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🏆 Top 10 in Contra Costa County — UC Reach Score

Contra Costa County · 2025 · ≥50 seniors
What is UC Reach? UC Reach = unique top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class size — the share of a school's entire graduating class that reaches the six most selective UCs (Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis). It's a better gauge of school-wide success than admit rate, which only reflects the handful of students who applied.
Why it beats admit rate: if 6 students apply to the top UCs and all get in, that's a 100% admit rate — but at a 1,000-senior school it's a UC Reach Score of just 0.6 (6 ÷ 1,000). By contrast, a school where 250 of 1,000 seniors land a top-UC admit has a UC Reach Score of 25 — far stronger, even though its admit rate is lower.
Why some schools are over 100? Out of every 100 seniors at these schools, the class is generating more than 100 admissions to the six most selective UCs — meaning the typical strong student is getting in at multiple top campuses (UCLA + UCSD, or Berkeley + UCSB + Irvine, for example). It's a rare achievement: fewer than 1% of California high schools clear a UC Reach Score of 100.

Leaderboards 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.

▲ Top 10 Public + Charter

Contra Costa County

1
San Ramon · Public
63
2
Orinda · Public
57
3
Moraga · Public
57
4
Danville · Public
47
5
San Ramon · Public
46
6
Lafayette · Public
46
7
Walnut Creek · Public
44
8
Walnut Creek · Public
41
9
El Cerrito · Public
39
10
Richmond · Public
38

▲ Top 10 Private

Contra Costa County

1
Concord · Private
55
2
Concord · Private
23

▼ Bottom 10 Public + Charter

Contra Costa County

1
Antioch · Public
5
2
Antioch · Public
5
3
Concord · Public
7
4
· Public
7
5
· Public
10
6
Oakley · Public
11
7
Concord · Public
11
8
Richmond · Public
12
9
· Public
13
10
Pinole · Public
13

▼ Bottom 10 Private

Contra Costa County

1
Concord · Private
23
2
Concord · Private
55

🎯 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 Small Public + Charter

Contra Costa County

1
· Public
71
2
Crockett · Public
19
3
Richmond · Public
14
4
El Cerrito · Public
5

▲ Top 10 Small Private

Contra Costa County

1
Lafayette · Private
76
2
Danville · Private
53
3
Walnut Creek · Private
48

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.

Top 10 — UCB Reach

UC Berkeley

1
Moraga · Public
8
2
Concord · Private
8
3
Hercules · Public
7
4
El Cerrito · Public
7
5
Richmond · Public
7
6
Danville · Public
5
7
San Ramon · Public
5
8
Lafayette · Public
5
9
Orinda · Public
5
10
Antioch · Public
5

Top 10 — UCLA Reach

UCLA

1
Orinda · Public
6
2
San Ramon · Public
5
3
Concord · Private
5
4
Danville · Public
4
5
Lafayette · Public
4
6
Moraga · Public
4
7
Concord · Private
3
8
Walnut Creek · Public
3
9
San Ramon · Public
3
10
Walnut Creek · Public
3

Top 10 — UCSD Reach

UC San Diego

1
El Cerrito · Public
10
2
San Ramon · Public
9
3
Concord · Private
9
4
Orinda · Public
9
5
Moraga · Public
9
6
San Ramon · Public
9
7
Walnut Creek · Public
8
8
Danville · Public
7
9
Walnut Creek · Public
7
10
Lafayette · Public
6

Top 10 — UCSB Reach

UC Santa Barbara

1
Concord · Private
17
2
San Ramon · Public
16
3
Orinda · Public
15
4
Moraga · Public
14
5
Walnut Creek · Public
13
6
Danville · Public
13
7
San Ramon · Public
12
8
Lafayette · Public
12
9
Walnut Creek · Public
11
10
El Cerrito · Public
7

Top 10 — UCI Reach

UC Irvine

1
San Ramon · Public
12
2
Moraga · Public
8
3
San Ramon · Public
7
4
Orinda · Public
7
5
· Public
6
6
Richmond · Public
6
7
Danville · Public
6
8
Lafayette · Public
5
9
Walnut Creek · Public
4
10
Walnut Creek · Public
4

Top 10 — UCD Reach

UC Davis

1
San Ramon · Public
16
2
Orinda · Public
15
3
Moraga · Public
15
4
Richmond · Public
15
5
Concord · Private
14
6
Lafayette · Public
14
7
Walnut Creek · Public
12
8
El Cerrito · Public
12
9
Walnut Creek · Public
12
10
Danville · Public
12

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.

