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 Santa Clara County — UC Reach Score
Santa Clara County · 2025 · ≥50 seniorsLeaderboards by type — Santa Clara County (2025)
Top and bottom schools by UC Reach, split public/charter vs private (≥50 seniors). Scoped to Santa Clara County — change the County filter above to rescope.
🎯 Specialized high schools — Santa Clara 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 — Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 66 '20 → 96 '25 | +29.7pp | |
| 18 '20 → 35 '23 | +17.4pp | |
| 30 '18 → 47 '25 | +17.4pp | |
| 19 '18 → 35 '25 | +16.8pp | |
| 54 '18 → 70 '25 | +16.1pp | |
| 20 '18 → 34 '25 | +13.5pp | |
| 55 '20 → 65 '25 | +10.1pp | |
| 20 '18 → 30 '25 | +10.0pp | |
| 19 '18 → 28 '25 | +8.9pp | |
| 25 '18 → 33 '25 | +8.3pp |
▼ Biggest declines
| School | Then → Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|
| 122 '18 → 86 '25 | -36.4pp | |
| 73 '20 → 43 '25 | -30.2pp | |
| 36 '18 → 19 '25 | -17.4pp | |
| 58 '18 → 42 '25 | -16.0pp | |
| 75 '18 → 61 '25 | -13.5pp | |
| 78 '20 → 66 '25 | -12.6pp | |
| 35 '18 → 24 '25 | -10.4pp | |
| 94 '18 → 86 '25 | -8.7pp | |
| 16 '18 → 8 '25 | -8.3pp | |
| 81 '18 → 73 '25 | -8.3pp |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| +38.0% vs -6.2% | +44.1pp | |
| +30.4% vs -6.2% | +36.6pp | |
| +23.1% vs -6.2% | +29.2pp | |
| +22.1% vs -6.2% | +28.2pp | |
| +19.0% vs -6.2% | +25.2pp | |
| +17.6% vs -6.2% | +23.7pp | |
| +12.0% vs -6.2% | +18.1pp | |
| +6.3% vs -6.2% | +12.5pp | |
| +5.3% vs -6.2% | +11.5pp | |
| +4.5% vs -6.2% | +10.7pp |
▼ Underperforming the county the most
| School | School · County | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| -30.6% vs -6.2% | -24.4pp | |
| -23.7% vs -6.2% | -17.6pp | |
| -20.9% vs -6.2% | -14.7pp | |
| -19.0% vs -6.2% | -12.9pp | |
| -16.6% vs -6.2% | -10.5pp | |
| -16.5% vs -6.2% | -10.3pp | |
| -15.4% vs -6.2% | -9.2pp | |
| -12.7% vs -6.2% | -6.6pp | |
| -10.9% vs -6.2% | -4.8pp | |
| -10.1% vs -6.2% | -3.9pp |
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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.09 | 40.9% | +20.8pp | |
| 3.93 | 32.0% | +8.6pp | |
| 4.02 | 31.4% | +8.6pp | |
| 3.88 | 29.1% | +6.4pp | |
| 3.79 | 26.5% | +6.4pp | |
| 3.89 | 25.7% | +6.3pp | |
| 3.99 | 22.7% | +1.0pp | |
| 4.05 | 24.6% | +1.0pp | |
| 3.95 | 25.0% | +0.7pp | |
| 3.95 | 22.3% | +0.5pp |
▼ Top 10 underperformers
| School | GPA | Actual | Δ vs exp. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.02 | 15.4% | -7.1pp | |
| 3.91 | 16.7% | -6.9pp | |
| 3.87 | 15.2% | -6.1pp | |
| 3.95 | 15.6% | -6.1pp | |
| 3.87 | 15.3% | -5.9pp | |
| 4.04 | 18.1% | -5.1pp | |
| 4.07 | 19.0% | -4.7pp | |
| 3.91 | 16.8% | -4.3pp | |
| 4.01 | 18.4% | -3.9pp | |
| 4.01 | 18.8% | -3.8pp |
Full rankings — every Santa Clara County high school by UC Reach Score
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