Chadwick School

Palos Verdes Estate · Los Angeles County · Private independent

Private Los Angeles County ~82 seniors

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⭐Top 10% UC Reach in California 📖24 AP courses 📝SAT 1420 avg 🏅7 National Merit Semifinalists 🎓Top 10% UC Reach in CA 🎓Top 10% UC Reach in Los Angeles

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

📚 24 AP courses offered (school profile)
🏆 7 National Merit Semifinalists last year

Academic signals

📝 SAT avg 1420 (25-75: 1360–1480)
📝 ACT avg 32.0 (25-75: 30–34)
📚 AP exam pass rate 88.0% (avg score 4.2)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

🎓 Where grads go

65.9% 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

6 admitted

4 enrolled

UCLA

5 admitted

UCSD

7 admitted

UCSB

15 admitted

UCI

14 admitted

3 enrolled

UCD

7 admitted

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

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How Chadwick School compares for families

One of California's strongest schools for college outcomes.

▸ NationallySAT mean 1420 (≈ top 4% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 32.0 (≈ top 4%) · 88% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 7 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
▸ Statewide65.9% UC Reach — 47.8 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 96% of California high schools.
▸ Locally🎓 Top 10% in California on UC Reach — plus 1 more top-rank.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Academy of Media Arts, Agbu Manoogian-Demirdjian Sch, Agbu Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Hs and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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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 Chadwick School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

868 (2020) → 863 (2025)

-0.6%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

100 (2020) → 82 (2025)

-18.0%

If this trend holds (-0.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~862	-1	$0
3 yr (2028)	~861	-2	$0
5 yr (2030)	~860	-3	$0

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

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Chadwick School sent 239 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 22.6% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 65.9% — 47.8 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 96% of California high schools. The school produces 13.4 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

★ Top 10% UC Reach

UC Reach ⓘ

66%

54 admits / 82 seniors

5-year trend

2021 · 56.4% 2025 · 65.9%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.1%

Top 10%
51.2%

This school
65.9%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 65.9%

Higher than 96% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Chadwick School's UC Reach of 65.9% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (51.2%) — meaning roughly 65 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 31 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Chadwick School's UC Reach is higher than 96% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

291.5%

239 applications

Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 3 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.

In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252.0% · higher than 94% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

22.6%

54 / 239 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 30% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

13.0%

7 enrolled of 54 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 ⓘ

8.5%

7 enrollees / 82 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.

UC 6-Yr Grad Rate ⓘ

86%

52% finished in 4 yrs · N=21 entered 2002

In context: CA median 84.0% · +1.7 pp above.

Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD) ⓘ

57.3

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 97% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

13.4

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.3 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 9.7 · higher than 96% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

863

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 ⓘ

4.01

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.22

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 Chadwick School

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	4.05	4.22	+0.17	12.8%	Peers +0.20 · matches
UCLA	4.01	4.21	+0.20	10.2%	Peers +0.25 · wider
UC San Diego	3.99	4.25	+0.26	17.0%	Peers +0.26 · matches
UC Santa Barbara	3.98	4.25	+0.27	27.3%	Peers +0.26 · matches
UC Irvine	4.02	4.15	+0.13	24.1%	Peers +0.20 · wider
UC Davis	4.02	4.23	+0.21	30.0%	Peers +0.20 · 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 Chadwick School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (18.6% actual vs. 20.6% 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	40	6	4	15.0%	7.3%	66.7%	4.05	4.22
UCLA → Elite	48	5	—^†	10.4%	6.1%	—	4.01	4.21
UC San Diego → Selective	41	7	—^†	17.1%	8.5%	—	3.99	4.25
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	43	15	—^†	34.9%	18.3%	—	3.98	4.25
UC Irvine → Selective	36	14	3	38.9%	17.1%	21.4%	4.02	4.15
UC Davis →	31	7	—^†	22.6%	8.5%	—	4.02	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 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 66% 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 very low yield: this school's students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere — almost certainly at the most selective private universities (Ivies, Stanford, MIT, the top liberal-arts colleges) or elite out-of-state flagships. UC is functioning as a credentialing-grade backup rather than a destination.

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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