Damien High School

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Matriculation B-

Academics B+

Extracurriculars A-

Community A

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Damien High School, a nationally recognized institution, is celebrated for its academic excellence and dedication to developing the talents and potential of young men. Owned and operated by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the school holds full accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA).

Located in a suburban area about 30 miles east of Los Angeles, Damien High School provides a rigorous college-preparatory education with a global perspective. Our athletic program is among the top in California, reflecting the school’s commitment to excellence in all areas.

Top-Tier Athletics: Consistently ranked among California's best athletic programs, with a record of multiple California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) championships in Basketball.
The Spartan Regiment marching band is going to perform in the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. It’s a tremendous honor to be selected as the only band from the entire state of California. Out of all bands worldwide, only 10 are selected to perform in this prestigious event.

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Enrollment

695

International Students

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

65%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:17

Average SAT Score

1263

Average ACT Score

Class Size

Matriculation

(2020-2023)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#1	Princeton University	1 +
#2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1 +
#3	Stanford University	1 +
#6	University of Chicago	1 +
#10	Duke University	1 +
#13	Vanderbilt University	1 +
LAC #3	Pomona College	1 +
#20	University of California: Berkeley	1 +
#20	University of California: Los Angeles	1 +
#25	New York University	1 +
#25	University of Michigan	1 +
#25	University of Southern California	1 +
LAC #6	United States Naval Academy	1 +
#32	University of California: Santa Barbara	1 +
#34	University of California: Irvine	1 +
#34	University of California: San Diego	1 +
#36	University of Rochester	1 +
#38	University of California: Davis	1 +
#41	Boston University	1 +
#44	Case Western Reserve University	1 +
LAC #9	Claremont McKenna College	1 +
#51	Purdue University	1 +
#55	Pepperdine University	1 +
#55	Santa Clara University	1 +
#55	University of Washington	1 +
#62	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1 +
#67	Texas A&M University	1 +
#72	American University	1 +
#77	Baylor University	1 +
#77	Loyola Marymount University	1 +
#77	Michigan State University	1 +
#83	Gonzaga University	1 +
	SUNY University at Buffalo	1 +
#89	Texas Christian University	1 +
LAC #18	United States Air Force Academy	1 +
#97	University of San Diego	1 +
#105	Rochester Institute of Technology	1 +
#105	University of Arizona	1 +
#105	University of Oregon	1 +
#105	University of San Francisco	1 +
#105	University of Utah	1 +
#107	Whittier College	1 +
	Arizona State University	1 +
#121	Chapman University	1 +
#137	California State University: Long Beach	1 +
#137	Seton Hall University	1 +
#137	University of Alabama	1 +
LAC #29	Harvey Mudd College	1 +
#151	Oregon State University	1 +
#151	San Diego State University	1 +
#151	University of La Verne	1 +
#151	University of the Pacific	1 +
LAC #33	Pitzer College	1 +
#166	California State University: Fullerton	1 +
LAC #37	Occidental College	1 +
#194	California State University: San Bernardino	1 +
#202	University of Wyoming	1 +
#234	San Francisco State University	1 +
LAC #48	Whitman College	1 +
#263	Azusa Pacific University	1 +
#263	George Fox University	1 +
#317	Northern Arizona University	1 +
	Arizona Christian University	1 +
	Art Center College of Design	1 +
	Boise State University	1 +
	California Baptist University	1 +
	California Lutheran University	1 +
	California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo	1 +
	California State Polytechnic University: Pomona	1 +
	california state university channel islands	1 +
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	California State University: Los Angeles	1 +
	California State University: Monterey Bay	1 +
	California State University: Northridge	1 +
	California State University: Sacramento	1 +
	California State University: San Marcos	1 +
	Chaffey College	1 +
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	Concordia University Irvine	1 +
	Dixie State University	1 +
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	Sonoma State University	1 +
	University of California: Merced	1 +
	University of California: Riverside	1 +
	University of California: Santa Cruz	1 +
	University of Colorado Boulder	1 +
	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	1 +
	University of Nevada: Las Vegas	1 +
	University of Portland	1 +
	University of Redlands	1 +
	Vanguard University of Southern California	1 +
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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2023	2018-2022	2018-2021	2017-2020	2016-2019	Total
	All schools	64	107	66	195	98
#1	Princeton University	1 +					1
#2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1 +					1
#3	Stanford University	1 +					1
#7	Duke University	1 +				1 +admitted	2
#9	Johns Hopkins University		1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	6
#9	Northwestern University				3 +	1 +admitted	4
#12	Cornell University					1 +admitted	1
#12	University of Chicago	1 +					1
#15	University of California: Los Angeles	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#15	University of California: Berkeley	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#18	Vanderbilt University	1 +				1 +admitted	2
#20	University of Notre Dame		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#21	University of Michigan	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +		1 +admitted	4
#24	Washington University in St. Louis		1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	6
#24	Emory University		1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	6
#28	University of Southern California	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#28	University of California: San Diego	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#28	University of California: Davis	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#33	Georgia Institute of Technology		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#33	University of California: Irvine	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#35	New York University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#35	University of California: Santa Barbara	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#35	University of Wisconsin-Madison		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#39	Boston College		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#40	Rutgers University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +		6
#40	University of Washington	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#43	Boston University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#47	University of Rochester	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +		6
#47	Texas A&M University	1 +	1 +admitted			1 +admitted	3
#47	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +			3
