Type
Day
School
Head-Royce School
Siviq Rank#37Oakland, CA • Day
Day
Enrollment
417
Student-Teacher Ratio
8:1
Admit Rate
-
Reach
Limited Evidence
Narrative
Profile Notes
Summary
Head-Royce School's 2025-26 College Admissions Profile describes the school as a nonsectarian, co-educational, college preparatory day school serving kindergarten through grade 12 in Oakland, California. The profile reports 417 Upper School students, a 1887 founding year, 72% students of color in the community, more than 60 Honors and Advanced courses, and a five-year college admissions/enrollment list for 2021-25.
Advanced Coursework
We offer more than 60 Honors and Advanced courses across academic areas
Matriculation Notes
Head-Royce College Admissions (2021–25): partial list of colleges and universities that have offered admission to graduates, followed by the number of students enrolling in those colleges over the past five years
Siviq Layer
Siviq Scores
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar schools. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
Academic Program
100th percentile
Higher reported academic program than 100% of similar schools.
Combines advanced-course offerings, testing, and reported honors or IB signals.
Average Class Size
90th percentile
Lower reported average class size than 90% of similar schools.
Smaller reported average classes score higher within each peer cohort.
Institutional Resources
73rd percentile
Higher reported institutional resources than 73% of similar schools.
Uses linked nonprofit financial capacity when a reviewed EIN match is available.
Outcomes
67th percentile
Higher reported outcomes than 67% of similar schools.
Based on reported college destinations in the current school profile.
Reach & Access
36th percentile
Higher reported reach & access than 36% of similar schools.
Combines geographic reach and reported access signals from the current school data.
Student Experience
50th percentile
Lower reported student experience than 50% of similar schools.
Lower student-teacher ratios score higher within each peer cohort.
Standardized Data
Profile
Profile
Overview
- Grades Served
- K-12
Profile
Academics
- Honors Program
- Yes
Profile
Student Body
- Students of Color
- 72%
- Receiving Financial Aid
- 25%
Linked Nonprofit Data
Nonprofit Financials
Net Assets
$102,149,428
Tax year 2024
Net Income
$308,162
Latest revenue minus expenses from the school's nonprofit filing.
Total Expenses
$49,747,191
Tax year 2024
Expenses Per Student
$119,298
Calculated from total expenses divided by the current school-profile enrollment.
Location Context
Nearest
Institutional Details
People & Credentials
Institutional
Leadership
Head of School
Rachel E. Skiffer
Head of Upper School
Richard Lapidus
Assistant Head of Upper School
Courtney Duke
Institutional
Contacts
Director of College Counseling
Tania Castro Bradt
Associate Director of College Counseling
Hayley Shapland
Associate Director of College Counseling
Kor Shin
Associate Director of College Counseling
Celso Cardenas
Upper School Registrar; College Counseling Associate
Brittany Pruim
College Writing Specialist
Sally Treanor
Main School Contact
School Contact
4315 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland, CA 94602; fax 510.482.7351
Institutional
School Codes
CEEB code
050285
External References
Links
College Outcomes
Top Colleges
Search & Answers
Head-Royce School Frequently Asked Questions
What is the student-teacher ratio at Head-Royce School?
The current school profile does not publish a normalized student-teacher ratio for Head-Royce School.
How many students are enrolled at Head-Royce School?
The current school profile reports about 417 students enrolled at Head-Royce School.
What grades does Head-Royce School offer?
Head-Royce School currently reports serving grades K-12.
Where is Head-Royce School located?
Head-Royce School is located in Oakland, CA.
Is Head-Royce School a day school or a boarding school?
Head-Royce School is a private school.
Which colleges show up most often for Head-Royce School?
The current school profile highlights American University as one of the top reported college destinations for Head-Royce School.
What kinds of advanced academic options does Head-Royce offer beyond its regular courses?
Head-Royce reports more than 60 Honors and Advanced courses across academic areas, plus membership in Global Online Academy and the BlendEd Consortium for online and hybrid course options.
What do we know about Upper School faculty experience?
The profile reports that 81% of Upper School faculty hold advanced degrees, with an average of 20 years of teaching experience.
Does Head-Royce report tuition assistance?
Yes. Head-Royce reports $8.4 million in tuition assistance awarded, though the share of students receiving aid is not reported.
