Alameda Science and Technology Institute

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Public Alameda County ~63 seniors CDS 0161119…
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Top 5% UC Reach in California Top 10% ELA & Math · SBAC (CA) Top 8 Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism) in Alameda Top 10% Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism) in CA

A parent's read

  • The UC pipeline here is real. 45 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 63 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 3% of California high schools.
  • A deeply UC-focused culture. Seniors here file about 3.6 UC applications each — among the most UC-oriented schools in California. The counseling office lives and breathes this system.
  • 9 in 10 graduates leave eligible for UC and CSU. 91% finish the A-G courses California's universities require before a student can even apply — most California schools manage about 6 in 10.
  • About 9 in 10 students read and write at grade level. On the state's own 11th-grade test, 94% met or exceeded the college-readiness bar — the top 10% of California high schools (statewide: 54%).
  • One question for any counselor: who should still test? Plenty of strong students skip the SAT/ACT now — but merit scholarships at dozens of colleges still key off scores. Ask how the school decides who should still sit for one.

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 Reach Score
71
Excellent top 6% in California
Top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2025 — counts each campus admit, so a student admitted to several UCs counts more than once (which is why a strong school can score over 100).

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCB
7 admitted
6 enrolled
Net $13,481/yr avg
Grads earn $92,446 @10yr
UCLA
4 admitted
Net $12,548/yr avg
Grads earn $82,511 @10yr
UCSD
9 admitted
4 enrolled
Net $12,470/yr avg
Grads earn $84,943 @10yr
UCSB
6 admitted
Net $16,109/yr avg
Grads earn $74,915 @10yr
UCI
3 admitted
Net $14,251/yr avg
Grads earn $80,735 @10yr
UCD
16 admitted
4 enrolled
Net $14,741/yr avg
Grads earn $80,838 @10yr

Getting in is step one. The cost above is the average aid-receiving family's net price — yours depends on whether you qualify for aid — and your child's odds depend on their GPA + scores. See your family's real numbers at these campuses:

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Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

California College-Going Rate

80.5% of the 2022-23 graduating class enrolled in college within a year.

The share of 2022-23 graduates who enrolled at a college anywhere in the U.S. within 12 months, per the National Student Clearinghouse match the California Department of Education publishes.

Within 12 months
80.5%
of 41 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 90.2% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 37 students.

Down 7.3 points from the 2021-22 class (87.8%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 32 students (78.0%)

University of California 48.8% 20
California State University 9.8% 4
California Community College 19.5% 8
California private college 0.0% 0

Out of state — 1 students (2.4%)

Out-of-state 4-year 2.4% 1
Out-of-state 2-year 0.0% 0

CDE puts each graduate in one bucket only — whichever kind of college they were enrolled in longest — so these add up to the rate above. That is a different count from the UC Reach Score on this page, which counts a student at every UC campus that admitted them.

Source: California Department of Education, College-Going Rate (DataQuest) ↗, cohort 2022-23, posted 17-Sep-2025. Data file: cgr12mo23.txt ↗ (and the 16-month file ↗). CDE builds the rate by matching California high school completers to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment records; we publish CDE’s aggregates and hold no student-level data.

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How Alameda Science and Technology Institute compares for families

One of California's strongest schools for college outcomes.

  • StatewideUC Reach Score of 7152 points above the California median of 19. Ahead of 97% of California high schools.
  • Locally📘 Top 1% in California on ELA proficiency — plus 7 more top-ranks.
  • vs Similar SchoolsOther schools in the county, closest in size: Oakland Academy Of Knowledge Elementary, Opportunity Academy, Bay Area Technology-Baytech and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

About 9 in 10 students read and write at grade level — the top 10% of California high schools.
About 3 in 4 students do math at grade level — the top 10% of California high schools.
ELA — met or exceeded
n = 50
94.0%
incl. 50.0% exceeded
★ Top 10% CA
+38.6 pts above Alameda County median (55.4%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 50
74.0%
incl. 42.0% exceeded
★ Top 10% CA
+49.6 pts above Alameda County median (24.4%) · CA median 21.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

Asian 49% -3.4
White 17% +3.0
Two or more 14% +1.7
Hispanic / Latino 9% -3.3
Black / African Am. 6%
Filipino 4%
Not reported 1%
Pacific Islander 0%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 47%
Students w/ disabilities 10%

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

Kids show up: 8% are chronically absent versus about 23% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
8.0%
17 of 212 students

Absenteeism is up 5.3 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Alameda County median
25.4% · school is better than 90% of 73 HS
Statewide median
22.8%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
167 (2024)219 (2026)
+31.1%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
29 (2024)71 (2026)
+144.8%

If this trend holds (+14.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~251 +32 $0
3 yr (2029) ~329 +110 $0
5 yr (2031) ~431 +212 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Alameda County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Families don't leave: 98% of students who start the year finish it here — top-tier retention statewide.
Healthy
Best in class — winning on demand and retention.

