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School Overview

Data & methodology
Overall
A
Matriculation A
Academics A-
Extracurriculars A
Community A
Reviews B+
Sierra Canyon is an academically excellent college preparatory school committed to an environment in which students realize their greatest intellectual, ethical, and physical promise.
We are defined by an energized, attentive, and diverse student-teacher ratio.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$44100
Enrollment
1150
International Students
10%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
60%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:9
AP
23
Average SAT Score
1293
Average ACT Score
25.5
Class Size
14

Matriculation

Matriculation

(2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 +
#10 Northwestern University 1 +
#13 Brown University 1 +
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +
#17 Cornell University 1 +
#18 Columbia University 1 +
#20 University of California: Berkeley 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
LAC #4 Swarthmore College 1 +
#22 Carnegie Mellon University 1 +
#25 New York University 1 +
#25 University of Michigan 1 +
#25 University of Southern California 1 +
#29 University of Florida 1 +
#29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 +
#32 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 +
#34 University of California: Irvine 1 +
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 +
#36 Boston College 1 +
#38 University of California: Davis 1 +
#38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 +
#41 Boston University 1 +
#44 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 +
#44 Northeastern University 1 +
#51 Spelman College 1 +
#51 Villanova University 1 +
#55 Pepperdine University 1 +
#62 Syracuse University 1 +
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1 +
#63 Lawrence University 1 +
LAC #13 Vassar College 1 +
#72 Fordham University 1 +
#77 Baylor University 1 +
#77 Clemson University 1 +
#77 Loyola Marymount University 1 +
#83 Gonzaga University 1 +
#89 Brigham Young University 1 +
#89 Howard University 1 +
#97 University of San Diego 1 +
#105 University of Arizona 1 +
#105 University of Oregon 1 +
#105 University of San Francisco 1 +
#105 University of Utah 1 +
#111 Goucher College 1 +
Arizona State University 1 +
#121 Chapman University 1 +
#151 Colorado State University 1 +
LAC #33 Pitzer College 1 +
#166 California State University: Fullerton 1 +
LAC #36 Mount Holyoke College 1 +
LAC #45 DePauw University 1 +
#234 San Francisco State University 1 +
#250 Central Michigan University 1 +
#263 University of Memphis 1 +
California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo 1 +
California State Polytechnic University: Pomona 1 +
California State University: Northridge 1 +
California State University: San Marcos 1 +
Colorado State University: Pueblo 1 +
Columbia College Chicago 1 +
Emerson College 1 +
Endicott College 1 +
Houston Baptist University 1 +
Hussian College, School of Art 1 +
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College 1 +
Montgomery College Rockville 1 +
Parsons The New School for Design 1 +
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 1 +
Savannah College of Art and Design 1 +
St. John's College 1 +
University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 +
Wagner College 1 +
Western Oregon University 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Total
All schools 43 83 41 32 72
#1 Princeton University 1 1 + 2
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#3 Yale University 1 + 1
#3 Stanford University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#6 University of Chicago 1 + 1 2
#7 Johns Hopkins University 1 1
#7 University of Pennsylvania 1 1 + 2
#10 Duke University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#10 Northwestern University 1 + 1 2
#12 Dartmouth College 1 1
#13 Brown University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#15 Vanderbilt University 1 + 1
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#17 Cornell University 1 + 1 1 3
#18 Columbia University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 + 1
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#20 University of California: Berkeley 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#22 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 5
#22 Emory University 1 1
#22 Georgetown University 1 1 + 2
#25 University of Michigan 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#25 University of Virginia 1 1 2
#25 University of Southern California 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#25 New York University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#28 Wake Forest University 1 + 1
#29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 + 1 2
#29 University of Florida 1 + 1 2
#32 Tufts University 1 1
#32 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 5
#34 University of California: Irvine 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#36 University of Rochester 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#36 Boston College 1 + 1 1 + 1 4
#38 University of California: Davis 1 + 1 1 + 1 4
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 1 + 2
#38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 1 2
#41 Boston University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 5
#44 Case Western Reserve University 1 1
#44 Northeastern University 1 + 1 1 + 1 4
#44 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 2
#44 Tulane University 1 1 + 2
#44 Brandeis University 1 1 2
#51 Lehigh University 1 1 2
#51 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 1 + 2
#51 Purdue University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#51 Villanova University 1 + 1 2
#55 Santa Clara University 1 1 + 2
#55 Pepperdine University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#55 University of Miami 1 1 2
#55 University of Washington 1 1 + 2
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1 + 1
#62 George Washington University 1 1 2
#62 Syracuse University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#64 University of Connecticut 1 + 1
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 1 2
#68 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 + 1
#72 Fordham University 1 + 1 1 3
#72 Southern Methodist University 1 1 2
#72 Indiana University Bloomington 1 1 + 1 + 3
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 + 1
#77 SUNY University at Stony Brook 1 1
#77 Loyola Marymount University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#77 Michigan State University 1 1
#77 Clemson University 1 + 1 1 + 3
#77 Baylor University 1 + 1 2
#79 American University 1 + 1 + 2
#83 Marquette University 1 1 2
#83 Gonzaga University 1 + 1
#89 Brigham Young University 1 + 1
#89 Howard University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#89 Elon University 1 1
#89 Colorado School of Mines 1 1
#89 Texas Christian University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#91 Miami University: Oxford 1 1
#97 University of Denver 1 1
#97 Clark University 1 1
#97 University of Illinois at Chicago 1 1
#97 University of San Diego 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#105 Drexel University 1 1 + 1 3
#105 University of San Francisco 1 + 1 1 3
#105 University of Arizona 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#105 University of Utah 1 + 1 1 + 3
#105 University of Oregon 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#121 Arizona State University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 5
#121 Chapman University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#121 University of Vermont 1 1
#122 Illinois Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#130 University of Kansas 1 1
#132 University of La Verne 1 1
#133 University of Kentucky 1 + 1
#137 Seattle University 1 1 2
#137 University of Tulsa 1 1
#137 University of Alabama 1 1 2
#139 Seton Hall University 1 1
#151 San Diego State University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#151 University of the Pacific 1 1 2
#151 Oregon State University 1 1
Penn State University Park 1 1 + 2
University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 + 1 + 1 3
University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 1
University of California: Riverside 1 1 + 1 3
University of California: Santa Cruz 1 1 + 1 3
University of Maryland: College Park 1 1
Iowa State University 1 1
University of California: Merced 1 1 2
College of William and Mary 1 1 + 2
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 1 2
University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1 1 2
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Total
All schools 5 11 5 5 12
#1 Williams College 1 + 1
#4 Swarthmore College 1 + 1 + 2
#6 Bowdoin College 1 + 1
#6 United States Naval Academy 1 + 1 + 2
#8 Claremont McKenna College 1 + 1
#13 Vassar College 1 + 1
#18 University of Richmond 1 1
#18 Wesleyan University 1 1 + 2
#18 Colgate University 1 1 + 2
#23 Harvey Mudd College 1 + 1
#25 Barnard College 1 + 1
#25 Colorado College 1 + 1 + 2
#27 Macalester College 1 1
#30 Bryn Mawr College 1 + 1 + 2
#31 Kenyon College 1 1
#33 College of the Holy Cross 1 1
#33 Pitzer College 1 + 1 2
#35 Bucknell University 1 + 1
#36 Mount Holyoke College 1 + 1
#37 Occidental College 1 1
#38 Franklin & Marshall College 1 + 1
#39 Lafayette College 1 1
#39 Skidmore College 1 1
#44 Trinity College 1 + 1
#45 DePauw University 1 + 1
#46 Whitman College 1 1
#55 Connecticut College 1 1
#60 Bard College 1 1
Oberlin College 1 1 + 2
United States Military Academy 1 1

