Waldorf School of Orange County

Costa Mesa · Orange County · Private independent

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Admissions at a glance

How hard is it to get into Waldorf School of Orange County?

Admissions at Waldorf School of Orange County: the student–teacher ratio is 8.5 : 1.

Enrollment

277

2022 count

Student–teacher ratio

8.5 : 1

NCES PSS 2022, 277 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 Orange County · Entrance exams in Orange County

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Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC admits by campus · Class of 2023

UCI

3 admitted

Net $14,251/yr avg

Grads earn $80,735 @10yr

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How Waldorf School of Orange County compares for families

What families should know about Waldorf School of Orange County.

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment

324 (2018) → 277 (2022)

-14.5%

Where these numbers come from

California's education department files no enrollment for Waldorf School of Orange County, so this trend comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS) — the federal count of private schools, collected every other year rather than annually. It counts every grade the school serves, not the high school alone. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; we'll load the 2023–24 one as soon as NCES publishes it.

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

6 applications

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

50.0%

3 / 6 applications

In context: CA median 25.2% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 38.9% · higher than 98% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of 3 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 ⓘ

N/A

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 ⓘ

3.92

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2023

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 — 2023

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UCLA → Elite	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.92	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—

† = 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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Waldorf School of Orange County is a private high school in Costa Mesa, Orange County, California.

In 2023 its students filed 6 UC applications and received 3 offers, a UC admit rate of 50.0% (counted at each campus).

Enrollment was 277 students in 2022, down 15% since 2018.

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

How many students from Waldorf School of Orange County got into a UC? In 2023 its students filed 6 UC applications and received 3 offers, a UC admit rate of 50.0% (counted at each campus).

How many students attend Waldorf School of Orange County? Enrollment was 277 students in 2022, down 15% since 2018.

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

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