College Preparatory School
Oakland · Alameda County · Private independent
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- 📚 16 AP courses offered (school profile)
- 🏆 11 National Merit Semifinalists last year
- 📝 SAT avg 1460 (25-75: 1410–1520)
- 📝 ACT avg 33.0 (25-75: 32–35)
- 📚 AP exam pass rate 92.0% (avg score 4.4)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
🎓 Where grads go
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How College Preparatory School compares for families
One of California's strongest schools for college outcomes.
- ▸ NationallySAT mean 1460 (≈ top 3% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 33.0 (≈ top 2%) · 92% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 11 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers) · Top 5% of the 218 curated private schools in our database on AP pass rate.
- ▸ Statewide76.9% UC Reach — 58.8 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 98% of California high schools.
- ▸ Locally🎓 Top 5% in California on UC Reach — plus 1 more top-rank.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (76.9% UC Reach vs 52.0% 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 College Preparatory School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+0.1%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~373 | +0 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~374 | +1 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~374 | +1 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
College Preparatory School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · secular · Oakland · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach Score, College Preparatory School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 11): 77 vs. a peer median of 52.
- ▸College Preparatory School's UC Reach Score has declined meaningfully from a peak of 88 in 2023 to 77 in 2025 — a 11-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 up 1% (90→91 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +8%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+0.3%/yr); projects to ~377 by 2028.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach Score | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| College Preparatory School | Private · secular | 373 | 77 | +1% |
| Peer-group median | 52 | +8% | ||
| Bentley School | Private · secular | 293 | 76 | -4% |
| Bay School of San Francisco | Private · secular | 410 | 53 | +28% |
| Urban School of San Francisco | Private · secular | 420 | 37 | -15% |
| San Francisco Waldorf Hs | Private · secular | 320 | 8 | +14% |
| Drew School | Private · secular | 302 | 20 | +8% |
| Saint Joseph-Notre Dame Hs | Private · Catholic | 395 | 49 | -27% |
| San Francisco University Hs | Private · secular | 488 | 60 | +2% |
| Branson School | Private · secular | 395 | 51 | +9% |
| Crystal Springs Uplands Sch | Private · secular | 347 | 64 | +11% |
| San Domenico School | Private · secular | 391 | 64 | +18% |
UC Reach Score = 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, FY2023
From 12 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 941492272). View latest 990 PDF → 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.
College Preparatory School sent 373 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 18.8% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 77 — 59 points above the California median of 18, higher than 98% of California high schools. The school produces 22.0 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
+25 pts above peer median (52) · Ranked #1 of 11 similar schools
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Higher than 98% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
College Preparatory School's UC Reach Score of 77 clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (51) — meaning roughly 76 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.
In Alameda County — a competitive market where the median is already 40 — this still clears the county top-10% bar (68).
Against similar schools, College Preparatory School stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 52.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97 — a gap of 20 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, College Preparatory School's UC Reach is higher than 98% of California high schools (978 ranked).
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 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.
| 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 |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 4.14 | 4.25 | +0.11 | 11.8% | Peers +0.15 · wider |
| UCLA | 4.15 | 4.29 | +0.13 | 12.3% | Peers +0.18 · wider |
| UC San Diego | 4.16 | 4.29 | +0.13 | 14.7% | Peers +0.16 · matches |
| UC Santa Barbara | 4.13 | 4.27 | +0.14 | 37.3% | Peers +0.17 · matches |
| UC Irvine | 4.18 | 4.24 | +0.07 | 29.5% | Peers +0.08 · matches |
| UC Davis | 4.14 | 4.25 | +0.11 | 35.5% | Peers +0.13 · 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% |
Where College Preparatory School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (22.5% actual vs. 22.8% expected), based on 2024 data.
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
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 Score | Yield | Avg GPA (App) '24 | Avg GPA (Adm) '24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 67 | 13 | 3 | 19.4% | 14 | 23.1% | 4.14 | 4.25 |
| UCLA → Elite | 74 | 7 | —† | 9.5% | 8 | — | 4.15 | 4.29 |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 63 | 12 | —† | 19.0% | 13 | — | 4.16 | 4.29 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 66 | 14 | —† | 21.2% | 15 | — | 4.13 | 4.27 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 45 | 6 | —† | 13.3% | 7 | — | 4.18 | 4.24 |
| UC Davis → | 58 | 18 | —† | 31.0% | 20 | — | 4.14 | 4.25 |