Top 10 — A-G Completion

% of graduates meeting UC/CSU course requirements · 2024-25 cohort

1
Richmond · Public
100.0%
2
· Public
100.0%
3
El Cerrito · Public
100.0%
4
El Cerrito · Public
98.7%
5
· Public
98.6%
6
· Public
97.8%
7
Orinda · Public
89.9%
8
Richmond · Public
82.5%
9
Lafayette · Public
82.3%
10
Moraga · Public
81.6%

Top 10 — UC 6-Yr Grad Rate

% of UC entrants who finished in 6 years · cohort N ≥ 20

1
Lafayette · Public
100.0%
2
Concord · Private
100.0%
3
Walnut Creek · Public
97.4%
4
Pittsburg · Public
97.2%
5
Pleasant Hill · Public
96.9%
6
Brentwood · Public
96.9%
7
Walnut Creek · Public
96.7%
8
Antioch · Public
96.3%
9
San Ramon · Public
95.6%
10
Antioch · Public
95.0%

Top 10 — Best Counselor Capacity

Lowest students-per-counselor (ASCA target 250:1) · public/charter, ≥500 students

1
Concord · Public
255:1
2
Danville · Public
286:1
3
Concord · Public
288:1
4
San Ramon · Public
299:1
5
Orinda · Public
307:1
6
Lafayette · Public
312:1
7
· Public
313:1
8
Walnut Creek · Public
314:1
9
San Ramon · Public
333:1
10
· Public
334:1

Top 10 — Most Consistent

Lowest UC Reach std-dev across 5 years (above-CA-median mean)

1
avg 44.8 · σ 2.34
σ 2.34
2
avg 43.6 · σ 2.61
σ 2.61
3
avg 23.3 · σ 3.0
σ 3.0
4
avg 23.8 · σ 3.11
σ 3.11
5
avg 39.8 · σ 3.99
σ 3.99
6
avg 42.0 · σ 4.44
σ 4.44
7
avg 54.9 · σ 5.25
σ 5.25
8
avg 43.0 · σ 8.15
σ 8.15
9
avg 40.5 · σ 8.33
σ 8.33
10
avg 56.7 · σ 9.57
σ 9.57

Top 10 — SBAC ELA met/exceeded

% Met or Exceeded Standard · Grade 11 CAASPP · public/charter · tested ≥30

1
· n=69 · 2025
94%
2
Orinda · n=295 · 2025
90%
3
Danville · n=494 · 2025
86%
4
Moraga · n=330 · 2025
85%
5
San Ramon · n=673 · 2025
84%
6
Lafayette · n=285 · 2025
82%
7
Danville · n=480 · 2025
82%
8
Brentwood · n=619 · 2025
75%
9
San Ramon · n=697 · 2025
75%
10
Walnut Creek · n=356 · 2025
74%

Top 10 — SBAC Math met/exceeded

% Met or Exceeded Standard · Grade 11 CAASPP · public/charter · tested ≥30

1
San Ramon · n=676 · 2025
79%
2
Orinda · n=296 · 2025
79%
3
Moraga · n=328 · 2025
70%
4
Danville · n=497 · 2025
65%
5
Lafayette · n=287 · 2025
63%
6
San Ramon · n=693 · 2025
62%
7
· n=69 · 2025
59%
8
Walnut Creek · n=380 · 2025
56%
9
Danville · n=472 · 2025
51%
10
Walnut Creek · n=355 · 2025
51%

Top 10 — Private Net Assets

Wealthiest CA private high schools · IRS Form 990 · latest fiscal year

1
Danville · Nonsectarian · FY 2024
$37.0M
2
Lafayette · Nonsectarian · FY 2023
$6.7M
3
Orinda · Nonsectarian · FY 2023
$346,150

Reach momentum — biggest gains & declines over time

≥50 seniors · earliest→latest year

Which 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

SchoolThen → NowΔ
Concord · Private
30 '20 → 55 '25 +25.6pp
San Ramon · Public
29 '18 → 46 '25 +17.1pp
Lafayette · Public
31 '18 → 46 '25 +15.1pp
Antioch · Public
16 '18 → 30 '25 +13.9pp
Pleasant Hill · Public
17 '18 → 30 '25 +13.1pp
Walnut Creek · Public
31 '18 → 44 '25 +12.9pp
Walnut Creek · Public
32 '18 → 41 '25 +9.7pp
Moraga · Public
50 '18 → 57 '25 +7.6pp
El Cerrito · Public
32 '18 → 39 '25 +7.2pp
· Public
20 '18 → 26 '25 +6.1pp