#51	Purdue University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#53	University of Minnesota: Twin Cities		1 +admitted				1
#53	Case Western Reserve University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#53	Northeastern University		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#58	SUNY University at Stony Brook		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#58	University of Connecticut		1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	6
#60	Michigan State University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#60	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute		1 +admitted		3 +	1 +admitted	5
#60	Santa Clara University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#67	University of Massachusetts Amherst		1 +admitted	1 +	3 +		5
#67	University of Miami		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#67	Syracuse University		1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	6
#67	University of Pittsburgh		1 +admitted	1 +		1 +admitted	3
#73	SUNY University at Binghamton		1 +admitted				1
#73	Indiana University Bloomington		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#76	Stevens Institute of Technology		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#76	SUNY University at Buffalo	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +		1 +admitted	4
#76	Pepperdine University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#82	Worcester Polytechnic Institute		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#86	Marquette University		1 +admitted				1
#89	Southern Methodist University		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#89	Fordham University		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#93	Gonzaga University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#93	University of Iowa		1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	6
#93	Loyola Marymount University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#93	Baylor University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#98	Illinois Institute of Technology		1 +admitted				1
#98	Texas Christian University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#98	Rochester Institute of Technology	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#98	University of San Diego	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#98	University of Oregon	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#98	Drexel University		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#105	Saint Louis University		1 +admitted				1
#105	California State University: Long Beach	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#105	Arizona State University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#105	American University	1 +	1 +admitted				2
#105	University of Colorado Boulder	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#105	San Diego State University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#115	University of Utah	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#115	University of San Francisco	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#115	University of Arizona	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#124	University of Denver		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#124	Creighton University					1 +admitted	1
#124	University of Missouri: Columbia		1 +admitted	1 +		1 +admitted	3
#133	SUNY University at Albany		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#133	University of Dayton		1 +admitted				1
#133	Chapman University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#133	California State University: Fullerton	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#137	University of Alabama	1 +	1 +admitted				2
#142	Loyola University Chicago		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#142	University of the Pacific	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#142	Oregon State University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#142	Clark University		1 +admitted				1
#151	Colorado State University		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#151	Seton Hall University	1 +	1 +admitted			1 +admitted	3
#159	University of Massachusetts Lowell		1 +admitted				1
#163	Seattle University		1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	6
#163	St. John's University		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#170	University of Hawaii at Manoa		1 +admitted		3 +	1 +admitted	5
#170	University of La Verne	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#170	California State University: San Bernardino	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#178	San Francisco State University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#178	Washington State University		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#185	California State University: Fresno		1 +admitted	1 +	3 +		5
#185	Hofstra University		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#195	University of Tulsa		1 +admitted				1
#201	Xavier University					1 +admitted	1
#216	University of Massachusetts Boston					1 +admitted	1
#216	University of Wyoming	1 +	1 +admitted			1 +admitted	3
#236	Biola University		1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	6
#236	Azusa Pacific University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#236	University of New Mexico		1 +admitted		3 +	1 +admitted	5
#249	Northern Arizona University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#260	University of New England					1 +admitted	1
#269	George Fox University	1 +	1 +admitted			1 +admitted	3
#269	University of Nevada: Las Vegas	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#280	Portland State University		1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	6
#280	California State University: East Bay		1 +admitted		3 +	1 +admitted	5
#280	Hampton University		1 +admitted	1 +			2
#303	Montana State University		1 +admitted	1 +	3 +		5
#332	Boise State University	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#361	University of Montana					1 +admitted	1
	Grand Canyon University	1 +	1 +admitted			1 +admitted	3
	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
	University of California: Santa Cruz	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
	Penn State University Park	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
	University of California: Riverside	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
	University of California: Merced	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2023	2018-2022	2018-2021	2017-2020	2016-2019	Total
	All schools	9	9	4	15	9
#3	United States Naval Academy	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +		6
#4	Pomona College	1 +					1
#7	United States Air Force Academy	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +		6
#11	Claremont McKenna College	1 +			3 +	1 +admitted	5
#16	Harvey Mudd College	1 +	1 +admitted			1 +admitted	3
#21	United States Military Academy					1 +admitted	1
#35	Occidental College	1 +	1 +admitted		3 +	1 +admitted	6
#39	Pitzer College	1 +				1 +admitted	2
#46	Whitman College	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +			3
#75	Willamette University					1 +admitted	1
#89	University of Puget Sound		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#93	Whittier College	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	3 +	1 +admitted	7
#93	Lewis & Clark College		1 +admitted			1 +admitted	2
#107	Westmont College		1 +admitted				1

