School Rankings
Rank California high schools by UC outcomes — statewide or within a county. Click any school to view its full profile.
🏆 Top 10 in Contra Costa County — UC Reach Score
Contra Costa County · 2025 · ≥50 seniorsLeaderboards by type — Contra Costa County (2025)
Top and bottom schools by UC Reach, split public/charter vs private (≥50 seniors). Scoped to Contra Costa County — change the County filter above to rescope.
🎯 Specialized high schools — Contra Costa County · 2025
Top UC Reach for schools with senior classes of 25–99. These are typically magnet programs, specialized charters, and small Catholic preps — too small to compare cleanly against comprehensive public high schools, but the most UC-effective small schools in California are here.
Top 10 by individual UC campus — Contra Costa County · 2025
Where each UC campus lands its admits, as a share of each high school's senior class. Same 50-senior floor.
Beyond UC Reach — more lenses on Contra Costa County
UC Reach measures who gets in. These lenses measure the upstream pipeline (A-G), the downstream outcome (UC graduation), the capacity that drives the pipeline (counselors), reliability over time (consistency), grade-11 academic preparation (CAASPP SBAC ELA & Math), and private-school financial strength. Click any school for its full profile.
Reach momentum — biggest gains & declines over time ⓘ
≥50 seniors · earliest→latest yearWhich schools are moving a growing — or shrinking — share of their graduating class into the six most selective UCs. Reflects the current county/type filter.
▲ Biggest gains
| School | Then → Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|
| 30 '20 → 55 '25 | +25.6pp | |
| 29 '18 → 46 '25 | +17.1pp | |
| 31 '18 → 46 '25 | +15.1pp | |
| 16 '18 → 30 '25 | +13.9pp | |
| 17 '18 → 30 '25 | +13.1pp | |
| 31 '18 → 44 '25 | +12.9pp | |
| 32 '18 → 41 '25 | +9.7pp | |
| 50 '18 → 57 '25 | +7.6pp | |
| 32 '18 → 39 '25 | +7.2pp | |
| 20 '18 → 26 '25 | +6.1pp |
▼ Biggest declines
| School | Then → Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|
| 63 '21 → 38 '25 | -25.1pp | |
| 78 '18 → 63 '25 | -15.3pp | |
| 21 '18 → 12 '25 | -8.9pp | |
| 22 '18 → 13 '25 | -8.8pp | |
| 33 '18 → 24 '25 | -8.4pp | |
| 11 '18 → 5 '25 | -5.7pp | |
| 16 '18 → 11 '25 | -4.7pp | |
| 8 '18 → 5 '25 | -2.9pp | |
| 9 '18 → 7 '25 | -2.0pp | |
| 25 '20 → 23 '25 | -1.9pp |
Demand momentum — biggest gaps vs the county baseline ⓘ
grade-12 enrollment Δ vs. county · ≥80 studentsThe demographic tide is shrinking CA enrollment ~10% over 7 years statewide, so absolute decline alone is noise. The gap vs the county baseline is the actionable signal — schools losing share faster than their demographic floor are the ones to watch. Reflects the current county/type filter.
▲ Outperforming the county the most
| School | School · County | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| +63.4% vs -3.2% | +66.5pp | |
| +23.5% vs -3.2% | +26.7pp | |
| +20.0% vs -3.2% | +23.2pp | |
| +13.5% vs -3.2% | +16.7pp | |
| +10.7% vs -3.2% | +13.9pp | |
| +10.5% vs -3.2% | +13.6pp | |
| +10.5% vs -3.2% | +13.6pp | |
| +5.8% vs -3.2% | +8.9pp | |
| +3.1% vs -3.2% | +6.2pp | |
| +2.4% vs -3.2% | +5.5pp |
▼ Underperforming the county the most
| School | School · County | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| -34.5% vs -3.2% | -31.3pp | |
| -32.6% vs -3.2% | -29.5pp | |
| -24.0% vs -3.2% | -20.9pp | |
| -23.3% vs -3.2% | -20.2pp | |
| -22.7% vs -3.2% | -19.5pp | |
| -20.2% vs -3.2% | -17.1pp | |
| -13.6% vs -3.2% | -10.4pp | |
| -12.4% vs -3.2% | -9.2pp | |
| -11.6% vs -3.2% | -8.4pp | |
| -11.0% vs -3.2% | -7.8pp |
GPA Performance — over/under their predicted UC admit rate ⓘ
35 schools eligible · 2025Each dot is one school. The diagonal is the per-campus GPA expectation — points above it admit students at higher rates than their GPA mix predicts; points below admit at lower rates. Schools need ≥30 top-6 UC applications and data across ≥3 campuses to appear.
▲ Top 10 outperformers
| School | GPA | Actual | Δ vs exp. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.99 | 46.7% | +22.3pp | |
| 4.03 | 44.3% | +15.7pp | |
| 3.87 | 33.3% | +13.6pp | |
| 3.71 | 34.9% | +12.4pp | |
| 3.84 | 30.7% | +9.6pp | |
| 3.84 | 30.7% | +8.5pp | |
| 3.70 | 36.7% | +6.9pp | |
| 3.86 | 27.0% | +6.5pp | |
| 3.88 | 25.5% | +4.4pp | |
| 3.85 | 25.9% | +4.4pp |
▼ Top 10 underperformers
| School | GPA | Actual | Δ vs exp. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.86 | 15.9% | -7.9pp | |
| 3.82 | 13.5% | -7.3pp | |
| 3.89 | 15.3% | -5.8pp | |
| 3.54 | 23.9% | -5.6pp | |
| 3.95 | 17.9% | -3.6pp | |
| 3.91 | 17.5% | -3.4pp | |
| 4.04 | 19.5% | -3.1pp | |
| 3.60 | 22.2% | -2.6pp | |
| 3.86 | 19.0% | -2.5pp | |
| 4.03 | 20.3% | -2.4pp |
Full rankings — every Contra Costa County high school by UC Reach Score
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