School Profile - St. Francis Catholic High School 2016-2017 | Page 2

Grading System

Post-Secondary Summary

A-F letter grades
GPA points: A=4; B=3; C=2; D=1; F=0
Honors/AP Grades A-C: weighted 1 point.
PE, Sports, Academic Teams, and Student
Intern are not calculated into the GPA.

Traditionally, 100% of the graduates begin
college or a study abroad program the fall
after graduation.
College Attendance for
Class of 2016
99% (250)
Four-year Colleges
90% (224)
• U. of California
12% (31)
• California State U.
16% (39)
• CA Independents
21% (53)
• Out-of-State Independents 18% (46)
• Public Out-of-State
20% (51)
• Military Academy
<1% (1)
• International Universities 1% (3)
Two-year/Community Colleges 10% (26)
Total number of students: 250

Class of 2016 Grade Point Distribution

Weighted Deciles (from 8/13 to 8/16)
1st: 4.46-4.32
6th: 3.63-3.50
2nd: 4.31-4.16
7th: 3.49-3.21
3rd: 4.15-3.98
8th: 3.20-2.95
4th: 3.97-3.81
9th: 2.93-2.69
5th: 3.80-3.64
10th: 2.68-2.22
Weighted Mean GPA: 3.59

Class of 2015 SAT Results*

Number of test-takers: 223
SAT Reasoning
Cr.R Math
SFHS Mean
558
539
CA Mean
496
500
National Mean* 494
508
*2015 numbers. 2016 not available

SAT Reasoning Cr.R Math
75th %
620
600
50th %
560
530
25th %
500
470

Writ
568
485
482

Writ
620
560
520

Class of 2016 ACT Results
Number of test-takers: 212
Composite
SFHS Mean
CA Mean
National Mean
SFHS
CA

Fine Arts
A large majority of the student body
is enrolled in Fine Arts. Student
performances and exhibits abound in visual
and performing arts: choir, digital film,
orchestra, theater, dance, drawing, painting,
figure sculpting and digital photography.
For many years, the SFHS Fine Arts
program has annually received numerous
nominations and regional awards.
Clubs and Academic Teams
A total of 51 clubs and 8 academic teams
are offered.

25.1
22.6
20.8

English Math Reading Science
26.4 23.8 25.7
24.0
22.1 22.7 22.9
22.1

PSAT & National Merit Program

The Class of 2017 qualified:
1 National Merit Semi-Finalist
7 National Merit Commended Students
2 National Hispanic Scholars

Advanced Placement Exams

313 students completed 515 exams in
2016. Students enrolled in AP courses are
required to take AP exams.
5…(81) 61%
4…(151) 29%
3…(190) 37%

Extracurricular & Co-Curricular Activities

2…(69) 13%
1…(24) 5%

Interscholastic Athletics
Student Body Participation: 47%
12 sports; 26 levels
School Colors: Red and Gold
School Mascot: Troubadour
Section: CIF Sac Joaquin Division 1
Delta League

2015-2016 Team Achievements

Basketball: League-1st, Section-2nd,
NorCal-1st, State-2nd
Cross Country: League-2nd, Section-2nd,
State-8th
Golf: League-1st, Section-4th, Masters-4th
Lacrosse: SVLC-4th
Soccer: League-3rd, Section-T5th
Softball: League-3rd, Section-T9th
Swimming/Diving: League-2nd, Section-4th
Tennis: League-T1st, Section-3rd
Track & Field: League-2nd, Section-3rd
Volleyball: League-3rd, Section-T5th
Water Polo: DL-2nd, Section-1st

Post Secondary Attendance of
Class of 2016 (Total 250)
California Colleges: 149 (60%)
California Independents 53 (21%)

California Baptist (1), Chapman (5), Loyola
Marymount U (5), Master’s College (1), Mt. St.
Mary’s (1), Occidental College (1), Pepperdine Univ.
(1), Point Loma Nazarene Univ. (1), St. Mary’s
(8), Santa Clara (5), U of La Verne (1), U of San
Diego (2), U of San Francisco (13), U of Southern
California (1), U of the Pacific (4), William Jessup (1)

California CSU: 39 (16%)

San Luis Obispo (9), Pomona (1), Channel Islands
(1), Chico (4), Northridge (1), Sacramento (6),
San Diego (2), San Francisco (5), San Jose (4),
Sonoma (6)

California UC: 31 (12%)

Berkeley (6), Davis (6), Irvine (2), Los Angeles (7),
Riverside (1), San Diego (2), Santa Barbara (3),
Santa Cruz (4)

California Community Colleges: 26 (10%)

American River (5), City College of San Francisco
(1), Cosumnes River College (1), Folsom Lake (9),
Sacramento City (1), Santa Barbara City Coll (1),
Sierra (7), Solano (1)

4 Year Out-of-State: 97 (38%)
Out-of-State Independents: 46 (18%)

Baylor (3), Belmont (1), Boston College (1), Boston
University (1), Brown (1), Catholic University of
America (1), University of Dallas (1), University
of Denver (1), Columbia (2), Creighton (4), Elon
(3), Fordham (2), Franciscan (1), Franklin and
Marshall (1), Gonzaga (2), Grand Canyon (1),
Hofstra (1), Loyola U Chicago (1), Michigan State
(1), Northeastern (1), Pacific University, Or. (1),
University of Portland (5), Pratt (1), Puget Sound
(2), Seattle Univ. (2), Spelman (1), St. Catherine
University (1), St. Edward’s (1), Texas Christian U
(1), Vassar (1), Walsh (1), Washington University, St.
Louis (1), Whitman (1), Yale (1)

Out-of-State Public: 51 (20%)

Boise State (3), Colorado State (1), James Madison
(1), Langston (1), Michigan State (1), Northern
Arizona (1), Oregon State (5), Rutgers (1), Southern
Oregon U (3), Texas State (1), U of Alabama (5),
U of Arizona (2), U of Colorado, Boulder (1), U of
Idaho (1), U of Kansas (2), U of Kentucky (1), U
of Louisiana (1), U of Michigan (2), U of Montana,
Missoula (2), U of Minnesota, Twin Cities (1), U of
Mississippi (1), U of Nevada-Reno (5), U of Oregon
(1), U of South Carolina (1), U of Texas, Austin (2), U
of Virginia (1), U of Washington (1), U of Wisconsin
(1), U of Wyoming (1), Washington State (1)

Military Academies:
West Point: 1 (<1%)

International Universities: 3 (1%)

U of Aberdeen, Scotland (1), U of St. Andrews,
Scotland (1), U of British Columbia (1)