El Molino High School

Q: How many students from El Molino High School got into a UC?

In 2021 its students filed 59 UC applications and received 16 offers, a UC admit rate of 27.1% (counted at each campus); 3 enrolled.

Q: Which UC campus do El Molino High School graduates attend most?

More of El Molino High School's graduates enrolled at UC Davis than at any other UC campus (3 in 2021).

Q: How many students attend El Molino High School?

Enrollment was 7 students in 2020, down 42% since 2018.

Forestville · Sonoma County · Public

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Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC admits by campus · Class of 2021

UCSD

3 admitted

Net $12,470/yr avg

Grads earn $84,943 @10yr

UCSB

4 admitted

Net $16,109/yr avg

Grads earn $74,915 @10yr

UCD

9 admitted

3 enrolled

Net $14,741/yr avg

Grads earn $80,838 @10yr

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

12 (2018) → 7 (2020)

-41.7%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

1 (2018) → 2 (2020)

+100.0%

How does El Molino High School really compare on getting kids to college?

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

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UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

59 applications

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

27.1%

16 / 59 applications

In context: CA median 26.8% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.9% · higher than 52% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

18.8%

3 enrolled of 16 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

3 enrollees / — 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.

UC 6-Yr Grad Rate ⓘ

Kids from here finish what they start: 95% of its UC entrants earn the degree within six years — above the norm for CA schools.

95%

80% finished in 4 yrs · N=20 entered 2006

In context: CA median 85.1% · +9.9 pp above.

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

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

N/A

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Total School Enrollment ⓘ

N/A

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.89

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.04

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 El Molino High School

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
UC San Diego	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	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 2021.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC San Diego (2020)	4.08	4.18	+0.10	50.0%	Peers +0.20 · wider
UC Santa Barbara (2019)	3.88	4.25	+0.37	27.8%	Peers +0.31 · steeper
UC Davis	3.84	4.04	+0.19	69.2%	Peers +0.29 · wider

Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2021 (for reference)

GPA band	UCB	UCLA	UCSD	UCSB	UCI	UCD
4.00+	22.2%	18.3%	59.0%	54.0%	46.3%	74.4%
3.70–3.99	5.2%	1.9%	16.7%	10.0%	22.9%	37.9%
3.30–3.69	1.9%	0.9%	3.0%	2.6%	9.8%	19.0%
3.00–3.29	0.6%	0.4%	0.6%	0.8%	0.7%	8.2%
< 3.00	0.6%	0.4%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%	2.2%

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 El Molino High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 13.3 points above what their GPAs predict (43.2% actual vs. 29.9% expected).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2021

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 — 2021

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	11	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.76	—^†
UCLA → Elite	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.03	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	9	3	—^†	33.3%	—	—	4.06	—^†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	15	4	—^†	26.7%	—	—	3.94	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.68	—^†
UC Davis →	13	9	3	69.2%	—	33.3%	3.84	4.04

† = 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

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.

Senior class size is estimated from CDE grade 12 enrollment data. Reach percentages should be interpreted as approximate.

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At a glance

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El Molino High School is a public high school in Forestville, Sonoma County, California.

In 2021 its students filed 59 UC applications and received 16 offers, a UC admit rate of 27.1% (counted at each campus); 3 enrolled.

More of its graduates enrolled at UC Davis than at any other UC campus (3 in 2021).

Of its graduates who enrolled at a UC, 95% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2006).

Enrollment was 7 students in 2020, down 42% since 2018.

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

How many students from El Molino High School got into a UC? In 2021 its students filed 59 UC applications and received 16 offers, a UC admit rate of 27.1% (counted at each campus); 3 enrolled.

Which UC campus do El Molino High School graduates attend most? More of El Molino High School's graduates enrolled at UC Davis than at any other UC campus (3 in 2021).

How many students attend El Molino High School? Enrollment was 7 students in 2020, down 42% since 2018.

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