ARCHBISHOP MITTY HIGH SCHOOL A
SCHOOL PROFILE
2016-17
rchbishop Mitty High School is the Catholic, coeducational, college preparatory
school of the Diocese of San José. The school embraces the Catholic
educational mission of developing community, teaching the message of the Gospels,
and promoting service, peace, and justice. Through its rigorous academic program,
Archbishop Mitty seeks to prepare its students for college and for responsible
leadership in the global society of the 21st century. At the same time, the
school works diligently with parents to foster the development of each student.
Recognizing that each individual is created in the image and likeness of God,
the school celebrates and affirms its diverse cultural community and encourages
students to respond to their world with competence, insight, understanding,
courage, and compassion based on a tradition of faith and moral values.
Accreditation
Accelerated/Honors/AP Courses
(3 ACCELERATED/13 HONORS/21 ADVANCED PLACEMENT)
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
English I Acc
American Literature H
AP English Literature and Composition
AP English Language and Composition
AP US History
AP World History
AP European History
AP Government and Politics: United States
AP Macroeconomics
AP Psychology
Spanish I Acc
Spanish II H
Spanish III H
AP Spanish Language
French II H
French III H
AP French Language
Mandarin III H
Student Enrollment
• 1752 students attend AMHS.
•48.7% of the students are young men
and 51.3% are young women.
•62% of the students are Catholic.
The student body identifies itself as: Asian 28.8%; Black 4.7%;
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1.1%; Hispanic 14.3%; Multi-Racial
11.9%; Native American 0.3%; White 38.9%.
Accelerated, Honors and Advanced Placement
Archbishop Mitty offers a wide selection of courses in a
traditional college preparatory curriculum. All courses that
are not designated as Accelerated, Honors, or Advanced
Placement are presented at the same college preparatory
level. To enroll in accelerated (Acc), honors (H), and Advanced
Placement (AP) classes, students must meet grade
prerequisites and/or pass qualifying exams to be
admitted. Honors and Advanced Placement courses are
given an extra grade point each semester in the academic
cumulative GPA and total cumulative GPA.
2016 National Merit Program Statistics
Finalists: 22 2016 Advanced Placement Program Statistics:
Total Exams: 1,296
AT Reasoning
S
AMHS California
National
ACT Means Class of 2016, 325 students tested
AMHS
California
National
English 26.9
22.1
20.1
Math 25.8
22.7
20.6
Commended: 52
Total Students: 583 Scored 3 or higher: 93%
Means Class of 2016, 395 students tested
Critical Reading
600
491
494
AP Chinese Language and Culture
Algebra I Acc
Algebra II H
Algebra II/Trig H
Geometry H
Pre-Calculus H
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Computer Science A
AP Statistics
Biology H
AP Biology
Chemistry H
AP Chemistry
AP Environmental Science
Physics H
AP Physics C: Mechanics
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
AP Music Theory
Math
597
500
508
Reading
27.0
22.9
21.3
Writing
608
485
482
Science 25.8
22.1
20.8
Composite
26.5
22.6
20.8
Archbishop Mitty Graduates of 2016 were accepted at the following institutions
Percent attending College: 100%
University of California
UC Berkeley*
UC Davis*
UC Irvine*
UC Los Angeles*
UC Merced*
UC Riverside*
UC San Diego*
UC Santa Barbara*
UC Santa Cruz*
California State University
Cal Poly, Pomona*
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo*
CSU Channel Islands
CSU Chico*
CSU Dominguez Hills
CSU East Bay*
CSU Fresno
CSU Fullerton*
CSU Long Beach*
CSU Los Angeles
CSU Maritime Academy *
CSU Monterey Bay
CSU Northridge
CSU San Marcos
CSU Stanislaus
Humboldt State University*
Sacramento State University*
San Diego State University*
San Francisco State University*
San Jose State University*
Sonoma State University* California Independent Colleges
and Universities
Academy of Art
Academy of Art
Azusa Pacific University*
California Baptist University
California Institute of the Arts
California Lutheran University*
Chapman University*
Claremont McKenna College*
Dominican University of California*
Harvey Mudd College
University of La Verne
Loyola Marymount University*
Marymount California University
Mount St. Mary’s University (Chalon)
Notre Dame de Namur University
Occidental College
Pepperdine University*
Pitzer College*
Point Loma Nazarene University
Pomona College
Saint Mary’s College of California*
Santa Clara University*
Scripps College*
Stanford University*
University of Redlands*
University of San Diego*
University of San Francisco*
University of Southern California*
University of the Pacific*
Westmont College*
Whittier College*
Woodbury University
Out-of State Colleges and Universities
The University of Alabama
AMDA - College and Conservatory of
the Performing Arts
American University*
Amherst College
Arcadia University
Arizona State University*
The University of Arizona*
Assumption College
Auburn University
Augsburg College
Babson College
Ball State University
Bard College
Barnard College*
Bates College
Baylor University
Berklee College of Music
Boise State University
Boston College
Boston Conservatory*
Boston University*
Bradley University
Brandeis University*
Brown University*
Carleton College*
Carnegie Mellon University*
Case Western Reserve University
Chaminade University of Honolulu
University of Chicago*
University of Cincinnati The Citadel, the Military College
of South Carolina*
Clark Atlanta University
Coastal Carolina University
Colby College
Colgate University (Natural
Science & Mathematics)
34
41
41
23
17
34
44
63
81
20
38
7
41
1
12
2
8
6
1
1
10
1
5
1
5
11
22
61
109
41
3
3
1
1
1
8
54
1
8
4
2
62
1
1
4
8
3
1
2
1
37
70
3
3
14
38
50
24
14
1
6
1
13
1
3
2
1
25
39
1
3
1
1
1
3
1
1
4
1
10
3
1
24
1
3
3
1
10
7
2
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
Four-Year Institution: 96%
University of Colorado at Boulder*
