AT A GLANCE Pacific Ridge School
Why PACIFIC RIDGE SCHOOL?
7:1
STUDENT-TO-TEACHER RATIO
We maintain an average classroom size of 15 students and an overall student-to-teacher ratio of 7:1.
688
96
ENROLLMENT
41
FOR 2023-2024
461 227 UPPER
MIDDLE
14.5
CAMPUS ACRES
FACULTY MEMBERS
ADVANCED & AP COURSES Offered in Upper School
$93M+ Invested in Overall Campus Development
70
% OF FACULTY HOLD ADVANCED DEGREES
95 %
of 11th & 12th graders TOOK one or more AP OR HONORS COURSES in 2020-2021
34
ACADEMIC & ENRICHMENT CLUBS
8
NEW
INNOVATION CENTER & LIBRARY
• Advanced Biotech Lab • Technology & Electronics Lab • Robotics & Maker Space
ARTS COURSES
36
UPPER SCHOOL
14
MIDDLE SCHOOL
8
ARTS STUDIOS
3
MUSIC PRACTICE ROOMS
2
DIGITAL VIDEO & MUSIC PRODUCTION LABS
Science Labs
TEAMS OFFERED
34
UPPER SCHOOL
27
MIDDLE SCHOOL
19 21 OF
VARSITY TEAMS QUALIFIED FOR THE CIF PLAYOFFS IN THE 2022-2023 SEASON
ARTICULATE, ENGAGED, & READY STUDENT-TO-COUNSELOR RATIO
35:1
F O R
ATHLETICS
Individual College Guidance
2020-2023 GRADUATE MATRICULATION 145 COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
33 States 6 Countries
FIREBIRDS ON TOUR SEE WHERE OUR RECENT GRADUATES ARE PLAYING
120+ COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES VISIT PACIFIC RIDGE EACH YEAR
TEAM SPORTS
PARTICIPATION RATE
63
% UPPER SCHOOL
88
%
MIDDLE SCHOOL
35,265
SQ FT
ATHLETIC CENTER
CURRICULUM EXCEEDS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION
GLOBAL TRAVEL PROGRAM COUNTRIES VISITED
90%
of Students Participate in Yearly Global Travel Program (on average)
59
31
Service Learning Groups
LANGUAGES TAUGHT: CHINESE / SPANISH / FRENCH
COLLEGE BOUND
The list of matriculations below for the 428 graduates in the classes of 2020 to 2023 gives a 4-year snapshot of the colleges and universities that have welcomed our students. *An asterisk signifies a school lucky enough to enroll more than one Firebird.
CALIFORNIA Art Center College of Design Cal Poly San Luis Obispo * CSU Long Beach * Chapman University * Claremont McKenna College Harvey Mudd College Loyola Marymount University * MiraCosta College * Occidental College Palomar College * Pepperdine University * Pitzer College Pomona College * Saint Mary’s College of California San Diego State University * Santa Clara University * Santa Monica College * Scripps College * Stanford University * UC Berkeley * UC Davis * UC Irvine * UC Los Angeles * UC San Diego * UC Santa Barbara * UC Santa Cruz * University of Redlands University of San Diego * University of San Francisco * University of Southern California * Westmont College
MID-ATLANTIC American University * Bryn Mawr College Carnegie Mellon University * The College of William and Mary Drexel University George Washington University * Georgetown University * Johns Hopkins University * Penn State University University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh * Villanova University Washington and Lee University
MID-WEST Bradley University Carleton College Indiana University Lake Forest College Loyola University Chicago Marquette University
PACIFIC NORTHWEST Miami University of Ohio * Northwestern University * The Ohio State University * Purdue University * St. Olaf College * University of Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign * University of Michigan * University of Notre Dame Washington University in St. Louis *
NORTHEAST Babson College Bard College Barnard College Bentley University * Berklee College of Music * Boston College * Boston University * Brown University * Colgate University College of the Holy Cross Columbia University * Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Emerson College Fordham University * Harvard University * Ithaca College Mannes School of Music Massachusetts College of Art and Design The New School * New York University * Northeastern University * Pace University Parsons School of Design * Princeton University Sarah Lawrence College Skidmore College Smith College Southern Connecticut State University Springfield College St. John’s University Syracuse University * Tufts University * University of Massachusetts * University of Rhode Island Utica University Vassar College Wesleyan University Worcester Polytechnic Institute * Yale University
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Gonzaga University Lewis & Clark College Reed College Seattle University University of Oregon * University of Washington *
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Auburn University * Belmont University Clemson University College of Charleston Duke University Elon University Emory University Georgia Institute of Technology Louisiana State University Rice University Savannah College of Art and Design Southern Methodist University * Texas Christian University * Tulane University of Louisiana * The University of Alabama University of Miami * Vanderbilt University * Wake Forest University
WEST / MOUNTAIN Arizona Christian University Arizona State University * Brigham Young University, Idaho Brigham Young University, Provo Chaminade University of Honolulu Colorado College Colorado School of Mines * Montana State University Regis University University of Arizona * University of Colorado, Boulder * University of Denver * University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Utah *
INTERNATIONAL NYU Shanghai Science Po/Columbia University Trinity College/Columbia University University of British Columbia * The University of Edinburgh University of Toronto University of Westminster