Excelsior School

Q: How many students from Excelsior School got into a UC?

In 2024 its students filed 20 UC applications and received 7 offers, a UC admit rate of 35.0% (counted at each campus).

Q: Where do Excelsior School graduates go to college?

Excelsior School publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the not stated: 16 colleges. Source: Excelsior School - Academics, University Acceptances.

Q: How many students attend Excelsior School?

Enrollment was 72 students in 2025, up 132% since 2020.

Pasadena · Los Angeles County · Private independent

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Where graduates go, as the school itself publishes it. Excelsior School publishes where its graduates go (not stated): 16 colleges, including Brown University, Columbia University, University of Southern California, New York University.
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Where graduates go — as published by the school

Excelsior School publishes the colleges its graduates attend (not stated): 16 colleges. See the full list ↓

Private high schools near Excelsior School

Five private high schools within 4 miles of Excelsior School, with tuition and the exam each requires where the school publishes them.

School	City	Miles	Grades	Tuition	Entrance exam	UC Reach Score
Polytechnic School	Pasadena	2.7	K–12	$51,700	School's own assessment	52
La Salle High School	Pasadena	2.9	9–12	$33,912	HSPT, ISEE or SSAT	42
Maranatha High School	Pasadena	3.0	9–12	$29,200	ISEE — required only for merit-scholarship…	46
Sequoyah School	Pasadena	3.2	K–12		No entrance exam posted	25
Mayfield Senior School	Pasadena	3.8	9–12	$39,300	No entrance exam posted	68

Distances are straight-line miles between school locations. Tuition and exams are from each school's own admissions pages; see the entrance-exam guide.

Their published college list

Colleges the school lists for its graduates

Excelsior School publishes a list of colleges for its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 16 colleges, in the document's own order.

The document does not state a class year for this list.

Ivy+ and most selective · 2

Brown University · Columbia University

University of California · 5

University of California Berkeley · University of California Irvine · University of California Los Angeles · University of California Riverside · University of California Santa Barbara

Cal State · 1

Cal Poly Pomona

Other California · 2

University of Southern California · Pepperdine University

Out of state · 6

University of Colorado · Pennsylvania State University · New York University · Michigan State University · The Ohio State University · University of Rochester

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Any college:

The school down the road: Southwestern Academy

College	Excelsior School	Southwestern Academy
Brown University	✓ named	—
Columbia University	✓ named	—
New York University	✓ named	✓ named
University of California Berkeley	✓ named	✓ named
University of California Los Angeles	✓ named	—
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	—	✓ named
University of Michigan	—	✓ named
University of Southern California	✓ named	—
University of Virginia	—	✓ named
University of Washington	—	✓ named

Both schools print names, not counts, so this shows which selective colleges each list names.

As the document prints them

Brown University Columbia University University of California Berkeley University of California Irvine University of California Los Angeles University of California Riverside University of California Santa Barbara University of Southern California University of Colorado Cal Poly Pomona Pennsylvania State University New York University Michigan State University The Ohio State University University of Rochester Pepperdine University

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Independently verified As published by Excelsior School — Excelsior School - Academics, University Acceptances ↗. Found at: Academics page, 'UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES' section.

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Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC admits by campus · Class of 2024

UCI

3 admitted

Net $14,251/yr avg

Grads earn $80,735 @10yr

UCD

4 admitted

Net $14,741/yr avg

Grads earn $80,838 @10yr

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How Excelsior School compares for families

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

31 (2020) → 72 (2025)

+132.3%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

10 (2020) → 21 (2025)

+110.0%

If this trend holds (+11.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~80	+8	$0
3 yr (2028)	~100	+28	$0
5 yr (2030)	~124	+52	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = typical CA independent day schools ($25k–55k). Edit the figure to match your school.

How does Excelsior School really compare on getting kids to college?

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UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

20 applications

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

35.0%

7 / 20 applications

In context: CA median 26.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.7% · higher than 82% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of 7 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 / — 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.

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 ⓘ

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 ⓘ

3.91

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 Excelsior School

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
UC Irvine	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	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 Irvine (2018)	3.65	3.70	+0.05	66.7%	Peers +0.44 · 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).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2024

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 — 2024

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UCLA → Elite	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UC San Diego → Selective	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.91	—^†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.91	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	5	3	—^†	60.0%	—	—	3.91	—^†
UC Davis →	5	4	—^†	80.0%	—	—	3.91	—^†

† = 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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Excelsior School is a private high school in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California.

In 2024 its students filed 20 UC applications and received 7 offers, a UC admit rate of 35.0% (counted at each campus).

Enrollment was 72 students in 2025, up 132% since 2020.

Excelsior School publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the not stated: 16 colleges. Source: Excelsior School - Academics, University Acceptances.

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 Excelsior School got into a UC? In 2024 its students filed 20 UC applications and received 7 offers, a UC admit rate of 35.0% (counted at each campus).

Where do Excelsior School graduates go to college? Excelsior School publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the not stated: 16 colleges. Source: Excelsior School - Academics, University Acceptances.

How many students attend Excelsior School? Enrollment was 72 students in 2025, up 132% since 2020.

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

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