Oakwood School

B- California, US

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The school page currently displays an evaluation card that includes an overall rating and ratings across five key categories, totaling 46 data points. The five categories are: Geographic Community, Academic Strength, Matriculation Level, Extracurricular Activities, and FindingSchool Reviews. Visitors can easily view the overall score and ratings for each dimension (ranging from A+ to C). For boarding schools, detailed total score rankings are also included

The data used for evaluations and rankings comes from three primary sources: official school data, public data, and user-submitted data on FindingSchool.

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The entire scoring system is based on mathematical models derived from statistical analysis of samples from hundreds of schools across various levels. Each data point receives a corresponding rating based on its percentile position within the overall predicted distribution.

In the boarding school evaluation:: A- and above account for 45% of the total, B- and above account for 40%, C accounts for 15%.
In the day school evaluation: A- and above account for 30% of the total, B- and above account for 51%, C and others account for 19%.

2025 Evaluation Methodology

1. [30% - Matriculation Dimension] : Ivy League admission rate, admission rate for Top 25 National Universities and Top 5 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 50 National Universities and Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 100 National Universities and Top 25 Liberal Arts Colleges, along with a summary of historical admissions data.

2. [24% - Academic Dimension]: Course offerings (AP, IB, Honors, and Advanced courses), percentage of teachers with a master’s degree or higher, percentage of AP exam scores of 3, 4, or 5, average scores on standardized tests (SAT and ACT), scores in AMC math competitions, and results in FRC robotics competitions.

3. [14% - Extracurricular Activities]: Alumni donation rate, number of clubs and activities, ratings for competitive sports teams, and ratings for arts programs.

4. [12% - FindingSchool Reviews] : FindingSchool website rating, review comments on FindingSchool, and historical rating trends.

5. [8% - Geographic Community]: State resource evaluation, density score of nearby top universities, distance to the nearest international airport, convenience of local amenities, transportation convenience, city crime rate, and educational level of the local population.

Overall

B-

Matriculation C

Academics B+

Extracurriculars A-

Community A

Reviews N/A

Oakwood is a K-12 coeducational independent day school, founded in 1951, where young people prosper in thought and imagination, in competence and character, as individuals and as members of a school community.
We believe that a school environment should be supportive and stimulating, should hold intellectual attainment in high regard, and should encourage children to exercise increasing independence, to take meaningful risks, and to reflect on their experience.
We seek teachers who are competent in their disciplines and creative in their approaches; who are committed to the whole of school life; and who dedicate themselves to the growth and development of their students.
We seek children who are capable, motivated, and characterized by a variety of talents, interests, learning styles, and backgrounds.
We seek parents who subscribe to our aims and values and are committed to working in partnership with the school.
Our program is college preparatory, but we are equally concerned with the quality of children's experiences in the present.
We believe that school must be rewarding in its own right, and not merely a step along a pathway to college.

