James Madison High School

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🎓 Where grads go

UC admits by campus · Class of 2024

UCSD

15 admitted

8 enrolled

UCSB

6 admitted

UCI

4 admitted

UCD

3 admitted

Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

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University of California outcomes · Class of 2024

UC Reach ⓘ

N/A

(class size est.)

UC Application Reach ⓘ

N/A

118 applications

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

23.7%

28 / 118 applications

In context: CA median 26.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.9% · higher than 35% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

28.6%

8 enrolled of 28 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 ⓘ

N/A

8 enrollees / None seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % 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 (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

N/A

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Total School Enrollment ⓘ

N/A

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.97

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.23

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 James Madison High School

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
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 San Diego	3.92	4.24	+0.32	46.9%	Peers +0.29 · matches
UC Santa Barbara	3.88	4.19	+0.31	40.0%	Peers +0.31 · matches
UC Irvine (2019)	3.99	4.24	+0.25	44.0%	Peers +0.23 · matches
UC Davis (2019)	3.84	4.26	+0.42	31.6%	Peers +0.31 · 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 James Madison High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 11.4 points above what their GPAs predict (36.4% actual vs. 25.0% expected).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2019–2024

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach % (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

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 — 2024

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	16	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.06	—^†
UCLA → Elite	25	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.01	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	32	15	8	46.9%	—	53.3%	3.92	4.24
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	15	6	—^†	40.0%	—	—	3.88	4.19
UC Irvine → Selective	23	4	—^†	17.4%	—	—	4.02	—^†
UC Davis →	7	3	—^†	42.9%	—	—	3.88	—^†

† = 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 requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.

Senior class size is estimated from CDE grade 12 enrollment data. Reach percentages should be interpreted as approximate.

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