Grauer School
Encinitas · San Diego County · Private independent
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- The UC pipeline here is real. 7 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 23 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 25% of California high schools.
- Worth asking admissions: the school profile. This school doesn't publish SAT/ACT or AP results publicly. Every private school produces a counselor's "school profile" for colleges — ask for it. How a school answers says as much as the numbers.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
🎓 Where grads go — and what it costs & pays
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Getting in is step one. The cost above is the average family's net price — yours depends on your income — and your child's odds depend on their GPA + scores. See your family's real numbers at these campuses:
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How Grauer School compares for families
Above-average college outcomes statewide.
- ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 30 — 12 points above the California median of 18. Ahead of 75% of California high schools.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (UC Reach Score 30 vs a 12 median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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No SBAC data for private schools — and that's not the metric you want anyway
California's Smarter Balanced (CAASPP) assessment is administered by the state, by statute, to public & charter schools only. Private schools don't sit for it. That's why the SBAC card is missing on this profile — not a data gap on our side, a deliberate scope of the state's testing program.
For private schools, UC Reach is the stronger academic signal anyway. SBAC measures grade-11 inputs (proficiency on a state standard); UC Reach measures outputs (who actually got into the most selective UCs). For private-school families weighing tuition against college outcomes, the outputs are the relevant signal.
Scroll up to the UC Reach card for Grauer School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-1.6%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~155 | -2 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~150 | -7 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~145 | -12 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
How does Grauer School really compare on getting kids to college?
We've ranked it #2 of 6 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.
Your similar-school group includes
Pacific Academy · Escondido Adventist Academy · Army and Navy Academy · Cal Coast Academy · Waldorf School of San Diego Hs · Horizon Prep · +4 more
Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023
From 13 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.
Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 330708902). 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.
Grauer School sent 48 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 14.6% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 30 — 12 points above the California median of 18, higher than 75% of California high schools. The school produces 17.4 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
+18 pts above peer median (12) · Ranked #2 of 6 similar schools
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Higher than 75% of California high schools (980 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Grauer School's UC Reach Score of 30 is above the California median (18). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51 or higher.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97 — a gap of 67 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Grauer School's UC Reach is higher than 75% of California high schools (980 ranked).
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.
GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.
UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA
Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.
| Campus | 4.00+ GPA | 3.70–3.99 GPA | 3.30–3.69 GPA | < 3.30 GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Santa Barbara | Strong shot | Moderate | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Davis | Strong shot | Real shot | Moderate | Filtered out |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Santa Barbara | 4.10 | 4.32 | +0.22 | 35.3% | Peers +0.20 · matches |
| UC Davis | 4.12 | 4.31 | +0.20 | 50.0% | Peers +0.15 · steeper |
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2024 (for reference)
| GPA band | UCB | UCLA | UCSD | UCSB | UCI | UCD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.00+ | 17.1% | 14.4% | 43.5% | 57.3% | 46.0% | 64.1% |
| 3.70–3.99 | 2.8% | 1.5% | 11.2% | 9.2% | 16.5% | 27.5% |
| 3.30–3.69 | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 9.1% |
| 3.00–3.29 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
| < 3.00 | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
Where Grauer School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 5.2 points above what their GPAs predict (30.9% actual vs. 25.7% expected), based on 2024 data.
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach Score | Yield | Avg GPA (App) '24 | Avg GPA (Adm) '24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 9 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.21 | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 9 | 4 | —† | 44.4% | 17 | — | 4.13 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 9 | 3 | —† | 33.3% | 13 | — | 4.13 | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 7 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.10 | 4.32 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 8 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.19 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 6 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.12 | 4.31 |