Grauer School

Encinitas · San Diego County · Private independent

Private San Diego County ~23 seniors

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30 UC Reach Score · Above average

A parent's read

The UC pipeline here is real. 7 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 23 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 28% of California high schools.
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Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.

Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC Reach Score

Above average top 25% in California

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

UCLA

4 admitted

Net $12,548/yr avg

Grads earn $82,511 @10yr

UCSD

3 admitted

Net $12,470/yr avg

Grads earn $84,943 @10yr

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How Grauer School compares for families

Above-average college outcomes statewide.

▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 30 — 11 points above the California median of 19. Ahead of 72% of California high schools.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (UC Reach Score 30 vs a 12 median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

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Their published college acceptances

College acceptances

Grauer School The publishes the colleges that admitted its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 193 colleges, in the document's own order.

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

Alabama, University of American University American University of Paris American Academy of the Dramatic Arts, New York Amherst College Arizona State University Arizona, University of ArtCenter College of Design Auburn University Azusa Pacific University Babson College Bard College Barnard College Bates College Bennington College Bentley College Berklee College of Music Biola University Boston College Boston University Bradley University Brandeis University British Columbia, University of Brown University Bryn Mawr College California College of the Arts California Lutheran University California State University, All Campuses Case Western Reserve Univ. Central Florida, University of

and 163 more

Chapman University Chicago, University of Clemson University Colby College Colby-Sawyer College College of Wooster Colorado College Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University, Fort Collins Colorado, University of, Boulder Columbia College, Chicago Columbia University Connecticut College Cornell University Cornish College of the Arts Creighton University Dartmouth College Davidson College DePaul University, Chicago DePauw University Denison College Denver, University of Dominican Univ. of California Drexel University Duke University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Emerson College Emory University ESMOD France Evergreen State College Florida Institute of Technology Fordham University Fort Lewis College Franklin Pierce University Franklin University, Switzerland Georgetown University George Washington University Gonzaga University Grinnell College Hampshire College Harvey Mudd College Haverford College Hawaii Pacific University Hawaii, University of, Manoa High Point University Hofstra University Illinois, University of Indiana University, Bloomington Iowa, University of Iteso University, Mexico Ithaca College Johns Hopkins University Johnson and Wales University Kenyon College Laguna College of Art & Design La Verne, University of Lehigh University Les Roches School, Switzerland Lewis and Clark College Linfield College Long Island University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University, Chicago Lynn University Macalester College Manchester Metropolitan Manhattan School of Music Marquette University Maryland, University of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Services Massachusetts, University of McGill University, Canada Miami, University of Miami University of Ohio Michigan State University Minnesota, University of Montana, University of Mount Holyoke College Naropa University Nebraska, University of Nevada, University of New College of Florida New Mexico, University of New York University North Carolina, University of North Dakota, University of Northeastern University Northern Arizona University Notre Dame, University of Oberlin College Occidental College Ohio State University Oregon State University Oregon, University of Otis College of Art and Design Pacific, University of the Pacific Lutheran University Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Pitzer College Point Loma Nazarene University Portland, University of Prescott College Princeton University Puget Sound, University of Purdue University Quinnipiac University Redlands, University of Reed College Regis College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rice University Rochester Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Royal Agricultural University, UK St. Mary's College of California San Diego State University San Diego, University of San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, University of Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College School of the Art Institute Scripps College Seattle University Simmons College Skidmore College Southern California, University of Southern Methodist University Southern Oregon University St. John's University Stonehill College Suffolk University Swarthmore College Syracuse University Temple University Texas Christian University Texas, University of The New School, New York Trinity College Tufts University Tulane University United States Air Force Academy University of California, All Campuses Utah, University of Vanderbilt University Vassar College Villanova University Wake Forest University Washington State University Washington, University of Washington University, St. Louis Wellesley College Western Washington University Westminster College Westmont College Wheaton College Whitman College Whittier College Willamette University Williams College Wisconsin, University of Xavier University

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Independently verified As published by Grauer School The — The Grauer School Profile 2025-2026 (Grauer_School_Profile_2025-2026_Final.pdf) ↗. Found at: page 4 of 4, section "College Acceptances".

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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 Grauer School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

171 (2020) → 157 (2025)

-8.2%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

27 (2020) → 23 (2025)

-14.8%

If this trend holds (-1.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~155	-2	$0
3 yr (2028)	~150	-7	$0
5 yr (2030)	~145	-12	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = derived from this school's IRS Form 990 (FY2023) — program-service revenue ÷ enrollment. Edit the figure to match your school.

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

We've ranked it #2 of 6 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

Pacific Academy · Escondido Adventist Academy · Army and Navy Academy · Cal Coast Academy · Waldorf School of San Diego High School · Horizon Prep · +4 more

Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023

From 13 years of Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (free public IRS data). The school's tax filings show financial scale, fundraising health, and endowment trajectory — signals that drive board-level conversations about tuition pricing, financial-aid capacity, and capital projects.

Total revenue

$8.1M

FY2023

Net assets (endowment + property)

$20.1M

+487.0% since FY2011

Tuition revenue (program)

$5.7M

≈ $36235/student avg

Gifts & grants

$2.1M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 330708902). Tuition-per-student is total program-service revenue divided by latest enrollment — a rough average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service, etc.); the actual published tuition can differ. Form 990 is filed annually under penalty of perjury, so the financial scale figures are authoritative.

Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Grauer School sent 48 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 14.6% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 30 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 12 points above the California median of 19, higher than 72% of California high schools. The school produces 17.4 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

UC Reach Score 30 ⓘ 7 admits (counted at each UC) / 23 seniors +18 pts above peer median (12) · #2 of 6 similar schools methodology

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
19

Peer median
12

Top 10%
53

This school
30

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CA median 19 Top 10% ≥ 53 This school 30

Higher than 72% of California high schools (1107 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

What this number means

Grauer School's UC Reach Score of 30 is above the California median (19). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53 or higher.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95 — a gap of 65 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Grauer School's UC Reach is higher than 72% of California high schools (1107 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

209

48 applications

Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 2 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.

In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · San Diego Co. Top 10% ≥ 243 · higher than 87% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

14.6%

7 / 48 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.4% · higher than 1% 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 / 23 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) ⓘ

30.4

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.9 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.2 · higher than 79% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

17.4

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 10.2 · higher than 98% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

157

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 ⓘ

4.14

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.32

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 Grauer School

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
UC Santa Barbara	Strong shot	Moderate	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 Santa Barbara	4.10	4.32	+0.22	35.3%	Peers +0.20 · matches
UC Davis	4.12	4.31	+0.20	50.0%	Peers +0.15 · steeper

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 Grauer School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 5.2 points above what their GPAs predict (30.9% actual vs. 25.7% expected), based on 2024 data.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

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) '24	Avg GPA (Adm) '24
UC Berkeley → Elite	9	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.21	—^†
UCLA → Elite	9	4	—^†	44.4%	17	—	4.13	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	9	3	—^†	33.3%	13	—	4.13	—^†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	7	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.10	4.32
UC Irvine → Selective	8	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.19	—^†
UC Davis →	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.12	4.31

† = 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 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.

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 declined meaningfully year-over-year. This should be reviewed in context of applicant volume, GPA trends, course rigor changes, and peer-school performance before drawing conclusions.

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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