Tahoe Expedition Academy

Truckee · Placer County · Private independent

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Colleges the school lists for its graduates

Tahoe Expedition Academy publishes a list of colleges for its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 166 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
2017-2026

Academy of Art University American University (DC) Arizona State University Auburn University Babson College Bard College Bates College Baylor University Belmont University Berklee College of Music Boise State University Boston University California State University, Channel Islands California State University, Chico California State University, Dominguez Hills California State University, East Bay California State University, Fullerton California State University, Humboldt California State University, Long Beach California State University, Maritime California State University, Monterey Bay California State University, Northridge California State University, Pomona California State University, Sacramento California State University, San Diego California State University, San Francisco California State University, San Jose California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo California Polytechnics, San Luis Obispo (Honors) California State University, San Marcos
and 136 more
California State University, Sonoma Case Western University Chaminade University of Hawaii Chapman University Colby College Colgate University College of Charleston Columbia College Chicago Colorado College Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University, Fort Collins Columbia University Concordia University (Montreal) Eckerd College Edinburgh Napier University (Scotland) Elon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Prescott) Emerson College Eugene Lange College of Liberal Arts at the New School Feather River College Fordham University Fort Lewis College Georgetown University Gonzaga University Hawai’i Pacific University Holy Names University Hult International Business School Ithaca College John Cabot University (Italy) Lewis and Clark College Louisiana State University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Marquette University Marymount Manhattan College Michigan State University Middlebury College Montana State University Montana Technological University New Mexico State University New York University Northeastern University Northern Arizona University Oberlin College Oklahoma State University Oregon Institute of Technology Oregon State University Oregon State University, Honors Pace University (NY City) Parsons School of Design at the New School Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Pitzer College Portland State University Pratt Institute Principia College Quest University (Canada) Reed College Regis University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Richmond American University, London Rochester Institute of Technology Rollins College Rutgers University Saint Mary’s College of California Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design Seattle University Scripps College Seattle Pacific University Sierra Nevada University Simmons University Simon Fraser University (Canada) Skidmore College South Dakota School of Mines Southern Methodist University Stanford University Texas Christian University Texas Tech University Truckee Meadows Community College Tulane University United States Airforce Academy Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain) University of Alabama University of Arizona University of British Columbia (Canada) University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Merced University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of Charleston University of Colorado, Boulder University of Colorado, Colorado Springs University of Colorado, Denver University of Denver University of Hawaii, Manoa University of Idaho University of Illinois, Chicago University of Kansas University of Miami University of Montana University of Montana, Western University of Nevada, Las Vegas University of Nevada, Reno University of Oregon University of Oregon (Honors) University of Pittsburgh University of Portland University of Puget Sound University of Redlands University of San Diego University of San Francisco University of Southern California University of Tampa University of Utah University of Vermont University of Washington, Seattle University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Wyoming Utah State University Villanova University (Honors) Washington State University Wesleyan University Western Colorado University Western Washington University Westminster University Whittier College Whitworth College Willamette University Yale-NUS College

These are the colleges the school published for its graduates.

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Independently verified As published by Tahoe Expedition Academy — TEA College Profile 2026-2027 ↗. Found at: page 3, section "COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES".

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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.

This school doesn't have UC outcomes data on file yet — we surface UCOP-published admits by sending HS, and not every private school appears in those records. The enrollment trend, stability, and other cards on this page are still primary-sourced for this school.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
236 (2020)224 (2025)
-5.1%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
6 (2020)8 (2025)
+33.3%

If this trend holds (-0.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~222 -2 $0
3 yr (2028) ~219 -5 $0
5 yr (2030) ~216 -8 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = typical CA independent day schools ($25k–55k). Edit the figure to match your school.

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UC Reach Score methodology
UC Application Reach Score
N/A
10 applications
UC Admit Rate
N/A
— / 10 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
225
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
3.78

UC Outcomes Trend — 2021–2024

UC Admit Rate %
UC Reach Score (where available)
UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Score Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 5 3.76
UCLA → Elite 5 3.80
UC San Diego → Selective
UC Santa Barbara → Selective
UC Irvine → Selective
UC Davis →
= 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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