What athletics highlights are reported for Head-Royce?
Head-Royce reports 25 interscholastic teams, 64 league championships in 10 years, and 37 D1/D3 athletes over the past five years.
By Geography
Nearby Schools
By Similarity
Similar Schools
Provenance
Sources
| Source | Type | Checked | Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 School Profile (PDF) Used for normalized profile metrics, school facts, FAQ answers, and school SEO metadata. | School Profile PDF | May 03, 2026 | Academic Rigor Category • Access Category • Advanced Course Notes • Average Class Size • Boarding Model • Boarding Status • More normalized profile fields |
| Admissions - Head-Royce www.headroyce.org/admissions | Official Website Page | May 11, 2026 | Enrollment |
| At a Glance - Head-Royce www.headroyce.org/about-us/at-a-glance | Official Website Page | May 11, 2026 | Average Class Size • Enrollment • Founded Year • Receiving Financial Aid • Students of Color |
| College Counseling Office - Head-Royce www.headroyce.org/academics/college-counseling | Official Profile Page | May 11, 2026 | Honors Program |
| Home - Head-Royce www.headroyce.org | Official Website Page | Apr 05, 2026 | Grades Served • Student-Teacher Ratio |
Sources & Data QualityMirrored artifacts, website inventory, and normalization review notes for this school profile.
Source Links
Known Website Addresses
| Role | URL | Method |
|---|---|---|
| official_website | www.headroyce.org/about/at-a-glance | supplemental_backfill |
| official_website | www.headroyce.org/about/facts | supplemental_backfill |
| official_website | www.headroyce.org/about/fast-facts | supplemental_backfill |
| official_website | www.headroyce.org/about/quick-facts | supplemental_backfill |
| official_website | www.headroyce.org/admission | supplemental_backfill |
| official_website | www.headroyce.org/student-life | supplemental_backfill |
| official_website | www.headroyce.org/tuition-and-financial-aid | supplemental_backfill |
| College Counseling Office - Head-Royce | www.headroyce.org/academics/college-counseling | existing |
| 2025-2026 school profile PDF | resources.finalsite.net/images/v1723153570/headroyce/ajxuvtyhryg5nlr3zeua/college-admissions-profile.pdf | web_search |
| About - Head-Royce | www.headroyce.org/about-us | supplemental_backfill |
| At a Glance - Head-Royce | www.headroyce.org/about-us/at-a-glance | supplemental_backfill |
| Academics - Head-Royce | www.headroyce.org/academics | supplemental_backfill |
| Schoolwide Calendar - Head-Royce | www.headroyce.org/academics/schoolwide-calendar | supplemental_backfill |
| Admissions - Head-Royce | www.headroyce.org/admissions | supplemental_backfill |
| Our Community - Head-Royce | www.headroyce.org/community | supplemental_backfill |
| Official website | www.headroyce.org | existing |
All Canonical Metrics
| Metric | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grades Served | K-12 | Head-Royce is a nonsectarian college preparatory day school with co-educational classes from kindergarten through 12th grade. |
| Lowest Grade | 0 | K-12 |
| Highest Grade | 12 | K-12 |
| Postgraduate Offered | - | K-12 |
| Boarding Status | Day | Head-Royce is a nonsectarian college preparatory day school |
| Boarding Status Code | day | Day |
| School Type | nonsectarian college preparatory day school with co-educational classes | Head-Royce is a nonsectarian college preparatory day school with co-educational classes from kindergarten through 12th grade. |
| School Type Code | nonsectarian_college_preparatory_day_school_with_co_educational_classes | nonsectarian college preparatory day school with co-educational classes |
| Enrollment | 417 | 417 students in the Upper School |
| Residential Enrollment | - | - |
| Day Enrollment | - | - |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 8 | 8:1 student to faculty ratio |
| Founded Year | 1887 | 1887 year founded |
| School Leadership | - | Rachel E. Skiffer, Head of School |
| Key Contacts | - | Tania Castro Bradt, Director of College Counseling, [email protected], 510.531.1300 x 2476 |
| Accreditations | - | - |
| School Codes | - | CEEB code: 050285 |
| AP Courses | - | - |
| Average Class Size | 7 | average class size 7 |
| IB Program | - | - |
| Honors Program | Yes | 65 Honors Courses; Legend: (H) Honors, which is a rigorous, college-level curriculum |
| Advanced Course Notes | We offer more than 60 Honors and Advanced courses across academic areas | We offer more than 60 Honors and Advanced courses across academic areas, with robust electives in Robotics, Engineering, Debate, and the Visual and Performing Arts, among other areas. |
| Faculty Count | - | - |
| College Counseling Summary | - | - |
| Testing Policy | - | - |
| Testing Policy Code | - | - |
| Average SAT | - | - |
| Average ACT | - | - |
