Cornelia Connelly School

Anaheim · Orange County · Catholic religious-affiliated

Private Orange County ~31 seniors

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🎓42% UC Reach

📋 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

41.9% UC Reach — top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2020. Counts each campus admit, so multi-admits count more than once.

UC admits by campus · Class of 2020

UCSD

3 admitted

UCI

5 admitted

3 enrolled

UCD

5 admitted

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

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How Cornelia Connelly School compares for families

Top-tier college outcomes for California families.

▸ Statewide41.9% UC Reach — 26.3 points above the California median of 15.6%. Ahead of 86% of California high schools.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (41.9% UC Reach vs 18.9% 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 Cornelia Connelly School's 2020 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Cornelia Connelly School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Catholic · Anaheim · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Cornelia Connelly School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 7): 42% vs. a peer median of 19%.
▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Cornelia Connelly School is admitting at roughly +11 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.895) alone would predict (43% actual vs. 33% 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.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
Cornelia Connelly School	Private · Catholic	124	41.9%	—
Peer-group median			18.9%	-35%
Eastside Christian High School	Private · Other religious	120	—	-22%
Orangewood Academy	Private · Other religious	107	11.1%	-78%
Acaciawood School	Private · secular	128	—	+50%
Veritas Classical Academy	Private · Other religious	90	—	-75%
Aquinas International Academy	Private · secular	145	12.0%	-70%
Bethel Baptist School	Private · Other religious	83	25.0%	-36%
Brethren Christian High School	Private · Other religious	98	14.7%	—
San Gabriel Mission High Sch	Private · Catholic	112	23.1%	-35%
Ambassador High School	Private · Other religious	148	38.5%	+53%
Rio Hondo Prep School	Private · Other religious	183	—	-18%

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 →

Diocesan context — Diocese of Orange

Diocese

Counties covered

Orange

Schools operated (K–12)

~39

approx; from diocesan reports

Other Catholic HS tracked

in this diocese, on this site

Diocese of Orange is the canonical governance body for Catholic schools in this region — board policy, tuition guidance, and shared services typically originate here. Visit the diocesan website →

Financial figures aren't shown because Catholic (arch)dioceses don't file IRS Form 990 — they're covered by the USCCB Group Ruling (GEN 0928), which exempts dioceses, parishes, and parochial schools from individual filing. School counts above are hand-compiled from each diocese's published schools-department information.

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2020

Cornelia Connelly School sent 53 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 24.5% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 41.9% — 26.3 percentage points above the California median of 15.6%, higher than 86% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2020

UC Reach ⓘ

42%

13 admits / 31 seniors
+23.0 pp above peer median (18.9%) · Ranked #1 of 7 similar schools

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
15.6%

Top 10%
50.4%

This school
41.9%

0%50%100%

CA median 15.6% Top 10% ≥ 50.4% This school 41.9%

Higher than 86% of California high schools (933 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Cornelia Connelly School's UC Reach of 41.9% is in the top quartile statewide (median 15.6%; top 25% bar 28.4%) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 50.4%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 104.9% — a gap of 63 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Cornelia Connelly School's UC Reach is higher than 86% of California high schools (933 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

171.0%

53 applications

Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).

In context: CA median 59.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 180.0% · Orange Co. Top 10% ≥ 249.8% · higher than 89% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

24.5%

13 / 53 applications

In context: CA median 29.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.9% · higher than 22% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

23.1%

3 enrolled of 13 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 ⓘ

9.7%

3 enrollees / 31 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) ⓘ

25.8

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 12.8 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.8 · higher than 79% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

124

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 ⓘ

3.93

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.13

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 Cornelia Connelly School

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
UC Santa Barbara	Strong shot	Real shot	Moderate	Filtered out
UC Irvine	Strong shot	Real shot	Moderate	Filtered out
UC Davis	Strong shot	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds

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 2020.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC Santa Barbara (2019)	3.95	4.04	+0.09	62.5%	Peers +0.29 · wider
UC Irvine	3.92	4.20	+0.28	38.5%	Peers +0.24 · steeper
UC Davis	4.06	4.06	0.00	100.0%	Peers +0.18 · wider

📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2020 (for reference)

GPA band	UCB	UCLA	UCSD	UCSB	UCI	UCD
4.00+	27.1%	24.1%	62.7%	64.1%	50.2%	75.2%
3.70–3.99	5.8%	3.0%	19.8%	21.8%	26.3%	33.9%
3.30–3.69	1.9%	1.2%	5.2%	6.4%	5.1%	13.1%
3.00–3.29	1.3%	1.0%	0.6%	1.2%	0.8%	6.0%
< 3.00	0.7%	1.0%	0.4%	0.5%	0.6%	3.5%

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 Cornelia Connelly School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 10.6 points above what their GPAs predict (43.3% actual vs. 32.7% expected).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2020

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 — 2020

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	7	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.97	—^†
UCLA → Elite	9	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.93	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	12	3	—^†	25.0%	9.7%	—	3.81	—^†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	7	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.05	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	13	5	3	38.5%	16.1%	60.0%	3.92	4.20
UC Davis →	5	5	—^†	100.0%	16.1%	—	4.06	4.06

† = 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 solid. A meaningful share of the senior class is achieving UC admission, and there is likely room to grow both application volume and admission outcomes.

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.

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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