Berean Christian High School

Walnut Creek · Contra Costa County · Religious-affiliated

Private Contra Costa County ~96 seniors
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🎓48% UC Reach 🎓Top 8 UC Reach in Contra Costa

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • Program details not reported to CRDC
Academic signals
  • Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

🎓 Where grads go

47.9% UC Reach — top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2025. Counts each campus admit, so multi-admits count more than once.

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCB
5 admitted
5 enrolled
UCLA
4 admitted
UCSD
11 admitted
UCSB
9 admitted
UCI
5 admitted
UCD
12 admitted

Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

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How Berean Christian High School compares for families

Top-tier college outcomes for California families.

  • Statewide47.9% UC Reach29.8 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 88% of California high schools.
  • Locally🎓 Top 8 in Contra Costa County on UC Reach.
  • vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (47.9% UC Reach vs 52.8% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

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No SBAC data for private schools — and that's not the metric you want anyway

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.

Scroll up to the UC Reach card for Berean Christian High School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
418 (2020)408 (2025)
-2.4%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
86 (2020)96 (2025)
+11.6%

If this trend holds (-1.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~403 -5 $0
3 yr (2028) ~394 -14 $0
5 yr (2030) ~385 -23 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.

Berean Christian High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · Walnut Creek · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Berean Christian High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #8 of 11): 48% vs. a peer median of 53%.
  • Its UC Reach has risen 39 points since 2020.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 12% (86→96 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of -1%.
  • At its recent rate (-0.5%/yr), enrollment projects to ~402 by 2028 — about 6 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

408 students (2025)
~402 projected (2028)
at -0.5%/yr

That's about 6 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.

Estimate seeded by other religious private school typical — wide range: Jewish day $25k–35k, Lutheran/Christian $10k–18k. 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
Berean Christian High School Private · Other religious 408 47.9% +12%
Peer-group median 52.8% -1%
Contra Costa Christian Hs Private · Other religious 295 12.5% -25%
Saint Joseph-Notre Dame Hs Private · Catholic 395 48.8% -27%
Fremont Christian High School Private · Other religious 406 34.5% -42%
Athenian School Private · secular 528 52.7% +7%
College Preparatory School Private · secular 373 76.9% +1%
Carondelet High School Private · Catholic 840 55.1% +4%
California Crosspoint High School Private · Other religious 536 83.3% -36%
Bentley School Private · secular 293 75.6% -4%
De LA Salle High School Private · Catholic 1025 23.0% +6%
Bay School of San Francisco Private · secular 410 52.9% +28%

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 →

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Berean Christian High School sent 117 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 39.3% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 47.9%29.8 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 88% of California high schools. The school produces 9.4 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
48%
46 admits / 96 seniors
-4.9 pp vs. peer median (52.8%) · Ranked #8 of 11 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 14.7% 2025 · 47.9%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.1%
Peer median
52.8%
Top 10%
51.2%
This school
47.9%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 47.9%

Higher than 88% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Berean Christian High School's UC Reach of 47.9% is in the top quartile statewide (median 18.1%; top 25% bar 30.5%) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 51.2%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 49 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Berean Christian High School's UC Reach is higher than 88% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach
121.9%
117 applications
Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).
In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · Contra Costa Co. Top 10% ≥ 271.6% · higher than 70% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
39.3%
46 / 117 applications
In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 89% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
10.9%
5 enrolled of 46 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
5.2%
5 enrollees / 96 seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % 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 (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
35.4
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 85% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
9.4
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.3 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 9.7 · higher than 88% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
96
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
408
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
3.94
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.26

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 Berean Christian High School
Campus 4.00+ GPA 3.70–3.99 GPA 3.30–3.69 GPA < 3.30 GPA
UC San Diego Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara Strong shot Moderate 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 San Diego 3.89 4.30 +0.41 25.0% Peers +0.30 · steeper
UC Santa Barbara (2021) 3.97 4.22 +0.25 33.3% Peers +0.29 · wider
UC Davis 3.85 4.22 +0.37 23.8% Peers +0.27 · steeper
📊 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 Berean Christian High School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (22.7% actual vs. 21.2% expected), based on 2024 data.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

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

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) '24 Avg GPA (Adm) '24
UC Berkeley → Elite 24 5 5 20.8% 5.2% 100.0% 3.98
UCLA → Elite 18 4 22.2% 4.2% 4.01
UC San Diego → Selective 20 11 55.0% 11.5% 3.89 4.30
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 18 9 50.0% 9.4% 4.02
UC Irvine → Selective 15 5 33.3% 5.2% 3.95
UC Davis → 22 12 54.5% 12.5% 3.85 4.22
= 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 requires unique-student counts. 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 48% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.
Strong UC Reach paired with low yield: students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere. The pattern is characteristic of competitive college-preparatory schools where many students choose more selective private colleges or out-of-state flagships over UC — UC functions as a strong backup option rather than a first choice.
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.
UC Reach has improved meaningfully compared to the prior year — a positive trajectory worth monitoring and reinforcing.
Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.
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