Crystal Springs Uplands Sch

Hillsborough · San Mateo County · Private independent

Private San Mateo County ~80 seniors

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⭐Top 10% UC Reach in California 📖24 AP courses 📝SAT 1460 avg 🏅12 National Merit Semifinalists 🎓Top 5 UC Reach in San Mateo 🎓Top 10% UC Reach in CA

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

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

Academic signals

📝 SAT avg 1460 (25-75: 1410–1520)
📝 ACT avg 33.5 (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

63.7% 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

9 admitted

UCLA

6 admitted

UCSD

4 admitted

UCSB

14 admitted

UCI

6 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 Crystal Springs Uplands Sch compares for families

One of California's strongest schools for college outcomes.

▸ NationallySAT mean 1460 (≈ top 3% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 33.5 (≈ top 2%) · 92% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 12 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 ACT mean.
▸ Statewide63.7% UC Reach — 45.6 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 95% of California high schools.
▸ Locally🎓 Top 5 in San Mateo County on UC Reach — plus 1 more top-rank.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (63.7% UC Reach vs 45.1% 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 Crystal Springs Uplands Sch's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

348 (2020) → 347 (2025)

-0.3%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

72 (2020) → 80 (2025)

+11.1%

If this trend holds (-0.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~345	-2	$0
3 yr (2028)	~342	-5	$0
5 yr (2030)	~339	-8	$0

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

Crystal Springs Uplands Sch — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · Hillsborough · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Crystal Springs Uplands Sch sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #5 of 11): 64% vs. a peer median of 45%.
▸Its UC Reach has risen 14 points since 2024.
▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Crystal Springs Uplands Sch is admitting at roughly -5 percentage points below what its average applicant GPA (4.091) alone would predict (18% actual vs. 23% expected). That's worth understanding — it can reflect grade inflation that UC sees through, weaker holistic-review materials at the margin, or applicants concentrating at more selective campuses than typical. Not a verdict; a signal.
▸Senior-class enrollment is up 11% (72→80 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of -2%.
▸At its recent rate (-0.1%/yr), enrollment projects to ~346 by 2028 — about 1 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

347 students (2025)

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~346 projected (2028)

at -0.1%/yr

That's about 1 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.

Estimate seeded by nonsectarian private school typical — CA independent day schools typical $25k–55k. 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
Crystal Springs Uplands Sch	Private · secular	347	63.7%	+11%
Peer-group median			45.1%	-2%
Mercy High School	Private · Catholic	354	24.7%	-19%
Notre Dame High School	Private · Catholic	356	69.0%	-34%
Castilleja School	Private · secular	416	113.7%	-15%
San Francisco Waldorf Hs	Private · secular	320	7.5%	+14%
Drew School	Private · secular	302	20.0%	+8%
Basis Independent Fremont Upper Sch	Private · secular	350	212.5%	+23%
Urban School of San Francisco	Private · secular	420	37.4%	-15%
Eastside College Prep School	Private · secular	251	26.3%	-5%
Bay School of San Francisco	Private · secular	410	52.9%	+28%
College Preparatory School	Private · secular	373	76.9%	+1%

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

Crystal Springs Uplands Sch sent 289 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 17.6% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 63.7% — 45.6 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 95% of California high schools. The school produces 18.8 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

★ Top 10% UC Reach

UC Reach ⓘ

64%

51 admits / 80 seniors
+18.6 pp above peer median (45.1%) · Ranked #5 of 11 similar schools

5-year trend

2024 · 49.5% 2025 · 63.7%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.1%

Peer median
45.1%

Top 10%
51.2%

This school
63.7%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 63.7%

Higher than 95% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Crystal Springs Uplands Sch's UC Reach of 63.7% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (51.2%) — meaning roughly 63 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

Against similar schools, Crystal Springs Uplands Sch stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 45.1%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 34 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Crystal Springs Uplands Sch's UC Reach is higher than 95% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

361.2%

289 applications

Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 4 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.

In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · San Mateo Co. Top 10% ≥ 344.3% · higher than 98% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

17.6%

51 / 289 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 6% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

None enrolled of 51 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 ⓘ

N/A

None enrollees / 80 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) ⓘ

48.8

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 94% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

18.8

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.3 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 9.7 · higher than 98% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

347

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 ⓘ

4.09

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 Crystal Springs Uplands Sch

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 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	4.09	4.27	+0.18	20.0%	Peers +0.18 · matches
UCLA	4.11	4.31	+0.20	12.3%	Peers +0.20 · matches
UC Santa Barbara	4.06	4.30	+0.24	25.9%	Peers +0.22 · matches
UC Irvine	4.08	4.16	+0.08	11.9%	Peers +0.16 · wider
UC Davis	4.11	4.22	+0.11	20.0%	Peers +0.16 · wider

📊 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 Crystal Springs Uplands Sch sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 5.2 points below what their GPAs predict (18.2% actual vs. 23.4% expected), based on 2024 data.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2024–2025

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	52	9	—^†	17.3%	11.2%	—	4.09	4.27
UCLA → Elite	55	6	—^†	10.9%	7.5%	—	4.11	4.31
UC San Diego → Selective	51	4	—^†	7.8%	5.0%	—	4.08	—^†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	45	14	—^†	31.1%	17.5%	—	4.06	4.30
UC Irvine → Selective	43	6	—^†	14.0%	7.5%	—	4.08	4.16
UC Davis →	43	12	—^†	27.9%	15.0%	—	4.11	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 64% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.

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 and UCLA admit volume is strong — a clear high-end signal for this school's academic preparation.

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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