Balboa School
Escondido · San Diego County · Private independent
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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
If this trend holds (-16.4%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2024) | ~32 | -6 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2026) | ~22 | -16 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2028) | ~16 | -22 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
Balboa School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · secular · Escondido · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 31% (16→11 from 2020 to 2023), trailing the peer-group median of -15%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-17.6%/yr), enrollment projects to ~21 by 2026 — about 17 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 17 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.
Estimate seeded by nonsectarian private school typical — CA independent day schools typical $25k–55k. NCES doesn't publish per-school tuition; adjust to your school's actual figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balboa School | Private · secular | 38 | — | -31% |
| Peer-group median | 30.4% | -15% | ||
| High Bluff Academy | Private · secular | 52 | 109.1% | -11% |
| Fusion Academy | Private | 48 | — | +0% |
| Cal Coast Academy | Private · secular | 70 | — | +100% |
| Torah Hs of San Diego | Private · Other religious | 44 | — | -38% |
| Pacific Academy | Private · secular | 87 | — | +0% |
| Fusion Academy Newport Beach | Private · secular | 33 | — | -42% |
| Southern California Yeshiva Hs | Private · Other religious | 26 | — | -56% |
| Saint Michaels Prep School | Private | 57 | — | — |
| Grauer School | Private · secular | 157 | 30.4% | -15% |
| Escondido Adventist Academy | Private · Other religious | 158 | 10.0% | -41% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type, and religious orientation. Methodology →
Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2017
From 5 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 202684204). 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.
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 2022 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2024.
Campus Breakdown — 2024
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) '22 | Avg GPA (Adm) '22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |