John O'connell High School

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Public San Francisco County ~102 seniors

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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How John O'connell High School compares for families

What families should know about John O'connell High School.

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

475 (2018) → 475 (2026)

+0.0%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

118 (2018) → 104 (2026)

-11.9%

If this trend holds (-0.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~473	-2	$0
3 yr (2029)	~469	-6	$0
5 yr (2031)	~464	-11	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

John O'connell High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · San Francisco · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, John O'connell High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #6 of 6): 11% vs. a peer median of 32%.
▸Its UC Reach has slipped 2 points since 2018 — worth watching.
▸Senior-class enrollment is down 12% (118→104 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -3%.

Enrollment projection

475 students (2026)

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~475 projected (2029)

at +0.0%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
John O'connell High School	Public	475	11.3%	-12%
Peer-group median			32.4%	-3%
Gateway High School	Public	475	39.2%	-1%
Raoul Wallenberg Traditional	Public	504	32.4%	-21%
Marshall (thurgood) High	Public	420	—	+15%
City Arts & Leadership Academy	Public	393	—	+33%
Nea Community Learning Center	Public	442	16.0%	+7%
Asawa (ruth) Sf Sch Of The Arts, A Public School	Public	664	—	-10%
Oakland Military Institute, College Preparatory Academy	Public	501	—	-52%
Oceana High School	Public	450	50.7%	-26%
Five Keys Charter (sf Sheriff's)	Public	753	—	+65%
Life Academy High School	Public	434	27.4%	-5%

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. Methodology →

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

N/A

5-year trend

2020 · 3.3% 2024 · 11.3%

UC Application Reach ⓘ

5.9%

6 applications

In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · higher than 0% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

None / 6 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

None enrolled of None 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

None enrollees / 102 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 ⓘ

102

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

460

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.52

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 John O'connell High School

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
UC Irvine	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Davis	Strong shot	Strong shot	Real shot	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 2025.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC Berkeley (2018)	3.63	4.03	+0.40	29.4%	Peers +0.44 · wider
UC Irvine (2018)	3.73	4.01	+0.28	33.3%	Peers +0.39 · wider
UC Davis (2024)	3.65	3.96	+0.30	30.0%	Peers +0.35 · wider

📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)

GPA band	UCB	UCLA	UCSD	UCSB	UCI	UCD
4.00+	17.0%	15.1%	45.2%	62.3%	46.3%	65.9%
3.70–3.99	3.1%	1.6%	9.3%	17.6%	17.0%	31.1%
3.30–3.69	0.8%	0.5%	1.5%	2.8%	2.4%	10.3%
3.00–3.29	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	1.9%
< 3.00	0.7%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.7%

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).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

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 — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.52	—^†

† = 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

A relatively small share of the senior class is entering the UC application pipeline. This may signal limited A-G completion, UC awareness gaps, or counseling capacity constraints. Broadening access is the highest-leverage opportunity for this school.

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.

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