Anacapa School

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Where graduates go, as the school itself publishes it. Anacapa School publishes where its graduates go (the Anacapa classes through 2025): 69 colleges, including Columbia College, Northeastern University, American University, Bard.
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Where graduates go — as published by the school

Anacapa School publishes its college acceptances (the Anacapa classes through 2025): 69 colleges. See the full list ↓

Admissions at a glance

How hard is it to get into Anacapa School?

Admissions at Anacapa School: the school serves grades 7–12 and the student–teacher ratio is 4.0 : 1.

Grades served

7–12

NCES PSS

Enrollment

2025 count

Student–teacher ratio

4.0 : 1

NCES PSS 2022, 48 students

From the school's own admissions pages and public filings. Dates verified Oct 1, 2026; exams verified September 2026. Full calendar: California private-school admissions tracker · entrance exams. More private high schools in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties · Entrance exams in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties

Private high schools near Anacapa School

Five private high schools within 29 miles of Anacapa School, with tuition and the exam each requires where the school publishes them.

School	City	Miles	Grades	Tuition	Entrance exam	UC Reach Score
Laguna Blanca School	Santa Barbara	3.7	9–12	$45,060	No entrance exam posted	36
Cate School	Carpinteria	12.6	9–12		ISEE or SSAT	33
Ojai Valley School	Ojai	25.1		$37,000	No entrance exam posted
Saint Bonaventure High School	Ventura	27.3	9–12	$12,200	HSPT (required for prospective 9th graders; fee…
Dunn School	Los Olivos	28.2	6–12		Test-optional: SSAT optional for grades 9-10…	8

Distances are straight-line miles between school locations. Tuition and exams are from each school's own admissions pages; see the entrance-exam guide.

Their published college acceptances

College acceptances

Anacapa School publishes the colleges that admitted its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 69 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
the Anacapa classes through 2025

University of California · 8

University of California Berkeley · University of California Davis · University of California Irvine · University of California Merced · University of California Riverside · University of California San Diego · University of California Santa Barbara · University of California Santa Cruz

Cal State · 9

Cal Poly - SLO · Cal State Channel Islands · Cal State Chico · Cal State Monterey Bay · Cal State Northridge · Sacramento State · San Diego State · San Francisco State · Sonoma State

Other California · 5

Cal Lutheran University · St. Mary’s College of CA · University of San Francisco · University of Redlands · Whittier College

Out of state · 23

American University · Case Western · Colgate · Connecticut College · Drexel · Franklin University · Furman · Lewis & Clark · Montana State University · Northeastern University · Northern Arizona University · Oregon State · Rhodes College · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · and 9 more below

Not matched to a college page · 24

Bard · Belmont · Clark · Colorado State, Ft. Collins · Columbia College · Cornish Coll of the Arts · Elon · Emerson · George Wash University · Gettysburg · Ithaca · Kenyon · Oberlin · Puget Sound University · and 10 more below

Is my kid's college on this list?

— Stanford University — New York University — University of Southern California — University of California, Los Angeles ✓ University of California, Berkeley — University of Michigan — Cornell University — Boston University ✓ Northeastern University — University of Texas at Austin — Georgetown University — Duke University

Any college:

The school down the road: Star Prep Academy

College	Anacapa School	Star Prep Academy
Northeastern University	✓ named	—
University of California Berkeley	✓ named	—

Both schools print names, not counts, so this shows which selective colleges each list names.

All 69 colleges, as the document prints them

American University Bard Belmont Cal Lutheran University Cal Poly - SLO Cal State Channel Islands Cal State Chico Cal State Monterey Bay Cal State Northridge Case Western Clark Colgate Colorado State, Ft. Collins Columbia College Connecticut College Cornish Coll of the Arts Drexel Elon Emerson Franklin University Furman George Wash University Gettysburg Ithaca Kenyon Lewis & Clark Montana State University Northeastern University Northern Arizona University Oberlin

and 39 more

These graduates were admitted to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Anacapa School — College Readiness — Anacapa's College Advisory Program ↗. Found at: "College Acceptances" heading, three-column list at the foot of the College Readiness page.

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How Anacapa School compares for families

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

38 (2020) → 29 (2025)

-23.7%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

5 (2020) → 2 (2025)

-60.0%

If this trend holds (-9.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~26	-3	$0
3 yr (2028)	~22	-7	$0
5 yr (2030)	~18	-11	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = derived from this school's IRS Form 990 (FY2023) — program-service revenue ÷ enrollment. Edit the figure to match your school.

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Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023

From 12 years of Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (free public IRS data). The school's tax filings show financial scale, fundraising health, and endowment trajectory — signals that drive board-level conversations about tuition pricing, financial-aid capacity, and capital projects.

Total revenue

$1.7M

FY2023

Net assets (endowment + property)

$-0.5M

-181.0% since FY2012

Tuition revenue (program)

$1.1M

≈ $39502/student avg

Gifts & grants

$0.5M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 953651488). Tuition-per-student is total program-service revenue divided by latest enrollment — a rough average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service, etc.); the actual published tuition can differ. Form 990 is filed annually under penalty of perjury, so the financial scale figures are authoritative.

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

15 applications

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

— / 15 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of — admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / — seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

N/A

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Total School Enrollment ⓘ

All grades · Private School Affidavit

Private-school figures come from the California Private School Affidavit. Per CDE, inclusion in private-school data is not an evaluation, approval, or endorsement of a school.

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.96

Campus Breakdown — 2022

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.03	—^†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.98	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.87	—^†

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

Senior class size is estimated from CDE grade 12 enrollment data. Reach percentages should be interpreted as approximate.

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At a glance

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Anacapa School is a private high school in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California.

Enrollment was 29 students in 2025, down 24% since 2020.

Anacapa School publishes a college acceptances list for the the Anacapa classes through 2025: 69 colleges. Source: College Readiness — Anacapa's College Advisory Program.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

Where do Anacapa School graduates go to college? Anacapa School publishes a college acceptances list for the the Anacapa classes through 2025: 69 colleges. Source: College Readiness — Anacapa's College Advisory Program.

How many students attend Anacapa School? Enrollment was 29 students in 2025, down 24% since 2020.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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