Head-Royce School the
Oakland · Alameda County · Private independent
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The Nueva School → Saint Mary's College High Scho → Quarry Lane School → Bishop Odowd High School → Carondelet High School → Compare all similar →A parent's read
- The UC pipeline here is real. 60 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 100 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 6% of California high schools.
- Kids here turn down top UCs. Students admitted to Berkeley and UCLA from this school often enroll somewhere even more selective — a pattern seen only at schools whose graduates have elite options beyond the UC system.
- A deeply UC-focused culture. Seniors here file about 4.5 UC applications each — among the most UC-oriented schools in California. The counseling office lives and breathes this system.
- Elite admits are rare — here and everywhere. Berkeley and UCLA admitted 18 of this class's 454 UC applications. The strong middle campuses — San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis — are where most real UC outcomes happen.
- One question for any counselor: who should still test? Plenty of strong students skip the SAT/ACT now — but merit scholarships at dozens of colleges still key off scores. Ask how the school decides who should still sit for one.
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 admits by campus · Class of 2025
Getting in is step one. The cost above is the average aid-receiving family's net price — yours depends on whether you qualify for aid — and your child's odds depend on their GPA + scores. See your family's real numbers at these campuses:
Get my child's odds + our real costs →Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How Head-Royce School the compares for families
Top-tier college outcomes for California families.
- ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 60 — 41 points above the California median of 19. Ahead of 94% of California high schools.
- ▸ Locally🎓 Top 9 in Alameda County on UC Reach — plus 1 more top-rank.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsRight at the peer median (UC Reach Score 59) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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Where their graduates enrolled
Head-Royce School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 108 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.
Years, as the document states them
(2021–25)
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These graduates went on to the colleges above.
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Independently verified As published by Head-Royce School — Head-Royce College Admissions (2021-25) ↗. Found at: PDF, single page, linked as 'View our College List' from /academics/college-counseling.
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 Head-Royce School the's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+0.2%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~904 | +2 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~907 | +5 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~910 | +8 | $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 Head-Royce School the really compare on getting kids to college?
We've ranked it #6 of 11 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.
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The Nueva School · Saint Mary's College High Scho · Quarry Lane School · Bishop Odowd High School · Carondelet High School · Menlo School · +4 more
Head-Royce School the sent 454 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 13.2% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 60 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 41 points above the California median of 19, higher than 94% of California high schools. The school produces 18.0 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
Head-Royce School the earns admission to the six most selective UC campuses at a high rate (60 UC Reach Score), yet only about 33% of its Berkeley and UCLA admits go on to enroll there — well below the roughly 60% statewide. High admit rates paired with low enrollment at the very top UCs is the data signature of a class with options even more selective than the UCs — the kind of student who turns down Berkeley or UCLA only for a college even harder to get into.
An honest read of what the data holds: admissions and enrollment counts, not destinations. We don't track where any student enrolled, so this is a signature consistent with more-selective choices — not a claim about specific colleges. We measure Berkeley and UCLA together and against the statewide rate, so it isn't just a student picking a different UC (which would lower one campus's yield without leaving the system). Class of 2025, University of California Office of the President.
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Higher than 94% of California high schools (1107 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Head-Royce School the's UC Reach Score of 60 clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53) — meaning roughly 60 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95 — a gap of 35 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Head-Royce School the's UC Reach is higher than 94% of California high schools (1107 ranked).
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.
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.
| 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 San Diego | Strong shot | Real shot | Long odds | 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 |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 4.10 | 4.20 | +0.10 | 22.7% | Peers +0.18 · wider |
| UCLA | 4.11 | 4.28 | +0.17 | 8.8% | Peers +0.21 · wider |
| UC San Diego | 4.10 | 4.24 | +0.14 | 22.4% | Peers +0.20 · wider |
| UC Santa Barbara | 4.09 | 4.27 | +0.18 | 24.1% | Peers +0.20 · matches |
| UC Irvine | 4.08 | 4.13 | +0.05 | 21.7% | Peers +0.16 · wider |
| UC Davis | 4.09 | 4.20 | +0.11 | 25.4% | 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% |
Where Head-Royce School the sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (20.6% actual vs. 22.7% expected), based on 2024 data.
UC Outcomes Trend — 2024–2025
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 | 74 | 10 | 3 | 13.5% | 10 | 30.0% | 4.10 | 4.20 |
| UCLA → Elite | 84 | 8 | 3 | 9.5% | 8 | 37.5% | 4.11 | 4.28 |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 82 | 9 | —† | 11.0% | 9 | — | 4.10 | 4.24 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 79 | 8 | —† | 10.1% | 8 | — | 4.09 | 4.27 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 68 | 10 | —† | 14.7% | 10 | — | 4.08 | 4.13 |
| UC Davis → | 67 | 15 | —† | 22.4% | 15 | — | 4.09 | 4.20 |
What This Means
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