| Matriculation Summary | Head-Royce College Admissions (2021–25): partial list of colleges and universities that have offered admission to graduates, followed by the number of students enrolling in those colleges over the past five years | Head-Royce College Admissions (2021–25). The following is a partial list of colleges and universities that have offered admission to graduates of Head-Royce, followed by the number of students enrolling in those colleges over the past five years. |
| Top Colleges | - | American University 1 enrolled over the past five years; Amherst College 2 enrolled over the past five years; Barnard College 4 enrolled over the past five years; Bates College 1 enrolled over the past five years; Boston College 3 enrolled over the past five years; Boston University 6 enrolled over the past five years; Bowdoin College 2 enrolled over the past five years; Brandeis University 1 enrolled over the past five years; Brown University 8 enrolled over the past five years; Bryn Mawr College 2 enrolled over the past five years; Cal Poly, Pomona 4 enrolled over the past five years; Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo 5 enrolled over the past five years; Cal State, Northridge 1 enrolled over the past five years; California College of the Arts 1 enrolled over the past five years; Carleton College 4 enrolled over the past five years; Carnegie Mellon University 2 enrolled over the past five years; Case Western Reserve University 2 enrolled over the past five years; Chapman University 3 enrolled over the past five years; Claremont McKenna College 8 enrolled over the past five years; Colby College 3 enrolled over the past five years; Colgate University 8 enrolled over the past five years; Colorado College 5 enrolled over the past five years; Columbia University 4 enrolled over the past five years; Cornell University 8 enrolled over the past five years; Dartmouth College 4 enrolled over the past five years; Duke Kunshan University 2 enrolled over the past five years; Duke University 1 enrolled over the past five years; Emory University 4 enrolled over the past five years; Fordham University 1 enrolled over the past five years; Franklin & Marshall College 1 enrolled over the past five years; George Washington University 3 enrolled over the past five years; Georgetown University 2 enrolled over the past five years; Grinnell College 1 enrolled over the past five years; Harvey Mudd College 3 enrolled over the past five years; Haverford College 2 enrolled over the past five years; Howard University 5 enrolled over the past five years; Indiana University, Bloomington 1 enrolled over the past five years; Johns Hopkins University 2 enrolled over the past five years; Lehigh University 1 enrolled over the past five years; Lewis & Clark College 2 enrolled over the past five years; Loyola Marymount University 6 enrolled over the past five years; Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 enrolled over the past five years; Middlebury College 4 enrolled over the past five years; New York University 13 enrolled over the past five years; Northeastern University 13 enrolled over the past five years; Northwestern University 9 enrolled over the past five years; Oberlin College 1 enrolled over the past five years; Occidental College 6 enrolled over the past five years; Pitzer College 7 enrolled over the past five years; Pomona College 5 enrolled over the past five years; Princeton University 3 enrolled over the past five years; Purdue University 4 enrolled over the past five years; Reed College 1 enrolled over the past five years; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 enrolled over the past five years; Rhode Island School of Design 1 enrolled over the past five years; Rice University 4 enrolled over the past five years; San Diego State University 1 enrolled over the past five years; Santa Clara University 7 enrolled over the past five years; Scripps College 2 enrolled over the past five years; Skidmore College 1 enrolled over the past five years; Smith College 2 enrolled over the past five years; Southern Methodist University 3 enrolled over the past five years; Spelman College 2 enrolled over the past five years; Stanford University 9 enrolled over the past five years; Swarthmore College 2 enrolled over the past five years; Syracuse University 1 enrolled over the past five years; Texas Christian University 1 enrolled over the past five years; Trinity College Dublin 1 enrolled over the past five years; Tufts University 10 enrolled over the past five years; Tulane University 12 enrolled over the past five years; United States Military Academy at West Point 1 enrolled over the past five years; United States Naval Academy 2 enrolled over the past five years; University of British Columbia 2 enrolled over the past five