Class of 2021 Profile
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High School Profile
Waldorf Education fosters a questioning and striving intellect, as well as a life-long love of learning. The Sacramento Waldorf School offers a rigorous academic and art-infused curriculum designed to educate the entire human being; mind, body, and heart. Graduates consistently demonstrate a high level of active engagement and achievement in post-secondary programs.
| English | 4 years | 40.0 credits |
| Mathematics | 3 years | 30.0 credits |
| U.S. History | 1 year | 10.0 credits |
| Government | ½ year | 5.0 credits |
| World History | 1 ½ years | 15.0 credits |
| Science | 3 years | 30.0 credits |
| World Language | 4 years | 20.0 credits |
| Arts/Music | 4 years | 40.0 credits |
| P.E. | 2 years | 20.0 credits |
| Health/Safety | 2.0 credits | |
| Electives | 45.0 credits | |
| Total required credits | 257.0 credits | |
These graduation requirements meet, and in most cases exceed, the entrance requirements of the University of California system, Ivy League colleges, and other selective schools. Students on modified programs may receive a diploma if minimum California state coursework requirements are met.
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018** | |
| Verbal (CR) | 595 | 582 | 639 | 603 | 570 | 595 | 648 | 628 | 633 | 633 | |
| Math | 575 | 574 | 576 | 544 | 528 | 551 | 574 | 580 | 606 | 653 | |
| Writing | 602 | 571 | 627 | 600 | 574 | 574 | 609 | 623 | 628 | 687 | |
(*Students from the class of 2017 were split between the old SAT format and the new SAT format, with fewer representatives contributing to the old SAT score means.
**All students of the class of 2018 were in the new SAT format.)
| College Board Scores (Mean SAT-NEW FORMAT-of 4 Yr. college bound students) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||
| Evidence-base Reading & Writing (ERW) | 615 | 655 | 643 | 625 | 640 | |
| Math | 569 | 599 | 646 | 624 | 650 | |
| American College Testing (ACT) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||
| English | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 28 | NA | ||||
| Math | 23 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 25 | NA | ||||
| Reading | 25 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 32 | 30 | NA | ||||
| Science | 23 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 26 | NA | ||||
| Grading | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* – Superior | 4 points | D – Below Average | 1 point | ||
| B – Good | 3 points | F – Failure | 0 point | ||
| C – Average | 2 points | H – Honors** | 1 extra point | ||
| *A+ | 4.3 grade points | ||||
| **Honors German offered junior and senior years |
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| **Honors Biology offered junior and senior years |
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Explanation of Credits
The Sacramento Waldorf School uses a mixed term schedule. The Carnegie unit is used as a basis for the course credit assignments; 10 credits = 1 unit (year) of course work. Credits are awarded as follows:
- Main Lessons (intensive Blocks/various subjects): 5 (105 min) periods per week/3.3 credits per class
- Quarter Courses (English, Art, Civics): 4 periods per week/ 2.5 credits per quarter
- Semester Courses (Music, World Language, Math, US History): 5 credits per semester
- Atypical Courses (Health, Computer Science, Seminars, PE): 1-2 credits per class
College & University Acceptances
*Indicates where a 2021 class member was accepted.
