Ensuring Entrance to Top Private High Schools

Clairbourn graduates have choices!
Our graduates receive an average of two private high school acceptances per student.

Receiving High Schools

Clairbourn graduates attend the following high schools:

  • Arcadia High School
  • Archer School
  • California School of the Arts
  • Campbell Hall
  • Cate School
  • Don Bosco Tech
  • Flintridge Preparatory School
  • Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
  • Gabriellino High School
  • Harvard Westlake
  • La Salle High School
  • LACSA
  • Loyola High School
  • Math and Science College Prep
  • Maranatha High School
  • Mayfield Senior School
  • Monrovia High School
  • Notre Dame, Sherman Oaks
  • Polytechnic High School
  • Principia Upper School
  • Sage Hill School
  • San Marino High School
  • Sierra Canyon
  • South Pas High School
  • St. Francis High School
  • Stevenson School
  • The Waverly School
  • Westridge School
  • The Webb Schools

Outstanding Preparation

We ensure that our students know their options and have prepared for the tests and interviews, as well as for the academic, leadership, and service requirements sought by the top high schools.

On average, 97% of our students go on to leading private schools such as Flintridge Prep, La Salle, Westridge, Loyola, Mayfield, Flintridge Sacred Heart, Maranatha, St. Francis, Polytechnic, Cate, Thatcher and more. The remaining three percent often choose to enroll at excellent area public schools, with the finest reputations in the state, such as San Marino, Arcadia, or Glendora High School.

Our rigorous middle school academic program prepares students from the start. In addition to comprehensive academic content, the program emphasizes strong writing, presentation, critical thinking and problem solving skills. On standardized tests, our students consistently score competitively with nationwide private school norms.

There are a variety of programs to support our powerful high school admissions record. In addition to excellent academic preparation from preschool through eighth grade, each seventh grade family receives individual high school admissions counseling to help them understand their options and how to prepare and apply to high schools. Students are also required to take an interview preparation class, attend high school tours and meet with high school admissions directors on our campus.

Graduates’ High School Experience

Watch videos from Alumni Grad Panel events where Clairbourn graduates talk about how Clairbourn prepared them for success. Alums in the videos are: Jack Bartlett (St. Francis), Deijah Bradley (Westridge), Kristofer Chang (Flintridge Prep), Mercedes De La Torre (Flintridge Sacred Heart), Bailey Garcia (Maranatha), Tristan Huo (La Salle) and Max Hendrix (Loyola).
Survey Comments from Top Local High Schools
We asked top high schools, "What qualities make Clairbourn applicants attractive to your school and what do you look for?"

List of 5 items.

  • 1

    "Academics, service involvement, and extracurriculars. Additionally, students from Clairbourn are strong test takers."
  • 2

    "We look for well rounded students with a good balance of being prepared academically and socially."
  • 3

    "Students graduating from Clairbourn have a strong sense of school community and a desire to do well. They are confident in the skills that they have acquired and are willing to become involved in the life of the school. Most importantly, students from Clairbourn have strong self-images, knowing who they are and what they can contribute to the school community they choose for high school."
  • 4

    "​They are nice kids that are well -prepared​, and your parents get the importance for a strong partnership with school officials."
  • 5

    "Students we have seen from Clairbourn have a true sense of community and are genuinely nice/good kids."
8400 Huntington Drive | San Gabriel, CA 91775 626.286.3108 | info@clairbourn.org
 
Private School Education for Preschool, Kindergarten, Elementary School & Middle School. Serving Families in the Pasadena Area and San Gabriel Valley. Clairbourn is a 501(c)3 charitable organization (K-12 Private Schools) and accredited by CAIS and WASC.