AP Scores

(2023-2024)

Number of tests taken

792

14%

40%

Score 5

Score 4

Score 3

Other scores

Academics

AP

(20)

Biology	Calculus AB
Chemistry	Computer Science A
English Language and Composition	Environmental Science

IB

(3)

IB Language A: Language and Literature	IB Business and Management
IB Visual Arts

Sports

(17)

Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	American Football
Golf	Ice Hockey

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(19)

Debate	Drumline
Marching Band	Robotics Teams
Sports Medicine Club	Adventure Club

Arts

(13)

Band	Guitar
Jazz	Music
Music Technology	Percussion

Contact Info

http://www.damien-hs.edu/

2280 Damien Avenue, La Verne, CA 91750-0917

909-596-1946

admissions@damien-hs.edu

California

Basic Info

All-boys

Day S. Grades: 9-12

Suburban

ESL: No

Year Founded: 1959

Campus Size: 25 acres

Religious Affiliation: Catholic

Application Info

Deadline: Rolling

Interview: Zoom

4.9/5 16 reviews

FindingSchool User in Asia 23/11/2024

My time at Damien provided a comprehensive academic program that caters to a variety of student needs. The campus at Damien High School is well-maintained, with modern facilities that support both academic and extracurricular activities. The science labs are equipped with up-to-date technology, and the library offers a wide selection of resources for research and study. The campus also includes athletic fields, a gymnasium, and performance spaces that contribute to a vibrant student life. Damien offers a wide range of extracurricular activities that cater to diverse student interests. From student government and clubs to music and theater, students are encouraged to get involved in campus life. The school’s commitment to holistic development ensures that students have opportunities to explore their passions and develop leadership skills.

FindingSchool User in Asia 23/11/2024

As a senior at Damien High School, I can confidently say this has been an incredible experience. The academics are amazing, and the teachers are supportive and dedicated. I feel that my relationship is much stronger with my teachers because of the Catholic space we study in. Damien is rooted in Catholic values, fosters personal growth and unity. Sports, extracurriculars, and traditions make school life enriching and memorable. Damien truly prepares you for college and beyond, while building lifelong friendships and leadership skills. I’m grateful for the opportunities and highly recommend it to anyone seeking a well-rounded high school experience. I hope that when I’m older and have kids that my son can go to Damien highschool

FindingSchool User in Asia 19/11/2024

Damien High School has been an incredible experience, and I am beyond grateful for the time I've spent here. As a college preparatory school, Damien has provided me with more than just an education it has shaped me into a better individual.One of the greatest things about Damien is the sense of community. Being involved in school activities and getting to know others has been the best decision I’ve made here. The opportunities at Damien are unlike those at many other schools, from leadership roles to academic challenges that push us to excel. The faculty and staff are truly dedicated to helping students succeed, and their guidance has been invaluable in preparing me for college and beyond . The lessons I’ve learned here go far beyond textbooks; they are life skills that I will carry with me for years to come. As I look toward college, I feel confident that the education and values instilled in me at Damien will continue to serve me well.

FindingSchool User in Asia 16/11/2024

I really like this school, we have so many activities in this school.

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Nearby City

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, commonly known as L.A., is the largest city in California and the second most populous in the U.S. It serves as the commercial, financial, and cultural hub of Southern California. With a population of around 3.9 million as of 2020, L.A. is famous for its Mediterranean climate, diverse population, and as the epicenter of the entertainment industry, particularly Hollywood. The city also offers a rich mix of cultural landmarks, including world-class museums, beaches, and a dynamic food scene, making it a global metropolis.

Population (2022) 3,833,995

Cost of Living Higher than average 54%

Nearby Airport Los Angeles International Airport

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Biology	Calculus AB
Chemistry	Computer Science A
English Language and Composition	Environmental Science
German Language and Culture	Macroeconomics
Psychology	Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics	United States Government and Politics
United States History	Physics C: Mechanics
Computer Science Principles	Studio Art: 2-D Design
World History	English Literature and Composition
Calculus BC	Studio Art: Drawing

Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	American Football
Golf	Ice Hockey
Lacrosse	Mountain Biking
Soccer	Swimming
Tennis	Track and Field
Volleyball	Water Polo
Wrestling	Diving
Roller Hockey

Debate	Drumline
Marching Band	Robotics Teams
Sports Medicine Club	Adventure Club
Spartan Ambassadors	Chess Club
Drama Club	Gaming Club
Hiking Club	Math Club
Road Biking Club	Damien Connect
Student Government(ASB)	Palo Alto Club
Ping Pong Club	Comic & Cartooning Club
Aviation Club

Band	Guitar
Jazz	Music
Music Technology	Percussion
Theater	Art History
Digital Art	Film
Photography	Studio Art
Design