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Current School

Tuition

$52420

Enrollment

800

International Students

0.2%

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

67%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:8

Average ACT Score

Class Size

16.5

Matriculation

(2020-2023)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#1	Princeton University	1 +
#2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1 +
#3	Harvard College	1 +
#3	Stanford University	1 +
#3	Yale University	1 +
LAC #1	Williams College	1 +
#6	University of Chicago	1 +
#7	Johns Hopkins University	1 +
#7	University of Pennsylvania	1 +
#10	Duke University	1 +
#10	Northwestern University	1 +
LAC #2	Amherst College	1 +
#13	Brown University	1 +
#15	Rice University	1 +
#15	Washington University in St. Louis	1 +
LAC #3	Pomona College	1 +
#17	Cornell University	1 +
#18	Columbia University	1 +
#20	University of California: Berkeley	1 +
#20	University of California: Los Angeles	1 +
#22	Carnegie Mellon University	1 +
#22	Emory University	1 +
#25	New York University	1 +
#25	University of Michigan	1 +
#25	University of Southern California	1 +
#29	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1 +
LAC #6	Bowdoin College	1 +
LAC #6	Carleton College	1 +
#32	Tufts University	1 +
#32	University of California: Santa Barbara	1 +
#34	University of California: Irvine	1 +
#36	University of Rochester	1 +
#38	University of California: Davis	1 +
#38	University of Texas at Austin	1 +
#38	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1 +
#41	Boston University	1 +
#44	Brandeis University	1 +
#44	Georgia Institute of Technology	1 +
#44	Northeastern University	1 +
#44	Tulane University	1 +
#51	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	1 +
#51	Spelman College	1 +
#55	Santa Clara University	1 +
#55	University of Miami	1 +
#55	University of Washington	1 +
LAC #11	Middlebury College	1 +
#62	Syracuse University	1 +
LAC #13	Smith College	1 +
LAC #13	Vassar College	1 +
#67	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	1 +
#72	American University	1 +
#72	Fordham University	1 +
#72	Indiana University Bloomington	1 +
#72	Reed College	1 +
#72	Sarah Lawrence College	1 +
LAC #15	Davidson College	1 +
LAC #15	Grinnell College	1 +
#76	Allegheny College	1 +
#77	Loyola Marymount University	1 +
#85	University of Puget Sound	1 +
#89	Juniata College	1 +
LAC #18	Barnard College	1 +
LAC #18	Colgate University	1 +
LAC #18	Haverford College	1 +
LAC #18	Wesleyan University	1 +
#94	Lewis & Clark College	1 +
#105	Drexel University	1 +
#105	University of Oregon	1 +
#105	University of San Francisco	1 +
LAC #24	Colby College	1 +
#121	Chapman University	1 +
LAC #25	Bates College	1 +
LAC #27	Colorado College	1 +
LAC #27	Macalester College	1 +
#137	DePaul University	1 +
LAC #31	Kenyon College	1 +
LAC #33	Pitzer College	1 +
LAC #33	Scripps College	1 +
#166	University of Hawaii at Manoa	1 +
LAC #36	Mount Holyoke College	1 +
LAC #37	Occidental College	1 +
LAC #39	Lafayette College	1 +
LAC #39	Skidmore College	1 +
#219	Hampton University	1 +
LAC #48	Whitman College	1 +
LAC #55	Connecticut College	1 +
LAC #60	Bard College	1 +
	Berklee College of Music	1 +
	California College of the Arts	1 +
	California Institute of the Arts	1 +
	California Lutheran University	1 +
	California State University: Northridge	1 +
	Columbia College Chicago	1 +
	Emerson College	1 +
	eugene lang college of liberal arts	1 +
	Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary	1 +
	McGill University	1 +
	Monmouth University	1 +
	Mount Saint Mary's University	1 +
	musicians institute	1 +
	Oberlin College	1 +
	Parsons The New School for Design	1 +
	Pratt Institute	1 +
	Rhode Island School of Design	1 +
	Richmond, The American International University in London	1 +
	Saint Mary's College of California	1 +
	Santa Monica College	1 +
	Savannah College of Art and Design	1 +
	Sonoma State University	1 +
	Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College	1 +
	University of California: Merced	1 +
	University of California: Riverside	1 +
	University of California: Santa Cruz	1 +
	University of Colorado Boulder	1 +
	University of Nevada: Las Vegas	1 +
	University of North Carolina School of the Arts	1 +
	University of Redlands	1 +
	University of St. Andrews	1 +
	Wheaton College-Norton-MA	1 +

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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2023	2018-2021	2014-2017	2012-2015	Total
	All schools	58	57	36	35
#1	Princeton University	1 +	1 admitted			2
#2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1 +				1
#3	Stanford University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#3	Harvard College	1 +	1 admitted			2
#5	Yale University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#6	University of Pennsylvania	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#7	Duke University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#9	Northwestern University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#9	Johns Hopkins University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#9	Brown University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#12	Cornell University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#12	University of Chicago	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#12	Columbia University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#15	University of California: Los Angeles	1 +	1 admitted	1 +		3
#15	University of California: Berkeley	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#17	Rice University	1 +	1 admitted			2
#21	University of Michigan	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1 +				1
#22	Georgetown University			1 +	1	2
#24	Carnegie Mellon University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#24	Emory University	1 +	1 admitted			2
#24	Washington University in St. Louis	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#28	University of California: Davis	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#28	University of California: San Diego			1 +	1	2
#28	University of Southern California	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#33	University of California: Irvine	1 +	1 admitted		1	3
#33	Georgia Institute of Technology	1 +				1
#35	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1 +		1 +	1	3
#35	University of California: Santa Barbara	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#35	New York University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#38	University of Texas at Austin	1 +	1 admitted			2
#40	University of Washington	1 +	1 admitted	1 +		3
#40	Tufts University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#43	Boston University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#47	University of Rochester	1 +				1
#47	Texas A&M University		1 admitted			1
#47	Lehigh University		1 admitted	1 +	1	3
#53	Northeastern University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#60	Santa Clara University	1 +	1 admitted			2
#60	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	1 +		1 +	1	3
#60	Brandeis University	1 +	1 admitted			2
#67	University of Miami	1 +		1 +	1	3
#67	Syracuse University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#67	George Washington University		1 admitted	1 +	1	3
#73	Tulane University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#73	Indiana University Bloomington	1 +	1 admitted			2
#76	University of Delaware			1 +	1	2
#82	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	1 +	1 admitted			2
#89	Southern Methodist University			1 +		1
#89	Fordham University	1 +				1
#93	Loyola Marymount University	1 +	1 admitted			2
#98	University of San Diego		1 admitted			1
#98	University of Oregon	1 +	1 admitted			2
#98	Drexel University	1 +	1 admitted			2
#105	University of Colorado Boulder	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#105	American University	1 +	1 admitted			2
#115	Howard University		1 admitted			1
#115	University of San Francisco	1 +	1 admitted			2
#124	University of Denver		1 admitted		1	2
#133	Chapman University	1 +	1 admitted			2
#151	DePaul University	1 +	1 admitted			2
#151	Colorado State University		1 admitted			1
#170	University of Hawaii at Manoa	1 +				1
#178	San Francisco State University		1 admitted			1
#185	Hofstra University		1 admitted			1
#201	The New School College of Performing Arts		1 admitted			1
#236	Belmont University		1 admitted			1
#249	Northern Arizona University		1 admitted			1
#269	University of Nevada: Las Vegas	1 +				1
#280	Hampton University	1 +				1
	University of California: Santa Cruz	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
	Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College	1 +				1
	University of California: Merced	1 +				1
	University of California: Riverside	1 +	1 admitted			2

