Tri City Christian School
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- The UC pipeline here is real. 18 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 63 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 28% of California high schools.
- Most grads aim beyond the UC system. Seniors file only ~1.3 UC applications each — families here mostly target CSU, private, or out-of-state colleges, so judge this school on more than its UC numbers.
- Worth asking admissions: the school profile. This school doesn't publish SAT/ACT or AP results publicly. Every private school produces a counselor's "school profile" for colleges — ask for it. How a school answers says as much as the numbers.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
🎓 Where grads go — and what it costs & pays
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Getting in is step one. The cost above is the average family's net price — yours depends on your income — and your child's odds depend on their GPA + scores. See your family's real numbers at these campuses:
🎯 Get my child's odds + our real net price →Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How Tri City Christian School compares for families
Above-average college outcomes statewide.
- ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 29 — 11 points above the California median of 18. Ahead of 72% of California high schools.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (UC Reach Score 29 vs a 33 median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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For private schools, UC Reach is the stronger academic signal anyway. SBAC measures grade-11 inputs (proficiency on a state standard); UC Reach measures outputs (who actually got into the most selective UCs). For private-school families weighing tuition against college outcomes, the outputs are the relevant signal.
Scroll up to the UC Reach card for Tri City Christian School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+9.9%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~833 | +75 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~1,006 | +248 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~1,215 | +457 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
How does Tri City Christian School really compare on getting kids to college?
We've ranked it #6 of 9 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.
Your similar-school group includes
Maranatha Christian Schools · Pacific Ridge School · Rancho Christian High School · Santa Fe Christian School · San Diego Jewish Academy · Calvin Christian High School · +4 more
Tri City Christian School sent 81 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 22.2% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 29 — 10 points above the California median of 18, higher than 72% of California high schools..
-5 pts vs. peer median (33) · Ranked #6 of 9 similar schools
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Higher than 72% of California high schools (980 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Tri City Christian School's UC Reach Score of 29 is above the California median (18). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51 or higher.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97 — a gap of 69 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Tri City Christian School's UC Reach is higher than 72% of California high schools (980 ranked).
Private-school figures come from the California Private School Affidavit. Per CDE, inclusion in private-school data is not an evaluation, approval, or endorsement of a school.
GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.
UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA
Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.
| Campus | 4.00+ GPA | 3.70–3.99 GPA | 3.30–3.69 GPA | < 3.30 GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego | Strong shot | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Santa Barbara | Strong shot | Moderate | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Irvine | Strong shot | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Davis | Strong shot | Real shot | Moderate | Filtered out |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego (2021) | 4.11 | 4.32 | +0.21 | 46.7% | Peers +0.21 · matches |
| UC Santa Barbara (2021) | 4.05 | 4.30 | +0.25 | 38.5% | Peers +0.25 · matches |
| UC Irvine (2021) | 4.16 | 4.35 | +0.19 | 35.7% | Peers +0.16 · matches |
| UC Davis (2021) | 4.07 | 4.20 | +0.13 | 62.5% | Peers +0.19 · wider |
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2024 (for reference)
| GPA band | UCB | UCLA | UCSD | UCSB | UCI | UCD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.00+ | 17.1% | 14.4% | 43.5% | 57.3% | 46.0% | 64.1% |
| 3.70–3.99 | 2.8% | 1.5% | 11.2% | 9.2% | 16.5% | 27.5% |
| 3.30–3.69 | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 9.1% |
| 3.00–3.29 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
| < 3.00 | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach Score | Yield | Avg GPA (App) '24 | Avg GPA (Adm) '24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 11 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | — | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 16 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.10 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 18 | 5 | —† | 27.8% | 8 | — | 4.03 | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 15 | 6 | —† | 40.0% | 10 | — | — | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 12 | 3 | —† | 25.0% | 5 | — | 3.98 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 9 | 4 | —† | 44.4% | 6 | — | — | —† |