Laguna Blanca School
Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara County · Private independent
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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 Laguna Blanca School compares for families
One of California's strongest schools for college outcomes.
- ▸ Statewide63.0% UC Reach — 44.9 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 95% of California high schools.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (63.0% UC Reach vs 40.3% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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No SBAC data for private schools — and that's not the metric you want anyway
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 Laguna Blanca School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+3.4%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~428 | +14 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~457 | +43 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~489 | +75 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
Laguna Blanca School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · secular · Santa Barbara · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Laguna Blanca School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #3 of 10): 63% vs. a peer median of 40%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 3 points since 2020.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Laguna Blanca School is admitting at roughly +13 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.956) alone would predict (35% actual vs. 23% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 4% (48→46 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of -1%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+3.2%/yr); projects to ~456 by 2028.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Blanca School | Private · secular | 414 | 63.0% | -4% |
| Peer-group median | 40.3% | -1% | ||
| Cate School | Private · secular | 306 | 50.7% | -3% |
| Bishop Garcia Diego High Sch | Private · Catholic | 278 | 40.3% | +13% |
| Ojai Valley School | Private · secular | 307 | 38.1% | -16% |
| Archer School for Girls | Private · secular | 484 | 45.1% | -10% |
| Saint Bonaventure High School | Private · Catholic | 412 | 36.4% | -31% |
| Dunn School | Private · secular | 219 | 22.6% | -26% |
| New Roads School | Private · secular | 545 | 64.6% | +4% |
| Marlborough School | Private · secular | 546 | 64.0% | +29% |
| Oak Grove School | Private · secular | 212 | — | +260% |
| Thacher School the | Private · secular | 257 | 24.6% | +2% |
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 →
Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023
From 13 years of Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (free public IRS data). The school's tax filings show financial scale, fundraising health, and endowment trajectory — signals that drive board-level conversations about tuition pricing, financial-aid capacity, and capital projects.
Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 951641448). View latest 990 PDF → Tuition-per-student is total program-service revenue divided by latest enrollment — a rough average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service, etc.); the actual published tuition can differ. Form 990 is filed annually under penalty of perjury, so the financial scale figures are authoritative.
Laguna Blanca School sent 106 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 27.4% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 63.0% — 44.9 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 95% of California high schools. The school produces 8.7 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
+22.7 pp above peer median (40.3%) · Ranked #3 of 10 similar schools
18.1%
40.3%
51.2%
63.0%
Higher than 95% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Laguna Blanca School's UC Reach of 63.0% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (51.2%) — meaning roughly 63 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.
Against similar schools, Laguna Blanca School stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 40.3%.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 34 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Laguna Blanca School's UC Reach is higher than 95% 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 Berkeley | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out | Filtered out |
| UCLA | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out | Filtered out |
| 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 |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 3.99 | 4.15 | +0.16 | 33.3% | Peers +0.23 · wider |
| UCLA (2020) | 4.11 | 4.25 | +0.14 | 30.0% | Peers +0.21 · wider |
| UC San Diego | 3.94 | 4.19 | +0.25 | 39.1% | Peers +0.28 · matches |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.94 | 4.24 | +0.29 | 38.5% | Peers +0.28 · matches |
| UC Irvine (2020) | 4.03 | 4.07 | +0.04 | 41.7% | Peers +0.18 · wider |
| UC Davis (2019) | 3.88 | 4.19 | +0.30 | 46.2% | Peers +0.30 · matches |
📊 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 Laguna Blanca School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 12.6 points above what their GPAs predict (35.4% actual vs. 22.8% 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 | 21 | 4 | —† | 19.0% | 8.7% | — | 3.99 | 4.15 |
| UCLA → Elite | 20 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.02 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 19 | 7 | —† | 36.8% | 15.2% | — | 3.94 | 4.19 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 17 | 6 | —† | 35.3% | 13.0% | — | 3.94 | 4.24 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 15 | 5 | —† | 33.3% | 10.9% | — | 3.89 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 14 | 7 | —† | 50.0% | 15.2% | — | 4.00 | —† |