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2023	2018-2021	2014-2017	2012-2015	Total
	All schools	37	28	23	18
#1	Williams College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#2	Amherst College	1 +	1 admitted			2
#4	Pomona College	1 +		1 +	1	3
#9	Bowdoin College	1 +				1
#9	Carleton College	1 +				1
#11	Middlebury College	1 +		1 +	1	3
#11	Barnard College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#11	Wesleyan University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#11	Grinnell College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +		3
#16	Vassar College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#16	Davidson College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +		3
#16	Harvey Mudd College			1 +		1
#16	Smith College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#21	Colgate University	1 +				1
#21	Haverford College	1 +	1 admitted			2
#24	Bates College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#25	University of Richmond			1 +	1	2
#25	Colby College	1 +				1
#27	Macalester College	1 +	1 admitted			2
#30	Lafayette College	1 +				1
#33	Colorado College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#34	Mount Holyoke College	1 +				1
#35	Scripps College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +		3
#35	Franklin & Marshall College		1 admitted	1 +	1	3
#35	Occidental College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#38	Skidmore College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#39	Kenyon College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#39	Spelman College	1 +	1 admitted			2
#39	Pitzer College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#46	Connecticut College	1 +		1 +	1	3
#46	Whitman College	1 +		1 +		2
#67	Reed College	1 +				1
#70	Muhlenberg College		1 admitted			1
#72	Bard College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4
#75	Allegheny College	1 +				1
#75	Wheaton College-Norton-MA	1 +				1
#82	Juniata College	1 +	1 admitted			2
#89	University of Puget Sound	1 +				1
#93	Lewis & Clark College	1 +	1 admitted			2
#100	Sarah Lawrence College	1 +	1 admitted			2
#107	Linfield College		1 admitted			1
#112	Bennington College		1 admitted			1
#130	Eckerd College		1 admitted			1
	Oberlin College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1	4

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2023	2018-2021	2014-2017	2012-2015	Total
	All schools	1	2	0	0
#2	University of British Columbia		1 admitted			1
#3	McGill University	1 +	1 admitted			2

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2023	2018-2021	2014-2017	2012-2015	Total
	All schools	1	1	0	0
#33	University of St. Andrews	1 +				1
#40	Liverpool John Moores University		1 admitted			1

Academics

AP

(15)

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

Sports

(10)

Basketball	Cross Country
Golf	Lacrosse
Soccer	Softball

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(44)

Debate	Film/Video
Yearbook	Newspaper
Theater	Jazz Band

Debate	Film/Video
Yearbook	Newspaper
Theater	Jazz Band
Orchestra	Glee
Student Council	Cultural Awareness
Ceramics	Painting
Drawing	Photography
Poetry	Community Service
Robotics	Sculpture
Stage Craft	Breakdancing
Book Club	Fencing
Debate	Film/Video
Yearbook	Newspaper
Theater	Jazz Band
Orchestra	Glee
Student Council	Cultural Awareness
Ceramics	Painting
Drawing	Photography
Poetry	Community Service
Robotics	Sculpture
Stage Craft	Breakdancing
Book Club	Fencing

Arts

(15)

Dance	Drama
Improvisation	Jazz
Music	Music Theory

Contact Info

http://www.oakwoodschool.org/

11230 Moorpark Street/11600 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91602-0916

818-732-3000

okrane@oakwoodschool.org

California

Basic Info

Co-ed

Day S. Grades: K-12

Urban

ESL: No

Year Founded: 1951

Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/15

Interview: Skype

Other Accepted Scores: ISEE

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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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