Bear River High School

• ▸On UC Reach, Bear River High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #5 of 8): 5% vs. a peer median of 5%.
• ▸Bear River High School's UC Reach has declined meaningfully from a peak of 20% in 2022 to 5% in 2025 — a 15-point drop that warrants attention. Multi-year UC Reach declines of this size often signal something specific (leadership change, comp-program shift, demographic move) rather than year-to-year noise. This is the kind of trajectory an Enrollment Trend Audit unpacks.
• ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 15% (142→121 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -4%.
• ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. Nevada County's senior population shrank 41% over the same window — Bear River High School only shrank 15%. So Bear River High School picked up about 26 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
• ▸Enrollment has been growing (+0.8%/yr); projects to ~669 by 2029.

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UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Reach — by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology

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