.0% | — | 3.65 | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 23 | 6 | —† | 26.1% | 12.0% | — | 3.65 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 17 | 7 | —† | 41.2% | 14.0% | — | 3.51 | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 21 | 10 | —† | 47.6% | 20.0% | — | 3.51 | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 21 | 5 | —† | 23.8% | 10.0% | — | 3.55 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 18 | 10 | —† | 55.6% | 20.0% | — | 3.43 | —† |