▼ Biggest declines

SchoolThen → NowΔ
Richmond · Public
63 '21 → 38 '25 -25.1pp
San Ramon · Public
78 '18 → 63 '25 -15.3pp
Richmond · Public
21 '18 → 12 '25 -8.9pp
Pinole · Public
22 '18 → 13 '25 -8.8pp
Hercules · Public
33 '18 → 24 '25 -8.4pp
Antioch · Public
11 '18 → 5 '25 -5.7pp
Concord · Public
16 '18 → 11 '25 -4.7pp
Antioch · Public
8 '18 → 5 '25 -2.9pp
Concord · Public
9 '18 → 7 '25 -2.0pp
Concord · Private
25 '20 → 23 '25 -1.9pp

Demand momentum — biggest gaps vs the county baseline

grade-12 enrollment Δ vs. county · ≥80 students

The 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

SchoolSchool · CountyGap
Richmond · Contra Costa · Public  Best in class
+63.4% vs -3.2% +66.5pp
· Contra Costa · Public  Best in class
+23.5% vs -3.2% +26.7pp
Pittsburg · Contra Costa · Public  Demand hides churn
+20.0% vs -3.2% +23.2pp
San Ramon · Contra Costa · Public  Best in class
+13.5% vs -3.2% +16.7pp
Moraga · Contra Costa · Public  Best in class
+10.7% vs -3.2% +13.9pp
Pinole · Contra Costa · Public  Demand hides churn
+10.5% vs -3.2% +13.6pp
Danville · Contra Costa · Public  Best in class
+10.5% vs -3.2% +13.6pp
· Contra Costa · Public  Best in class
+5.8% vs -3.2% +8.9pp
Brentwood · Contra Costa · Public  Best in class
+3.1% vs -3.2% +6.2pp
Walnut Creek · Contra Costa · Public  Best in class
+2.4% vs -3.2% +5.5pp

▼ Underperforming the county the most

SchoolSchool · CountyGap
· Contra Costa · Public  Compounding decline
-34.5% vs -3.2% -31.3pp
Concord · Contra Costa · Public  Compounding decline
-32.6% vs -3.2% -29.5pp
Crockett · Contra Costa · Public  Material decline
-24.0% vs -3.2% -20.9pp
Hercules · Contra Costa · Public  Material decline
-23.3% vs -3.2% -20.2pp
Antioch · Contra Costa · Public  Compounding decline
-22.7% vs -3.2% -19.5pp
Richmond · Contra Costa · Public  Material decline
-20.2% vs -3.2% -17.1pp
Walnut Creek · Contra Costa · Public  Sharp downturn
-13.6% vs -3.2% -10.4pp
Richmond · Contra Costa · Public  Both ends slipping
-12.4% vs -3.2% -9.2pp
Lafayette · Contra Costa · Public  Weak at the gate
-11.6% vs -3.2% -8.4pp
· Contra Costa · Public  Demand problem
-11.0% vs -3.2% -7.8pp

GPA Performance — over/under their predicted UC admit rate

28 schools eligible · 2025

Each 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.
· Public
4.03 44.3% +15.7pp
· Public
3.71 34.9% +12.4pp
Concord · Public
3.84 30.7% +9.6pp
Antioch · Public
3.84 30.7% +8.5pp
Pittsburg · Public
3.86 27.0% +6.5pp
Oakley · Public
3.88 25.5% +4.4pp
Richmond · Public
3.85 25.9% +4.4pp
Richmond · Public
3.67 28.3% +3.7pp
El Cerrito · Public
3.94 23.0% +1.2pp
Richmond · Public
3.52 27.1% +1.1pp

▼ Top 10 underperformers

School GPA Actual Δ vs exp.
Hercules · Public
3.86 15.9% -7.9pp
Brentwood · Public
3.82 13.5% -7.3pp
San Ramon · Public
3.89 15.3% -5.8pp
Antioch · Public
3.54 23.9% -5.6pp
San Ramon · Public
3.95 17.9% -3.6pp
Danville · Public
3.91 17.5% -3.4pp
Orinda · Public
4.04 19.5% -3.1pp
Concord · Public
3.60 22.2% -2.6pp
· Public
3.86 19.0% -2.5pp
Walnut Creek · Public
4.03 20.3% -2.4pp

Full rankings — every Contra Costa County high school by UC Reach Score

Sortable by any column. Click a column header to sort. Click any school row to open its profile.

