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Immaculate Conception Academy

“Veritas (truth)”

AKA: ICA, ICA Cristo ReyMissionCatholic (girls)

Students
~250
Ratio
11:1
Tuition
$2k

Admissions

Application due
Rolling
evaccaro@icacademy.org
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What makes this school special

  • Every student works about one day a week at places like Salesforce, Levi's, and Airbnb through the Cristo Rey work-study model, graduating with four years of professional experience on their resume
  • Work-study earnings bring family tuition down to a few thousand dollars a year, and every family receives financial aid
  • An all-girls school whose student body is about 97% students of color
  • Offers AP and honors alongside Project Lead the Way engineering and a required Ethnic Studies course

Academics

Curriculum

AP, honors, and college-prep (Cristo Rey work-study model)

World languages

Spanish

Schedule

4 days class + 1 day Corporate Work Study

Signature programs

  • Corporate Work Study Program (students work one day a week)
  • Project Lead the Way Engineering
  • Ethnic Studies requirement

College matriculation

UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA, UC San Diego, Cal Poly SLO, San Francisco State, Santa Clara, University of San Francisco, USC, Boston University, Cornell, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Harvard, Yale

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Athletics, arts & activities

Athletics · CIF San Francisco Section (AAA)

BasketballCross CountryFlag FootballSoccerSwimmingTrack & FieldVolleyball

Arts

Visual ArtPotteryDance

Clubs & activities · 28+

Black Student UnionLas Latinas UnidasFilipinx-American ClubPolynesian ClubModel UNNational Honor SocietyCalifornia Scholarship FederationCampus MinistrySpartan Press (newspaper)YearbookArt ClubBaking ClubBook ClubGaming ClubRed CrossStudent Government
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Often on the same list

Mission High School

Public

John O'Connell High School

Public

June Jordan School for Equity

Public

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory

Catholic (co-ed)

Sources

  1. ICA Cristo Rey 2025-26 School Profile — enrollment, demographics, AP/honors, schedule, matriculation, cost model
  2. Mission & History — identity, neighborhood
  3. Admissions — admissions contacts, application
  4. Financial Assistance — cost model, income eligibility
  5. Corporate Work Study — work-study program
  6. Academics — AP/honors, college outcomes
  7. Athletics — sports, CIF/AAA
  8. Clubs — clubs
  9. Wikipedia — Immaculate Conception Academy — founding, Cristo Rey history, work-study economics
  10. About ICA Cristo Rey — motto ("the Dominican value of veritas—or truth," named as the school's grounding value)

Last reviewed July 2026