30
University of Colorado
at Colorado Springs*
10
University of Colorado at Denver
2
Colorado College
1
Colorado Mesa University
1
Colorado School of Mines
1
Colorado State University*
24
Colorado State University Pueblo
2
Columbia College Chicago
1
Columbia University*
3
University of Connecticut
2
Cornell University*
6
Creighton University
6
University of Dallas
1
Dartmouth College*
1
University of Denver*
15
DePaul University*
3
Drexel University
7
Duke University
1
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2
Emerson College
4
Emory University*
3
The Evergreen State College
1
Fairfield University
3
Florida Atlantic University
1
Florida State University
1
University of Florida*
1
Fordham University - Lincoln Center
Campus/Rose Hill Campus*
13
The George Washington University*
4
Georgia Institute of Technology*
6
Gonzaga University*
33
Grand Canyon University
1
Grinnell College
1
University of Hawaii at Manoa*
10
Hawaii Pacific University
5
High Point University*
1
Hofstra University
6
College of the Holy Cross*
1
University of Houston
1
Howard University
2
Idaho State University*
2
University of Idaho
1
University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign*
19
Indiana University at Bloomington*
4
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis*
1
Iowa State University
1
The University of Iowa
2
Johns Hopkins University
2
Johnson & Wales University (Charlotte)
1
Johnson & Wales University (Providence)
1
Kansas State University
2
University of Kansas
1
University of Kentucky
1
Kenyon College
1
Kettering University
1
Lawrence University
3
Lehigh University*
3
Lewis & Clark College
8
Linfield College 4
Louisiana State University
3
University of Louisville
1
Loyola University Chicago*
9
Loyola University New Orleans
3
Macalester College
1
Manhattanville College
1
Marquette University*
2
University of Maryland, College Park
1
Marymount Manhattan College
2
MCPHS - Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
2
University of Massachusetts, Amherst*
7
University of Massachusetts, Boston
4
McKendree University*
1
McPherson College
1
Miami University, Oxford
4
University of Miami
2
Michigan State University
3
University of Michigan*
16
Middle Tennessee State University
1
Middlebury College
1
University of Minnesota, Crookston
2
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
5
University of Mississippi
2
Missouri University of Science
and Technology
1
University of Missouri, Columbia
1
University of Missouri, Kansas City
1
Montana State University, Bozeman
10
The University of Montana, Missoula
24
Montclair State University
2
Morehouse College*
2
Morgan State University
1
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
1
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1
University of Nevada, Reno*
74
New England Conservatory of Music
1
New Mexico State University
1
University of New Mexico
1
New York University
20
Nicholls State University
1
Two Year Institution: 4%
University of North Carolina
at Charlotte*
1
North Park University
1
Northeastern University*
21
Northern Arizona University*
23
University of Northern Colorado
3
Northwestern University*
1
University of Notre Dame*
1
Oberlin College*
2
Oregon State University*
24
University of Oregon*
53
Pace University, New York City
2
Pacific University*
3
Pennsylvania State University,
University Park
1
University of Pennsylvania*
2
University of Pittsburgh*
2
Point Park University
4
Portland State University
9
University of Portland*
41
Pratt Institute
1
PrattMWP1
Providence College
1
University of Puget Sound
8
Purdue University*
24
Reed College
2
Regis University*
9
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*
7
University of Rhode Island*
2
Rhodes College
1
Rice University*
2
Ringling College of Art and Design
1
Rochester Institute of Technology 2
Rocky Mountain College
1
Roosevelt University
1
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
2
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
4
Saint Louis University
1
Santa Fe University of Art and Design
1
Sarah Lawrence College
1
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
3
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
1
Seattle Pacific University
1
Seattle University*
38
Seton Hall University
3
Siena College
1
Smith College
1
University of South Alabama
1
University of South Carolina, Aiken*
1
University of South Carolina
3
University of South Florida, Tampa
2
Southern Methodist University*
3
Southern Oregon University*
2
St. John’s University - Queens Campus*
4
Stonehill College*
4
Stony Brook University
2
Swathmore College
1
Syracuse University*
10
Temple University
1
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
1
Texas A&M University*
6
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
1
Texas Christian University*
1
Texas State University
1
The University of Texas, Arlington
1
The University of Texas, Austin*
5
The New School - All Divisions*
2
The Ohio State University*
4
Trinity College
1
Trinity University
1
Tufts University (Engineering)
1
Tulane University
3
Utah Valley University
1
University of Utah*
7
Vanderbilt University 2
Vassar College*
1
University of Vermont
1
Villanova University*
5
Virginia Commonwealth University
1
Virgina Tech
2
University of Virginia
1
Washington and Jefferson College
1
Washington State University*
9
Washington University in St. Louis*
5
University of Washington*
40
University of Washington, Tacoma
1
Webster University
2
Wentworth Institute of Technology
1
Wesleyan University
1
Western Kentucky University
1
Western Washington University
1
Whitman College
2
Willamette University
7
University of Wisconsin, Madison
3
University of Wyoming*
1
International Keele University
1
King’s College London*
1
University of British Columbia
1
University of Edinburgh
1
Simon Fraser University
1
University of St. Andrews*
1
Trinity College Dublin
1
*Indicates where one or more students from the Class of 2016 matriculated.