Catholic (co-ed) · Cathedral Hill · AKA: SH, SHC, SHCP
Sacred Heart Cathedral
“Enter to learn, leave to serve”
Catholic (co-ed) · Cathedral Hill · AKA: SH, SHC, SHCP
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
“Enter to learn, leave to serve”
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- Students
- ~1,440
- Ratio
- 14:1
- Tuition
- $30k
- Enrollment
- ~1,440
- Student:teacher
- 14:1est.
- Base tuition
- $29,550
- Real cost
- $35k–$41k
What makes this school special
- Carries a rare double Catholic lineage, the De La Salle Christian Brothers and the Daughters of Charity, with roots back to 1852
- One half of the Bruce-Mahoney rivalry with St. Ignatius, SF's oldest sports tradition (1893), with the basketball games now played at Chase Center
- Service learning runs all four years for every student — the school's Vincentian identity in practice
Academics
Curriculum
Honors and college-prep tiers
World languages
Spanish, French, Mandarin, Japanese, American Sign Language
Schedule
Block (75-minute periods)
Signature programs
- De Paul Scholar Program (honors track)
- Inquiry & Innovation (i2) STEM + service
- Bruce-Mahoney rivalry with St. Ignatius
College matriculation
Stanford, UC Berkeley, Boston College, Georgetown, NYU, Yale, Brown, Cornell, Notre Dame, Santa Clara, USC, Northwestern, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Pomona
See the full listUC admissions · For fall 2025 entry
- applied
- 221
- admitted to at least one campus
- 183
- enrolled at a UC
- 71
Athletics, arts & activities
Athletics · West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL)
Baseball (boys)BasketballCross CountryFlag Football (girls)Football (boys)GolfLacrosseSoccerSoftball (girls)SwimmingTennisTrack & FieldVolleyballWrestling
Arts
TheaterChorusDanceInstrumental MusicVisual ArtPhotography
Clubs & activities
Student CouncilModel United NationsRoboticsSpeech & DebateCoding & App DevelopmentBlack Student UnionLatinos UnidosAsian American Student UnionTEDxYouth@SHCCalifornia Scholarship FederationDrama ClubDance TeamFinance ClubFilm AppreciationEngineering ClubWomen's Empowerment
See all clubsLife there
Food
On-campus dining hall (for purchase)
Learning support
Academic Resource Program (ARP) — tutoring, study skills, extended-time testing
Notable alumni
- James J. Corbett (boxing champion)
- Joe Cronin (Baseball Hall of Famer)
- Joseph Alioto (SF Mayor)
- Frank Jordan (SF Mayor)
- Shannon Rowbury (Olympic runner)
Often on the same list
Sources
- Applying to SHC — the Class of 2031 timeline and application checklist: what a family submits, the HSPT, and every admissions date
- SHC Academics — academic model, schedule, scholar programs
- Departments & Courses — world languages, AP courses
- Service Learning — four-year Christian service
- Campus Ministry — Catholic identity, religious life
- College Placements — college matriculation
- Visual & Performing Arts — arts disciplines
- Clubs & Organizations — clubs
- Counseling & Academic Support — learning support
- SHC Athletics Quick Facts — sports, WCAL league
- Wikipedia — Sacred Heart Cathedral — founding, notable alumni
- Tuition & Aid and Parent Pledge Program — 2026-27 tuition, the $1,600 registration fee, and the expected $1,750-per-child annual parent pledge
- California Private School Affidavit 2025-26 | CDE — official enrollment (1,437; grades 9–12) and faculty (85 full-time + 41 part-time teachers); student:teacher ratio estimated at ~14:1 (1,437 ÷ ≈105.5 FTE, counting part-timers as half). CDS 38684786939748, downloadable affidavit data file.
- UC A-G course list — Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep — the 2026-27 course list the school files with the University of California: 27 AP courses and 11 UC-approved honors courses beyond AP. The same filing names the languages the school teaches: American Sign Language, Chinese, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish. UC's list doesn't distinguish Mandarin from Cantonese; we carry the school's own name for the course
Details checked September 2026