Calvary Chapel High School

Santa Ana · Orange County · Religious-affiliated

Private Orange County ~87 seniors

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🎓28% UC Reach

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

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Academic signals

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

🎓 Where grads go

27.6% 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

UCLA

3 admitted

UCSD

4 admitted

UCSB

4 admitted

UCI

5 admitted

UCD

8 admitted

3 enrolled

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

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How Calvary Chapel High School compares for families

Above-average college outcomes statewide.

▸ Statewide27.6% UC Reach — 9.5 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 70% of California high schools.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (27.6% UC Reach vs 36.7% 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 Calvary Chapel High School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

979 (2020) → 839 (2025)

-14.3%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

87 (2020) → 87 (2025)

+0.0%

If this trend holds (-1.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~825	-14	$0
3 yr (2028)	~797	-42	$0
5 yr (2030)	~771	-68	$0

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

Calvary Chapel High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · Santa Ana · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Calvary Chapel High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 8): 28% vs. a peer median of 37%.
▸Its UC Reach has risen 8 points since 2020.
▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Calvary Chapel High School is admitting at roughly +5 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (4.048) alone would predict (30% actual vs. 24% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
▸Senior-class enrollment is up 0% (87→87 from 2020 to 2025), tracking the peer-group median of +1%.
▸At its recent rate (-3.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~765 by 2028 — about 74 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

839 students (2025)

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~765 projected (2028)

at -3.0%/yr

That's about 74 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
Calvary Chapel High School	Private · Other religious	839	27.6%	+0%
Peer-group median			36.7%	+1%
Servite High School	Private · Catholic	767	24.6%	-2%
Crean Lutheran High School	Private · Other religious	1126	94.4%	+40%
Orange Lutheran High School	Private · Other religious	1141	36.7%	-3%
Newport Christian School	Private · Other religious	458	—	+140%
Saint John Bosco High School	Private · Catholic	869	31.1%	-3%
Crossroads Christian School	Private · Other religious	733	—	+36%
Calvary Chapel Christian School	Private · Other religious	619	—	-4%
Saint Margarets Episcopal Sch	Private · Other religious	1159	72.5%	-16%
Sage Hill School	Private · secular	590	150.7%	+10%
Mater Dei High School	Private · Catholic	1849	36.4%	+3%

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

Calvary Chapel High School sent 77 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 31.2% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 27.6% — 9.5 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 70% of California high schools. The school produces 3.4 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

28%

24 admits / 87 seniors
-9.1 pp vs. peer median (36.7%) · Ranked #7 of 8 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 18.6% 2025 · 27.6%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.1%

Peer median
36.7%

Top 10%
51.2%

This school
27.6%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 27.6%

Higher than 70% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Calvary Chapel High School's UC Reach of 27.6% is above the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 70 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Calvary Chapel High School's UC Reach is higher than 70% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

88.5%

77 applications

In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · Orange Co. Top 10% ≥ 295.1% · higher than 57% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

31.2%

24 / 77 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 72% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

12.5%

3 enrolled of 24 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 ⓘ

3.4%

3 enrollees / 87 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) ⓘ

18.4

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 60% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

3.4

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.3 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 9.7 · higher than 53% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

839

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 ⓘ

4.08

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 Calvary Chapel 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 Irvine	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	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	4.09	4.25	+0.16	30.0%	Peers +0.21 · wider
UC Santa Barbara	4.02	4.31	+0.29	29.4%	Peers +0.25 · steeper
UC Irvine	4.03	4.27	+0.24	29.2%	Peers +0.19 · 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 Calvary Chapel High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 5.0 points above what their GPAs predict (29.5% actual vs. 24.5% 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	10	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.16	—^†
UCLA → Elite	16	3	—^†	18.8%	3.4%	—	4.13	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	13	4	—^†	30.8%	4.6%	—	4.09	4.25
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	9	4	—^†	44.4%	4.6%	—	4.02	4.31
UC Irvine → Selective	18	5	—^†	27.8%	5.7%	—	4.03	4.27
UC Davis →	11	8	3	72.7%	9.2%	37.5%	—	—^†

† = 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.

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/UCLA admit volume is modest relative to overall UC reach. This is common and reflects the highly selective nature of those campuses, but may be a target area for the school's highest-performing students.

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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