AP Scores

(2023)
Number of students took AP test
231
Number of tests taken
550
85%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(23)
Art History
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Computer Science A
Art History
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Computer Science A
English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition
Environmental Science
French Language and Culture
Latin
Music Theory
Physics 1
Spanish Language and Culture
Studio Art: 2-D Design
United States Government and Politics
Statistics
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Computer Science Principles
European History
Physics 2
United States History
World History
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Sports

(15)
Baseball
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Dance
American Football
Baseball
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Dance
American Football
Golf
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
Diving
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(31)
The All Support Project
Mental Health Awareness Club
American Sign Language
Music Appreciation Club Astrophysics Club
Muslim Student Association
Baking Club
The All Support Project
Mental Health Awareness Club
American Sign Language
Music Appreciation Club Astrophysics Club
Muslim Student Association
Baking Club
Physics Club
Black Student Union (BSU) Politics Club
Chess Club
Pre-Medical Club
Cinema Club
Psychology & Mental Health Clubl
Divorced Parents Club
Reel Fools Fishing Club
Film Production Club
Sports Analytics Club
French Club
STEM Talks Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)
Stocks & Crypto Club
Green Club
Student-Athletes Stand Up
Human Rights Club
Tactician's Alliance
International Rescue Committee
Tuesday Tea Time
International Club
Voices For Change
Junior Classical League
Women's Rights Advocacy Club
Linguistics Team
Youth In Government
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Arts

(13)
Dance
Music Theory
Vocal
Animation
Ceramics
Filmmaking
Dance
Music Theory
Vocal
Animation
Ceramics
Filmmaking
Painting
Photography
Sculpture
Studio Art
Architecture
Digital Design
Scene Study
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Contact Info

http://www.sierracanyonschool.org
20801 Rinaldi Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311
818-882-8121
sribeiro@sierracanyonschool.org
California

Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: K-12
Suburban
IB: No
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1978
Campus Size: 42 acres
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: Rolling
Interview: Skype
Recommended
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5.0
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Boarding
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5.0

Frequently Ask Questions about Sierra Canyon School

Tell me a bit about Sierra Canyon School.
Sierra Canyon School is Co-ed private day school located in California, US. It was founded 1978 , and currently has about 1150 students, 10.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.sierracanyonschool.org.
Does Sierra Canyon School have rigorous academic requirements?
Sierra Canyon School is offering 23 AP courses.

Sierra Canyon School also have 60% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Sierra Canyon School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 12.5% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 21.67% go to top 25, and about 3.33% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Sierra Canyon School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Sierra Canyon School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Sierra Canyon School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Sierra Canyon School in 2024 is $44,100 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at sribeiro@sierracanyonschool.org .
Where is Sierra Canyon School located?
Sierra Canyon School is located in the State of California of USA. The closest major city is Los Angeles, which is about 28 miles away from school. Most families can choose Los Angeles International Airport to travel in and out of school.
How popular is Sierra Canyon School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Sierra Canyon School is among the most popular schools, within top 175 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Sierra Canyon School has been favorited by 130 users.
How to start with an application with Sierra Canyon School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Sierra Canyon School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Sierra Canyon School’s official site: http://www.sierracanyonschool.org or call them at 818-882-8121.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to Sierra Canyon School?
Yes, here are few: St. John Eudes School, East Valley Academy and St Euphrasia School.

The closest major city is Los Angeles. You can find out more schools near Los Angeles here.
What is the FindingSchool rating for Sierra Canyon School?
The overall rating for Sierra Canyon School is A.

The section ratings of Sierra Canyon School are:
A for Matriculation
A- for Academics
A for Extracurriculum
A for Community
B+ for Students and Parents reviews

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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