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St. John Bosco High School

  • Private
  • Los Angeles
  • 183 seniors
  • 837 students

St. John Bosco High School is a private high school in Los Angeles County (Downey Unified) with 183 seniors. In fall 2025, 58% of its 86 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC San Diego (UCSD).

Year

UC admit rate

58%

50 of 86 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

27%

50 of 183 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

47%

86 of 183 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

12%

8 of 67 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

8.7%

4 of 46 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

St. John Bosco High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 6.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    8 of 67 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.82)

  • Berkeley5 pts lower

    9%

    4 of 46 admitted

    This school9%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.89)

  • Irvine8 pts lower

    15%

    9 of 61 admitted

    This school15%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.83)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    24%

    14 of 59 admitted

    This school24%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts lower

    26%

    12 of 47 admitted

    This school26%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.81)

  • DavisAbout the same

    36%

    10 of 28 admitted

    This school36%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Santa Cruz23 pts lower

    48%

    12 of 25 admitted

    This school48%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.64)

  • Riverside14 pts lower

    74%

    25 of 34 admitted

    This school74%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.68)

  • Merced9 pts lower

    87%

    20 of 23 admitted

    This school87%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.65 (all applicants 3.61)

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

St. John Bosco High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • San Diego9 pts lower

    25%

    14 of 56 admitted

    This school25%Overall34%

  • Long Beach31 pts higher

    78%

    67 of 86 admitted

    This school78%Overall47%

  • Pomona6 pts lower

    67%

    33 of 49 admitted

    This school67%Overall74%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    82%

    18 of 22 admitted

    This school82%Overall80%

  • Fullerton16 pts lower

    71%

    48 of 68 admitted

    This school71%Overall87%

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.