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Sutter 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 of just 0.6% (6 ÷ 1,000). By contrast, a school where 250 of 1,000 seniors land a top-UC admit has a 25% UC Reach — 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 100% UC Reach.
Top and bottom schools by UC Reach, split public/charter vs private (≥50 seniors).
Scoped to Sutter County — change the County filter above to rescope.
▲ Top 10 Public + Charter
Sutter County
| 1 |
Live Oak · Public
|
32.9% |
| 2 |
Yuba City · Public
|
11.6% |
| 3 |
Yuba City · Public
|
11.0% |
▲ Top 10 Private
Sutter County
Not enough schools in Sutter County for this list.
▼ Bottom 10 Public + Charter
Sutter County
| 1 |
Yuba City · Public
|
11.0% |
| 2 |
Yuba City · Public
|
11.6% |
| 3 |
Live Oak · Public
|
32.9% |
▼ Bottom 10 Private
Sutter County
Not enough schools in Sutter County for this list.
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 |
Live Oak · Public
|
4.9% |
| 2 |
Yuba City · Public
|
1.8% |
| 3 |
Yuba City · Public
|
1.0% |
| 1 |
Live Oak · Public
|
4.2% |
| 2 |
Yuba City · Public
|
0.7% |
Top 10 — UCSD Reach
UC San Diego
| 1 |
Live Oak · Public
|
6.3% |
| 2 |
Yuba City · Public
|
2.3% |
| 3 |
Yuba City · Public
|
1.9% |
Top 10 — UCSB Reach
UC Santa Barbara
| 1 |
Live Oak · Public
|
6.3% |
| 2 |
Yuba City · Public
|
2.6% |
| 3 |
Yuba City · Public
|
2.4% |
Top 10 — UCI Reach
UC Irvine
| 1 |
Yuba City · Public
|
0.7% |
Top 10 — UCD Reach
UC Davis
| 1 |
Live Oak · Public
|
11.2% |
| 2 |
Yuba City · Public
|
4.8% |
| 3 |
Yuba City · Public
|
4.3% |
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 |
Live Oak · Public
|
55.3% |
| 2 |
Live Oak · Public
|
47.1% |
| 3 |
Yuba City · Public
|
43.7% |
| 4 |
Sutter · Public
|
42.2% |
| 5 |
Trowbridge · Public
|
39.1% |
| 6 |
Yuba City · Public
|
37.1% |
Top 10 — UC 6-Yr Grad Rate
% of UC entrants who finished in 6 years · cohort N ≥ 20
| 1 |
Yuba City · Public
|
88.0% |
| 2 |
Yuba City · Public
|
76.2% |
Top 10 — Best Counselor Capacity
Lowest students-per-counselor (ASCA target 250:1) · public/charter, ≥500 students
| 1 |
Yuba City · Public
|
268:1 |
| 2 |
Yuba City · Public
|
284:1 |
| 3 |
Live Oak · Public
|
299:1 |
| 4 |
Sutter · Public
|
367:1 |
Top 10 — Most Consistent
Lowest UC Reach std-dev across 5 years (above-CA-median mean)
| 1 |
avg 15.2% · σ 2.97
|
σ 2.97 |
Top 10 — SBAC ELA met/exceeded
% Met or Exceeded Standard · Grade 11 CAASPP · public/charter · tested ≥30
| 1 |
Live Oak · n=33 · 2025
|
70% |
| 2 |
Live Oak · n=139 · 2025
|
65% |
| 3 |
Yuba City · n=358 · 2025
|
56% |
| 4 |
Yuba City · n=355 · 2025
|
55% |
| 5 |
Sutter · n=157 · 2025
|
52% |
| 6 |
Trowbridge · n=84 · 2025
|
50% |
| 7 |
· n=80 · 2025
|
26% |
Top 10 — SBAC Math met/exceeded
% Met or Exceeded Standard · Grade 11 CAASPP · public/charter · tested ≥30
| 1 |
Sutter · n=156 · 2025
|
27% |
| 2 |
Live Oak · n=33 · 2025
|
21% |
| 3 |
Yuba City · n=357 · 2025
|
18% |
| 4 |
Live Oak · n=139 · 2025
|
17% |
| 5 |
Yuba City · n=360 · 2025
|
16% |
| 6 |
Trowbridge · n=84 · 2025
|
7% |
| 7 |
· n=80 · 2025
|
1% |
Top 10 — Private Net Assets
Wealthiest CA private high schools · IRS Form 990 · latest fiscal year
| 1 |
Yuba City · Other religious · FY 2024
|
$636,550 |
≥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
| School | Then → Now | Δ |
|---|
|
Live Oak · Public
|
26% '18
→ 33% '25
|
+6.4pp |
|
Yuba City · Public
|
6% '18
→ 12% '25
|
+5.0pp |
|
Yuba City · Public
|
12% '18
→ 11% '25
|
+-0.8pp |
|
Sutter · Public
|
8% '19
→ 4% '24
|
+-3.2pp |
▼ Biggest declines
| School | Then → Now | Δ |
|---|
|
Sutter · Public
|
8% '19
→ 4% '24
|
-3.2pp |
|
Yuba City · Public
|
12% '18
→ 11% '25
|
-0.8pp |
|
Yuba City · Public
|
6% '18
→ 12% '25
|
5.0pp |
|
Live Oak · Public
|
26% '18
→ 33% '25
|
6.4pp |
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
| School | School · County | Gap |
|---|
|
Live Oak · Sutter · Public Strong demand
|
+19.8% vs -1.2%
|
+21.0pp |
|
Yuba City · Sutter · Public Demand hides churn
|
+5.3% vs -1.2%
|
+6.5pp |
|
Yuba City · Sutter · Public Both ends slipping
|
-8.4% vs -1.2%
|
-7.2pp |
▼ Underperforming the county the most
| School | School · County | Gap |
|---|
|
Yuba City · Sutter · Public Both ends slipping
|
-8.4% vs -1.2%
|
-7.2pp |
|
Yuba City · Sutter · Public Demand hides churn
|
+5.3% vs -1.2%
|
+6.5pp |
|
Live Oak · Sutter · Public Strong demand
|
+19.8% vs -1.2%
|
+21.0pp |
3 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. |
|
Yuba City · Public
|
3.87 |
31.4% |
+7.5pp |
|
Yuba City · Public
|
3.88 |
29.6% |
+7.3pp |
|
Live Oak · Public
|
3.78 |
26.0% |
+5.6pp |
▼ Top 10 underperformers
| School |
GPA |
Actual |
Δ vs exp. |
|
Live Oak · Public
|
3.78 |
26.0% |
5.6pp |
|
Yuba City · Public
|
3.88 |
29.6% |
7.3pp |
|
Yuba City · Public
|
3.87 |
31.4% |
7.5pp |
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3 schools · 2025 data
· 1 hidden (under 100 seniors)
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| 1 |
Live Oak · Public Strong demand
|
Sutter |
143 |
603 |
32.9%
|
146.8% |
22.4% |
29.8% |
21.7 |
9.1 |
210 |
47 |
| 2 |
Yuba City · Public Demand hides churn
|
Sutter |
415 |
1,678 |
11.6%
|
39.0% |
29.6% |
29.2% |
6.8 |
1.7 |
162 |
48 |
| 3 |
Yuba City · Public Both ends slipping
|
Sutter |
391 |
1,695 |
11.0%
|
47.3% |
23.2% |
20.9% |
6.7 |
1.8 |
185 |
43 |
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.
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