Hoover High

• ▸On UC Reach Score, Hoover High sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #8 of 11): 18 vs. a peer median of 20.
• ▸Hoover High's UC Reach Score has declined meaningfully from a peak of 30 in 2018 to 18 in 2025 — a 11-point drop that warrants attention. Multi-year UC Reach declines of this size often signal something specific (leadership change, comp-program shift, demographic move) rather than year-to-year noise. This is the kind of trajectory an Enrollment Trend Audit unpacks.
• ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 1% (478→474 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -4%.
• ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. San Diego County's senior population shrank 7% over the same window — Hoover High only shrank 1%. So Hoover High picked up about 6 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
• ▸At its recent rate (-1.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1800 by 2029 — about 78 fewer students than today.

Most similar nearby schools

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Reach — by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology

Scan for full profile