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 Sacramento County — UC Reach Score
Sacramento County · 2025 · ≥50 seniorsLeaderboards by type — Sacramento County (2025)
Top and bottom schools by UC Reach, split public/charter vs private (≥50 seniors). Scoped to Sacramento County — change the County filter above to rescope.
🎯 Specialized high schools — Sacramento 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 — Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 27 '18 → 82 '25 | +55.1pp | |
| 20 '18 → 42 '25 | +21.8pp | |
| 12 '18 → 28 '25 | +16.1pp | |
| 30 '18 → 45 '25 | +15.4pp | |
| 26 '18 → 41 '25 | +15.3pp | |
| 5 '18 → 19 '25 | +14.2pp | |
| 18 '18 → 29 '25 | +11.6pp | |
| 13 '18 → 22 '25 | +8.7pp | |
| 11 '18 → 19 '25 | +7.5pp | |
| 17 '18 → 23 '25 | +5.7pp |
▼ Biggest declines
| School | Then → Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|
| 16 '18 → 10 '25 | -5.9pp | |
| 17 '18 → 12 '25 | -5.3pp | |
| 22 '18 → 18 '25 | -4.6pp | |
| 15 '18 → 11 '25 | -4.1pp | |
| 11 '18 → 8 '25 | -3.0pp | |
| 10 '18 → 7 '25 | -2.7pp | |
| 9 '18 → 7 '25 | -2.0pp | |
| 6 '18 → 4 '25 | -1.7pp | |
| 11 '18 → 10 '25 | -1.2pp | |
| 15 '18 → 14 '25 | -1.0pp |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| +47.6% vs +3.0% | +44.6pp | |
| +33.6% vs +3.0% | +30.6pp | |
| +30.2% vs +3.0% | +27.2pp | |
| +29.6% vs +3.0% | +26.6pp | |
| +25.3% vs +3.0% | +22.3pp | |
| +22.5% vs +3.0% | +19.5pp | |
| +22.5% vs +3.0% | +19.5pp | |
| +19.6% vs +3.0% | +16.6pp | |
| +18.0% vs +3.0% | +15.1pp | |
| +16.7% vs +3.0% | +13.7pp |
▼ Underperforming the county the most
| School | School · County | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| -22.0% vs +3.0% | -24.9pp | |
| -12.9% vs +3.0% | -15.9pp | |
| -10.1% vs +3.0% | -13.0pp | |
| -8.5% vs +3.0% | -11.5pp | |
| -8.3% vs +3.0% | -11.3pp | |
| -7.8% vs +3.0% | -10.8pp | |
| -5.9% vs +3.0% | -8.9pp | |
| -5.0% vs +3.0% | -8.0pp | |
| -3.8% vs +3.0% | -6.8pp | |
| -3.2% vs +3.0% | -6.2pp |
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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.77 | 46.3% | +16.5pp | |
| 3.85 | 36.1% | +15.4pp | |
| 4.07 | 37.9% | +14.1pp | |
| 3.98 | 39.7% | +11.4pp | |
| 3.83 | 31.3% | +10.6pp | |
| 3.92 | 32.1% | +10.1pp | |
| 3.67 | 39.5% | +10.1pp | |
| 3.79 | 37.5% | +9.2pp | |
| 3.93 | 30.9% | +9.1pp | |
| 4.01 | 30.5% | +9.0pp |
▼ Top 10 underperformers
| School | GPA | Actual | Δ vs exp. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.84 | 13.7% | -7.5pp | |
| 3.81 | 20.4% | -3.1pp | |
| 3.81 | 19.3% | -2.6pp | |
| 3.83 | 20.1% | -1.9pp | |
| 3.94 | 20.8% | -1.4pp | |
| 3.92 | 21.5% | -0.1pp | |
| 4.02 | 23.4% | 0.3pp | |
| 3.93 | 22.0% | 0.3pp | |
| 3.84 | 21.8% | 0.4pp | |
| 3.91 | 23.0% | 0.7pp |
Full rankings — every Sacramento County high school by UC Reach Score
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