Manual Arts Senior High School

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Public Los Angeles County ~258 seniors

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🎓27% UC Reach

📋 At a glance

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Academic signals

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

🎓 Where grads go

27.1% UC Reach — top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2025. Counts each campus admit, so multi-admits count more than once.

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCB

4 admitted

UCLA

9 admitted

7 enrolled

UCSD

15 admitted

UCSB

9 admitted

UCI

15 admitted

UCD

18 admitted

8 enrolled

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

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How Manual Arts Senior High School compares for families

Above-average college outcomes statewide.

▸ Statewide27.1% UC Reach — 9.0 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 69% of California high schools.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (27.1% UC Reach vs 18.9% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

1,039 (2018) → 902 (2026)

-13.2%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

230 (2018) → 216 (2026)

-6.1%

If this trend holds (-1.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~892	-10	$0
3 yr (2029)	~872	-30	$0
5 yr (2031)	~852	-50	$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.

Manual Arts Senior High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Los Angeles · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Manual Arts Senior High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 4): 27% vs. a peer median of 19%.
▸Manual Arts Senior High School's UC Reach has stepped down from a peak of 33% in 2019 to 27% in 2025 — a 6-point decline worth tracking.
▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Manual Arts Senior High School is admitting at roughly +10 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.703) alone would predict (30% actual vs. 20% 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 6% (230→216 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of +10%.
▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. Los Angeles County's senior population shrank 8% over the same window — Manual Arts Senior High School only shrank 6%. So Manual Arts Senior High School picked up about 2 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
▸At its recent rate (-1.8%/yr), enrollment projects to ~855 by 2029 — about 47 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

902 students (2026)

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~855 projected (2029)

at -1.8%/yr

That's about 47 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil 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
Manual Arts Senior High School	Public	902	27.1%	-6%
Peer-group median			18.9%	+10%
Manual Arts Senior High	Public	902	—	-33%
Dr Maya Angelou Community Hs	Public	909	18.8%	+61%
Thirty-Second Street Usc Performing Arts	Public	825	—	-14%
Youthbuild Charter School Of California	Public	881	—	-60%
Los Angeles Senior High School	Public	891	20.2%	+14%
Los Angeles Senior High	Public	891	—	+6%
West Adams Preparatory Hs	Public	799	18.9%	-33%
Augustus Hawkins High	Public	1060	—	+168%
New Open World Academy K-12	Public	791	—	+17%
Girls Academic Leadership Academy, Dr. Michelle King School For Sci, Tech, Eng And Math	Public	712	—	+84%

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 →

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Manual Arts Senior High School sent 233 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 30.0% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 27.1% — 9.0 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 69% of California high schools. The school produces 5.0 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

27%

70 admits / 258 seniors
+8.2 pp above peer median (18.9%) · Ranked #1 of 4 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 17.0% 2025 · 27.1%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.1%

Top 10%
51.2%

This school
27.1%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 27.1%

Higher than 69% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Manual Arts Senior High School's UC Reach of 27.1% 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 70 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Manual Arts Senior High School's UC Reach is higher than 69% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

90.3%

233 applications

In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252.0% · higher than 58% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

30.0%

70 / 233 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 68% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

21.4%

15 enrolled of 70 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 ⓘ

5.8%

15 enrollees / 258 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.

UC 6-Yr Grad Rate ⓘ

67%

54% finished in 4 yrs · N=33 entered 2019

In context: CA median 88.6% · -21.9 pp vs. median.

Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD) ⓘ

20.2

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 64% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

5.0

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.3 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 9.7 · higher than 68% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

258

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

1,001

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.70

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.01

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 Manual Arts Senior 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
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

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 (2021)	3.68	4.09	+0.41	25.9%	Peers +0.43 · matches
UCLA	3.69	4.13	+0.43	14.8%	Peers +0.46 · matches
UC San Diego	3.64	4.04	+0.39	35.7%	Peers +0.44 · wider
UC Santa Barbara	3.61	4.05	+0.44	34.6%	Peers +0.42 · matches
UC Irvine	3.72	4.03	+0.32	27.8%	Peers +0.39 · wider
UC Davis	3.72	3.87	+0.16	66.7%	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).

Where Manual Arts Senior High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 9.9 points above what their GPAs predict (30.0% actual vs. 20.2% expected).

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	23	4	—^†	17.4%	1.6%	—	3.89	—^†
UCLA → Elite	61	9	7	14.8%	3.5%	77.8%	3.69	4.13
UC San Diego → Selective	42	15	—^†	35.7%	5.8%	—	3.64	4.04
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	26	9	—^†	34.6%	3.5%	—	3.61	4.05
UC Irvine → Selective	54	15	—^†	27.8%	5.8%	—	3.72	4.03
UC Davis →	27	18	8	66.7%	7.0%	44.4%	3.72	3.87

† = 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 large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.

A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.

Students are earning UC admission but enrolling elsewhere at a notable rate. This may reflect competition from private colleges, out-of-state flagships, cost considerations, or UC campus fit. Student outcome surveys can clarify.

The school generates broad UC access, but fewer students are reaching the most selective UC campuses (UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCI). Targeted academic enrichment and campus-fit advising may help.

Berkeley/UCLA admit volume is modest relative to overall UC reach. This is common and reflects the highly selective nature of those campuses, but may be a target area for the school's highest-performing students.

UC Reach has improved meaningfully compared to the prior year — a positive trajectory worth monitoring and reinforcing.

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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