Davis School Independent Study

Davis · Yolo County · Public

Public Yolo County ~26 seniors CDS 5772678…

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Top 10% Math · Top 25% ELA · SBAC (CA)

A parent's read

About 3 in 4 students read and write at grade level. On the state's own 11th-grade test, 75% met or exceeded the college-readiness bar — the top quarter of California high schools (statewide: 54%).
Worth asking about: attendance. 43% of students are chronically absent — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement; absenteeism is usually the earliest warning light.

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Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC Reach Score

Below the CA median below the state median

Top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2025 — counts each campus admit, so a student admitted to several UCs counts more than once (which is why a strong school can score over 100).

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCB

3 admitted

Net $13,481/yr avg

Grads earn $92,446 @10yr

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Real college outcomes data available below.

▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 12 — 7 points below the California median of 19.
▸ Locally📘 Top 10 in Yolo County on ELA proficiency — plus 1 more top-rank.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsRight at the peer median (UC Reach Score 11) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

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SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

About 3 in 4 students read and write at grade level — the top quarter of California high schools.

About 6 in 10 students do math at grade level — the top 10% of California high schools.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 12

75.0%

incl. 58.3% exceeded

+22.2 pts above Yolo County median (52.8%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 12

58.3%

incl. 41.7% exceeded

★ Top 10% CA

+37.9 pts above Yolo County median (20.4%) · CA median 21.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

White 46% -11.9

Hispanic / Latino 30% +6.3

Two or more 12% +4.8

Asian 5% +1.3

Black / African Am. 4%

American Indian 1%

Not reported 1%

Program subgroups

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

43% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

42.6%

49 of 115 students

Absenteeism is up 3.6 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Yolo County median

20.8% · school is worse than 73% of 15 HS

Statewide median

22.8%

Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

145 (2024) → 139 (2026)

-4.1%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

32 (2024) → 27 (2026)

-15.6%

If this trend holds (-2.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~136	-3	$0
3 yr (2029)	~130	-9	$0
5 yr (2031)	~125	-14	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

How does Davis School Independent Study really compare on getting kids to college?

We've ranked it #2 of 3 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.

The full head-to-head table — every peer school's UC Reach, side by side.

Enrollment trend + 3-year projection — is this school growing or quietly shrinking?

The plain-English read on what it all means for your family.

Your similar-school group includes

Cache Creek High (continuation) · New Technology High · American Legion High (continuation) · Health Professions High School · King (martin Luther) High (continuation) · Delta High · +4 more

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Yolo County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

58% of students who start the year finish it here — more churn than most CA schools. Ask what's behind the turnover.

Critical

Bleeding from both ends.

Enrollment down 15.6% vs. county -9.4%, AND stability (58.0%) below the county median. Fewer families are choosing the school, and the ones who do aren't staying through year-end. Chronic absenteeism is also at 33.2% (up -5.8 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-15.6% senior class, grade 12 (2024–2026)

-9.4% Yolo County baseline

-6.2pp gap vs. county

58.0% retention (county median 90.9%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2024

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

58.0%

69 of 119 students

50 of 119 students who enrolled at Davis School Independent Study this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (42.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Yolo County median

90.9% · school is in the 27th percentile of 15 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 20th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

White (105) 64.8%

Socio. disadvantaged (75) 40.0%

Hispanic / Latino (42) 35.7%

Students w/ disabilities (24) 45.8%

Two or more races (21) 42.9%

Nearest peer high schools

Cache Creek High (continuation) 49.0% New Technology High 80.0% American Legion High (continuation) 26.8% Health Professions High School 82.8% King (martin Luther) High (continuation) 31.5%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Davis School Independent Study sent 5 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 60.0% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 12 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 7 points below the California median of 19, higher than 23% of California high schools. The school produces 11.5 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

UC Reach Score 12 ⓘ 3 admits (counted at each UC) / 26 seniors On the peer median (11) · #2 of 3 similar schools methodology

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
19

Peer median
11

Top 10%
53

This school
12

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CA median 19 Top 10% ≥ 53 This school 12

Higher than 23% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

What this number means

Davis School Independent Study's UC Reach Score of 12 is below the California median (19). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53 or higher.

Overall, Davis School Independent Study's UC Reach is higher than 23% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

5 applications

In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · higher than 2% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

60.0%

3 / 5 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.4% · higher than 99% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of 3 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 Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 26 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share 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.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Only 4 in 10 graduates finish the courses UC and CSU require — below the state norm. Worth asking how course access and planning work here.

39%

12 of 31 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · -17.2 pp vs. median · Yolo Co. 42.5%.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

11.5

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 16.0 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.2 · higher than 32% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

11.5

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 10.2 · higher than 93% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

124

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.12

UC Outcomes Trend — 2021–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	5	3	—^†	60.0%	12	—	4.12	—^†

† = 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 is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

A relatively small share of the senior class is entering the UC application pipeline. This may signal limited A-G completion, UC awareness gaps, or counseling capacity constraints. Broadening access is the highest-leverage opportunity for this school.

Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

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At a glance

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Davis School Independent Study is a public high school in Davis, Yolo County, California with 26 seniors in the Class of 2025.

Its UC Reach Score is 12 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 3 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 26, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 23% of California high schools.

In 2025 its students filed 5 UC applications and received 3 offers, a UC admit rate of 60.0% (counted at each campus).

39% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).

Enrollment was 139 students in 2026, down 4% since 2024.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

What is Davis School Independent Study's UC Reach Score? Davis School Independent Study's UC Reach Score is 12 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 3 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 26, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 23% of California high schools.

How many students from Davis School Independent Study got into a UC? In 2025 its students filed 5 UC applications and received 3 offers, a UC admit rate of 60.0% (counted at each campus).

What percentage of Davis School Independent Study graduates complete the A-G requirements? 39% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).

How many students attend Davis School Independent Study? Enrollment was 139 students in 2026, down 4% since 2024.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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