30 schools · 2025 data · 14 hidden (under 100 seniors)
Show all schools (no floor) Compare selected schools →
# School County Seniors Total Enroll UC Reach Score App Reach Score Admit Rate Yield Selective Reach Elite Reach Raw Apps Raw Admits
1
San Ramon · Public  Weak at the gate
Contra Costa 837 3,039 63 412 15.3% 30.1% 47.4 10.3 3,451 528
2
Orinda · Public  Weak at the gate
Contra Costa 309 1,167 57 294 19.5% 22.6% 42.1 11.0 908 177
3
Moraga · Public  Best in class
Contra Costa 324 1,340 57 272 21.0% 27.6% 42.3 11.4 881 185
4
Concord · Private
Contra Costa 207 840 55 204 27.0% 23.7% 40.6 12.6 422 114
5
Danville · Public  Weak at the gate
Contra Costa 516 2,042 47 269 17.5% 28.4% 35.5 9.7 1,389 243
6
San Ramon · Public  Best in class
Contra Costa 721 2,894 46 259 17.9% 29.6% 35.9 7.8 1,868 335
7
Lafayette · Public  Weak at the gate
Contra Costa 345 1,256 46 216 21.5% 26.9% 32.2 9.3 744 160
8
Walnut Creek · Public  Best in class
Contra Costa 433 1,577 44 209 21.1% 27.8% 31.6 7.2 905 191
9
Walnut Creek · Public  Sharp downturn
Contra Costa 377 1,546 41 204 20.3% 30.1% 29.7 6.4 770 156
10
El Cerrito · Public  Weak at the gate
Contra Costa 394 1,460 39 171 23.0% 33.5% 27.7 9.4 674 155
11
Richmond · Public  Best in class
Contra Costa 136 1,078 38 148 25.9% 17.3% 23.5 8.8 201 52
12
Pleasant Hill · Public  Tracking
Contra Costa 477 1,948 30 127 23.5% 29.6% 19.7 4.0 605 142
13
Antioch · Public  Best in class
Contra Costa 156 681 29 96 30.7% 17.4% 17.9 7.0 150 46
14
Danville · Public  Best in class
Contra Costa 510 2,036 26 137 19.3% 33.3% 19.6 7.2 700 135
15
· Public  Best in class
Contra Costa 582 2,373 26 122 21.0% 29.5% 20.1 3.4 709 149
16
Hercules · Public  Material decline
Contra Costa 163 767 25 179 13.8% 37.5% 15.9 7.4 291 40
17
Concord · Private
Contra Costa 252 1,025 23 132 17.5% 25.9% 17.9 6.8 332 58
18
Pittsburg · Public  Demand hides churn
Contra Costa 803 3,403 15 57 27.0% 30.9% 11.0 2.5 456 123
19
Richmond · Public  Both ends slipping
Contra Costa 337 1,280 14 62 23.1% 29.2% 7.7 3.0 208 48
20
Brentwood · Public  Best in class
Contra Costa 598 2,566 14 105 13.5% 31.8% 9.7 2.3 628 85
21
Pinole · Public  Demand hides churn
Contra Costa 311 1,245 13 83 15.9% 46.3% 6.4 1.9 258 41
22
· Public  Demand problem
Contra Costa 242 1,028 13 56 23.0% 12.9% 7.0 135 31
23
Richmond · Public  Material decline
Contra Costa 288 1,047 12 68 18.5% 41.7% 6.6 2.8 195 36
24
Concord · Public  Compounding decline
Contra Costa 275 1,137 11 43 26.5% 45.2% 7.3 2.9 117 31
25
Oakley · Public  Demand problem
Contra Costa 602 2,460 11 44 25.5% 37.3% 7.0 1.5 263 67
26
· Public  Best in class
Contra Costa 683 2,836 10 52 19.0% 23.9% 5.7 1.5 352 67
27
· Public  Compounding decline
Contra Costa 203 740 7 34 22.1% 46.7% 3.9 2.0 68 15
28
Concord · Public  Both ends slipping
Contra Costa 247 1,059 7 50 14.5% 4.5 1.6 124 18
29
Antioch · Public  Compounding decline
Contra Costa 417 1,812 5 33 16.1% 27.3% 3.4 0.7 137 22
30
Antioch · Public  Demand hides churn
Contra Costa 399 1,776 5 33 14.5% 2.8 0.8 131 19
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class size. Where UCOP has not published unique-student totals, campus admits are summed — students admitted to more than one of the 6 campuses are counted at each, so values above 100 indicate strong students winning multiple competitive UC offers. Schools with fewer than 100 seniors are excluded from the leaderboard by default — a small cohort with one strong year can otherwise dominate. See methodology →