Alaska Pacific University
*Allegheny College
American Academy of Dram. Arts
The American Musical and Dramatic Academy
American University
American University of Paris
*Arizona State University
Art Institute of CA
*Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Boston at Lesley
*Bard College (Berlin)
Bates College
Baylor University
Belmont University
Beloit College
Berklee College of Music
Boise State University
Boston College
*Boston University
Brandeis University
Brigham Young University
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
California College of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
Cal Lutheran University
California State University:
California Maritime Academy
Cal Poly (Pomona)
*Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
Channel Islands
*Chico
*East Bay
*Humboldt
Long Beach
*Monterey Bay
Northridge
*Sacramento
*San Bernardino
San Diego
*San Jose
*San Francisco
San Marcos
*Sonoma
Carleton College
Carnegie-Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Catholic University
*Chapman University
Chestnut Hill College
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
*Clark University
Cogswell Polytechnical College
College of the Holy Cross
Colgate University
College of Charleston
College of Wooster
Colorado College
Colorado Film School
Colorado State University
Columbia University
Concordia University, Irvine
*Connecticut College
*Cornell College (IA)
Cornell University
Cornish College of the Arts
Dean College
Dennison University
DePauw University
Dickinson College
*Dominican University of CA
Drew University
Drexel University
Duke University
Earlham College
Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Washington University
*Eckerd College
Embry Riddle Aeronautical
*Emerson College
Emory University
Eugene Lang – New School
Evergreen State College
*Florida Institute of Technology
Fordham University
Fort Lewis College
Franklin Pierce University
Franklin University, Switzerland
George Fox University
George Washington University
*Georgia Institute of Technology
Gettysburg College
*Gonzaga University
Goucher College
Green Mountain College
Grinnell College
Hampshire College
Haverford College
Hawaii Pacific University
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Hofstra University
*Indiana University
Ithaca College
*John Cabot University (Rome)
Juniata College
*Kalamazoo College
*Kenyon College
Knox College
Lafayette College
Laguna College of Art & Design
Lasell College
Lawrence University
*Lewis & Clark College
Linfield College
Long Island University Global Studies
Loyola Marymount University
Macalester College
Marymount Manhattan College
*Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
McGill University, Canada
Mercer University
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
Mills College
Millsaps College
Missouri State University
Montana State University, Bozeman
Montclair State University
Mount Holyoke College
Muhlenberg College
National Holistic Institute (SF)
The New School (NY)
*New York University
New York University (Tisch)
North Carolina School of the Arts
North Carolina State, Fayetteville
Northern Arizona University
Northern Michigan State University
Northern Vermont University at:
Lyndon
Johnson
Northland College
Notre Dame de Namur University
Oberlin College
Occidental College
Oregon Institute of Technology
*Oregon State University
Otis College of Art & Design
Pace University
*Pacific University
Parsons School for Design
Pennsylvania State University
Pepperdine University
Pitzer College
Point Park University
Pomona College
Portland State University
*Pratt Institute
Prescott College
Purdue University
*Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhode Island School of Design
*Rhodes College
Richmond University, London
Rice University
Ringling College of Art & Design
Roosevelt University
Royal Welsh Coll. Mus & Drama
Rutgers University
Saint Louis University
San Francisco Art Institute
*Santa Clara University
Sarah Lawrence College
Savannah Coll of Art & Design
Seattle Pacific University
*Seattle University
Seton Hall University
Simmons College
Skidmore College
Smith College
Soka University of America
Southern Oregon University
*Southampton University (UK)
Southwestern University
Stanford University
*St. Olaf College
St. John’s College
St. Mary’s College of CA
St. Michael’s College
*Suffolk University
SUNY at:
New Paltz
Purchase
University of Boston
Syracuse University
Temple University
Texas Christian University
Trinity College, CT
Trinity University
Tufts University
Tulane University
*Union College
U.S. Air Force Academy
U.S. International Language School
U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School
University of Alabama
*University of Arizona
University of Bath, England
*University of British Colombia
University of California at:
*Berkeley
*Davis
*Irvine
*Los Angeles
*Merced
Riverside
*San Diego
Santa Barbara
*Santa Cruz
University of Colorado at:
Boulder
Denver
*University of Denver
*University of Hawaii at
*Hilo
*Manoa
West Oahu
University of Idaho
University of Illinois at:
Chicago
Urbana-Champaign
University of La Verne
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Miami
University of Minnesota
*University of Montana
University of Nevada, Reno
University of New Mexico
*University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Northern Colorado
*University of Oregon
*University of the Pacific
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
*University of Portland
*University of Puget Sound
University of Redlands
University of Rhode Island
University of Rochester
Ursinus College
*University of San Diego
*University of San Francisco
*University of Silicon Valley (Cogswell)
University of Southern California
*University of South Carolina
*University of St. Andrews, Scotland
University of Vermont
*University of Virginia
*University of Washington
*University of Wyoming
*Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
Washington State University
Wesleyan College
*Western Washington University
West Texas A & M University
Westminster College
Wentworth College
Westmont College
Wheaton College
*Whitman College
Whittier College
Whitworth College
*Willamette University
Williams College