Alameda Science and Technology Institute outperformed Alameda County on enrollment (school +144.8% vs. county -10.2%) AND maintains 97.7% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.

+144.8%  senior class, grade 12 (2024–2026)
-10.2%  Alameda County baseline
+155.0pp  gap vs. county
97.7%  retention (county median 90.2%)
Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2024
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
97.7%
208 of 213 students

5 of 213 students who enrolled at Alameda Science and Technology Institute this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (2.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Alameda County median
90.2% · school is in the 100th percentile of 74 HS
Statewide median
87.3% · in the 98th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Asian (109) 98.2%
Socio. disadvantaged (100) 97.0%
White (37) 100.0%
Two or more races (25) 100.0%
Hispanic / Latino (21) 95.2%
Students w/ disabilities (21) 90.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Oakland Academy Of Knowledge Elementary 79.5% Opportunity Academy 6.5% Bay Area Technology-Baytech 86.0% Aspire College Academy 84.1% Hayward Collegiate Charter 85.8%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Alameda Science and Technology Institute sent 228 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 19.7% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 71 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 53 points above the California median of 19, higher than 97% of California high schools. The school produces 17.5 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

UC Reach Score 71 45 admits (counted at each UC) / 63 seniors methodology
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
19
Top 10%
53
This school
71
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CA median 19 Top 10% ≥ 53 This school 71

Higher than 97% of California high schools (1107 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

What this number means

Alameda Science and Technology Institute's UC Reach Score of 71 clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53) — meaning roughly 71 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

In Alameda County — a competitive market where the median is already 36 — this still clears the county top-10% bar (68).

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95 — a gap of 24 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Alameda Science and Technology Institute's UC Reach is higher than 97% of California high schools (1107 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score
362
228 applications
Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 4 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.
In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · Alameda Co. Top 10% ≥ 355 · higher than 98% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
19.7%
45 / 228 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.4% · higher than 16% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
31.1%
14 enrolled of 45 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
22
14 enrollees / 63 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.
A-G Completion
Most graduates leave here ready to apply to UC and CSU — 9 in 10 finish the required courses, versus about 6 in 10 statewide.
91%
42 of 46 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · +35.4 pp above · Alameda Co. 77.3%.
Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two)
46.0
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.9 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.2 · higher than 92% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
17.5
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 10.2 · higher than 98% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
63
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
211
All grades · CDE Census Day
Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
4.06
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.28

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.

Who's actually getting into UC from Alameda Science and Technology Institute
Campus 4.00+ GPA 3.70–3.99 GPA 3.30–3.69 GPA < 3.30 GPA
UC Berkeley Real shot Long odds Filtered out Filtered out
UCLA Real shot Long odds Filtered out Filtered out
UC San Diego Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara Strong shot Moderate Long odds Filtered out
UC Irvine Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Davis Strong shot Real shot Moderate Filtered out
Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2024.

The numbers behind it

Campus Applicant GPA Admit GPA Lift Admit rate vs peer schools @ same GPA
UC Berkeley (2019) 3.92 4.21 +0.29 27.6% Peers +0.27 · matches
UCLA 4.06 4.31 +0.25 35.0% Peers +0.23 · matches
UC San Diego 4.17 4.31 +0.14 50.0% Peers +0.15 · matches
UC Santa Barbara 4.12 4.30 +0.18 41.2% Peers +0.17 · matches
UC Irvine 4.03 4.30 +0.27 34.8% Peers +0.20 · steeper
UC Davis 3.99 4.23 +0.24 64.0% Peers +0.21 · matches
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%
How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

Where Alameda Science and Technology Institute sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 17.0 points above what their GPAs predict (39.1% actual vs. 22.1% expected), based on 2024 data.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2019–2025

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 — 2025

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Score Yield Avg GPA (App) '24 Avg GPA (Adm) '24
UC Berkeley → Elite 42 7 6 16.7% 11 85.7% 4.02
UCLA → Elite 38 4 10.5% 6 4.06 4.31
UC San Diego → Selective 37 9 4 24.3% 14 44.4% 4.17 4.31
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 33 6 18.2% 10 4.12 4.30
UC Irvine → Selective 36 3 8.3% 5 4.03 4.30
UC Davis → 42 16 4 38.1% 25 25.0% 3.99 4.23
= 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

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.
A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.
UC Reach is very strong — more than 71% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.
Students are earning UC admission but enrolling elsewhere at a notable rate. This may reflect competition from private colleges, out-of-state flagships, cost considerations, or UC campus fit. Student outcome surveys can clarify.
The school generates broad UC access, but fewer students are reaching the most selective UC campuses (UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCI). Targeted academic enrichment and campus-fit advising may help.
Berkeley and UCLA admit volume is strong — a clear high-end signal for this school's academic preparation.
UC Reach has declined meaningfully year-over-year. This should be reviewed in context of applicant volume, GPA trends, course rigor changes, and peer-school performance before drawing conclusions.
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.
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