years; University of California, Berkeley 22 enrolled over the past five years; University of California, Davis 5 enrolled over the past five years; University of California, Irvine 3 enrolled over the past five years; University of California, Los Angeles 18 enrolled over the past five years; University of California, San Diego 6 enrolled over the past five years; University of California, Santa Barbara 3 enrolled over the past five years; University of California, Santa Cruz 5 enrolled over the past five years; University of Chicago 17 enrolled over the past five years; University of Colorado, Boulder 3 enrolled over the past five years; University of Denver 1 enrolled over the past five years; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2 enrolled over the past five years; University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1 enrolled over the past five years; University of Miami 1 enrolled over the past five years; University of Michigan 9 enrolled over the past five years; University of Oregon 3 enrolled over the past five years; University of the Pacific 1 enrolled over the past five years; University of Pennsylvania 8 enrolled over the past five years; University of Redlands 1 enrolled over the past five years; University of Richmond 1 enrolled over the past five years; University of Southern California 16 enrolled over the past five years; University of St. Andrews 4 enrolled over the past five years; University of Utah 1 enrolled over the past five years; University of Virginia 7 enrolled over the past five years; University of Washington, Seattle 15 enrolled over the past five years; University of Wisconsin, Madison 3 enrolled over the past five years; Vanderbilt University 2 enrolled over the past five years; Vassar College 6 enrolled over the past five years; Villanova University 1 enrolled over the past five years; Wake Forest University 2 enrolled over the past five years; Washington University in St. Louis 13 enrolled over the past five years; Wellesley College 3 enrolled over the past five years; Wesleyan University 9 enrolled over the past five years; Whitman College 1 enrolled over the past five years; Williams College 5 enrolled over the past five years; Yale University 4 enrolled over the past five years |
| States Represented | - | - |
| Countries Represented | - | - |
| Students of Color | 72 | 72% students of color in our community |
| International Students | - | - |
| Receiving Financial Aid | 25 | 25% receive need-based assistance |
| Tuition-Free Share | - | - |
| Applicants | - | - |
| Admitted | - | - |
| Matriculated | - | - |
| Admit Rate | - | - |
| Yield Rate | - | - |
| Class Rank Policy | - | - |
| Class Rank Policy Code | - | - |
| Weighted Grades | - | - |
| Weighted Grades Policy | - | - |
| Disciplinary Reporting | - | - |
| Boarding Model | day_only | day_only |
| Selectivity Category | limited_evidence | limited_evidence |
| Academic Rigor Category | very_high | very_high |
| Testing Policy Category | not_reported | not_reported |
| College Counseling Category | extensive | extensive |
| Student Body Reach Category | limited_evidence | limited_evidence |
| Access Category | meaningful_access | meaningful_access |
| Outcome Category | exceptional_outcomes | exceptional_outcomes |
| Signals | - | Reported as a nonsectarian college preparatory day school serving K-12; boarding status reported as Day.; No applicants, admits, admit rate, yield, average SAT, or average ACT reported, limiting direct selectivity evidence.; 13 National Merit Finalists and 13 National Merit Semifinalists reported over the past three years.; 65 Honors Courses reported; profile states more than 60 Honors and Advanced courses across academic areas and defines Honors as a rigorous, college-level curriculum.; GOA founding membership and BlendEd Consortium membership add advanced/hybrid course access signals.; 81% of Upper School faculty hold advanced degrees; average Upper School faculty teaching experience reported as 20 years.; Testing policy is not reported.; College counseling staffing includes a Director of College Counseling, three Associate Directors, a College Counseling Associate/Registrar, and a College Writing Specialist.; States represented, countries represented, and international-student share are not reported; student-body reach evidence is limited despite day-school status in Oakland.; $8.4M tuition assistance awarded is reported, but financial-aid participation percentage is not reported.; Five-year college admissions/enrollment list reports matriculations across many highly selective institutions, including Stanford, University of Chicago, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Brown, Cornell, Penn, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, MIT, Williams, Pomona, and others. |