Idyllwild Arts Academy
Idyllwild · Riverside County · Private independent
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- 📚 14 AP courses offered (school profile)
- 🏆 3 National Merit Semifinalists last year
- 📝 SAT avg 1310 (25-75: 1240–1380)
- 📝 ACT avg 29.0 (25-75: 27–31)
- 📚 AP exam pass rate 83.0% (avg score 4.0)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
🎓 Where grads go
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How Idyllwild Arts Academy compares for families
Mid-pack college outcomes within California.
- ▸ Statewide22.5% UC Reach — right around the California median of 18.1%.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsRight at the peer median (20.0% UC Reach) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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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 Idyllwild Arts Academy's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-2.9%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~265 | -8 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~250 | -23 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~235 | -38 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
Idyllwild Arts Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · secular · Idyllwild · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Idyllwild Arts Academy sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #3 of 5): 22% vs. a peer median of 20%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 7 points since 2020.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 6% (84→89 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of -3%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-2.8%/yr), enrollment projects to ~251 by 2028 — about 22 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 22 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.
Estimate seeded by nonsectarian private school typical — CA independent day schools typical $25k–55k. NCES doesn't publish per-school tuition; adjust to your school's actual figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idyllwild Arts Academy | Private · secular | 273 | 22.5% | +6% |
| Peer-group median | 20.0% | -3% | ||
| Palm Valley School | Private · secular | 216 | — | -17% |
| Army and Navy Academy | Private · secular | 272 | 23.3% | -22% |
| Mesa Grande Academy | Private · Other religious | 320 | — | +62% |
| Cornerstone Christian School | Private · Other religious | 299 | — | -92% |
| Fairmont San Juan Capistrano | Private · secular | 374 | — | +0% |
| The Webb Schools | Private · secular | 401 | 143.6% | -6% |
| Foothills Christian Hs | Private · Other religious | 263 | 5.0% | +28% |
| Calvary Baptist Schools | Private · Other religious | 287 | — | +91% |
| South Hills Academy | Private · Other religious | 258 | 16.7% | -52% |
| Horizon Prep | Private · Other religious | 309 | — | +100% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type, and religious orientation. Methodology →
Idyllwild Arts Academy sent 71 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 28.2% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 22.5% — 4.4 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 61% of California high schools. The school produces 5.6 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
+2.5 pp above peer median (20.0%) · Ranked #3 of 5 similar schools
18.1%
51.2%
22.5%
Higher than 61% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Idyllwild Arts Academy's UC Reach of 22.5% is above the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 75 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Idyllwild Arts Academy's UC Reach is higher than 61% of California high schools (978 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 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 |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego (2022) | 3.90 | 4.17 | +0.27 | 33.3% | Peers +0.30 · matches |
| UC Santa Barbara (2023) | 3.83 | 4.15 | +0.32 | 38.5% | Peers +0.33 · matches |
| UC Irvine (2021) | 3.80 | 3.91 | +0.11 | 46.7% | Peers +0.35 · 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 Idyllwild Arts Academy sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (24.4% actual vs. 20.0% expected), based on 2024 data.
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) '24 | Avg GPA (Adm) '24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41.7% | 5.6% | 60.0% | 4.03 | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 19 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.88 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 13 | 5 | —† | 38.5% | 5.6% | — | 3.81 | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 12 | 3 | —† | 25.0% | 3.4% | — | 3.92 | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 8 | 3 | —† | 37.5% | 3.4% | — | 3.82 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 7 | 4 | —† | 57.1% | 4.5% | — | — | —† |