Kipp King Collegiate High Sch
San Lorenzo · Alameda County · Public
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- The UC pipeline here is real. 91 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 158 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 6% of California high schools.
- Almost all graduates leave eligible for UC and CSU. 100% finish the A-G courses California's universities require before a student can even apply — most California schools manage about 6 in 10.
- Families don't leave. 94% of students who start the year here finish it here — top-tier retention statewide. Kids stay; that tells you something no test score does.
- Elite admits are rare — here and everywhere. Berkeley and UCLA admitted 14 of this class's 399 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 family's net price — yours depends on your income — 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 net price →Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How Kipp King Collegiate High Sch compares for families
Top-tier college outcomes for California families.
- ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 58 — 40 points above the California median of 18. Ahead of 94% of California high schools.
- ▸ Locally🎓 Top 9 in Alameda County on UC Reach — plus 1 more top-rank.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (UC Reach Score 58 vs a 27 median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025
Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.
Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.
Student composition — 2025-26
HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.
Race / ethnicity
Program subgroups
Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.
Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25
Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.
Absenteeism is up 11.0 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+0.8%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~677 | +6 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~688 | +17 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~700 | +29 | $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.
How does Kipp King Collegiate High Sch really compare on getting kids to college?
We've ranked it #1 of 7 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.
Your similar-school group includes
Impact Academy Of Arts & Technology · Madison Park Academy 6-12 · Castlemont High School · Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public · Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori · San Lorenzo High School · +4 more
Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25
Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Alameda County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Kipp King Collegiate High Sch outperformed Alameda County on enrollment (school +40.4% vs. county +0.6%) AND maintains 94.2% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.
40 of 685 students who enrolled at Kipp King Collegiate High Sch this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (5.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.
Kipp King Collegiate High Sch sent 399 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 22.8% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 58 — 40 points above the California median of 18, higher than 94% of California high schools. The school produces 8.9 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
+31 pts above peer median (27) · Ranked #1 of 7 similar schools
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Higher than 94% of California high schools (980 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Kipp King Collegiate High Sch's UC Reach Score of 58 clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (51) — meaning roughly 57 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.
Against similar schools, Kipp King Collegiate High Sch stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 27.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97 — a gap of 40 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Kipp King Collegiate High Sch's UC Reach is higher than 94% of California high schools (980 ranked).
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 | Moderate | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Santa Barbara | Strong shot | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Irvine | Strong shot | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Davis | Strong shot | Strong shot | Real shot | Filtered out |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 3.96 | 4.24 | +0.28 | 9.4% | Peers +0.25 · matches |
| UCLA | 4.03 | 4.23 | +0.20 | 9.0% | Peers +0.25 · wider |
| UC San Diego | 3.95 | 4.27 | +0.32 | 27.9% | Peers +0.29 · matches |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.91 | 4.27 | +0.36 | 28.6% | Peers +0.31 · steeper |
| UC Irvine | 3.99 | 4.22 | +0.23 | 15.5% | Peers +0.22 · matches |
| UC Davis | 3.94 | 4.19 | +0.25 | 50.7% | Peers +0.23 · matches |
📊 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% |
Where Kipp King Collegiate High Sch sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (22.8% actual vs. 21.0% expected).
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 Score | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 85 | 8 | 7 | 9.4% | 5 | 87.5% | 3.96 | 4.24 |
| UCLA → Elite | 67 | 6 | —† | 9.0% | 4 | — | 4.03 | 4.23 |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 61 | 17 | 6 | 27.9% | 11 | 35.3% | 3.95 | 4.27 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 42 | 12 | —† | 28.6% | 8 | — | 3.91 | 4.27 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 71 | 11 | —† | 15.5% | 7 | — | 3.99 | 4.22 |
| UC Davis → | 73 | 37 | 10 | 50.7% | 23 | 27.0% | 3.94 | 4.19 |
What This Means
For School Admins
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