 52% of the students live below the government designated “poverty” line and would qualify for the federal school lunch program if they attended a public school.CSHM has a very generous financial aid program and close to a fourth of the students work jobs after school to supplement their tuition.As a school it is completely self-supporting with the exception of support from foundations and many donors, including the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, and support from the archdiocese of Los Angeles for the physical plant of the school, and its property.