Midland School

Los Olivos · Santa Barbara County · Private independent

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Where graduates go, as the school itself publishes it. Midland School publishes where its graduates go (Class of 2025): 15 colleges, including Bowdoin College*, Carnegie Mellon University*, Cornell University*, Dartmouth College*.
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Where graduates go — as published by the school

Midland School publishes where its graduates enrolled (Class of 2025): 15 colleges. See the full list ↓

Admissions at a glance

How hard is it to get into Midland School?

Admissions at Midland School: tuition is $83,900 for 2026-27 and the school serves grades 9–12.

Grades served

9–12

school site

Enrollment

2025 count

Tuition

$83,900

2026-27, school site

Entrance exam

Test-optional (applies via SSAT Standard Application Online); SSAT or ISEE 'highly…

school site

From the school's own admissions pages and public filings. Dates verified Oct 1, 2026; exams verified September 2026. Full calendar: California private-school admissions tracker · entrance exams. More private high schools in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties · Entrance exams in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties

Private high schools near Midland School

Five private high schools within 50 miles of Midland School, with tuition and the exam each requires where the school publishes them.

School	City	Miles	Grades	Tuition	Entrance exam	UC Reach Score
Dunn School	Los Olivos	5.2	6–12		Test-optional: SSAT optional for grades 9-10…	23
Bishop Garcia Diego High School	Santa Barbara	27.3	9–12		Own Entrance Placement Test (9th-grade applicants…	40
Laguna Blanca School	Santa Barbara	28.3	9–12	$45,060	No entrance exam posted	63
Cate School	Carpinteria	41.4	9–12		ISEE or SSAT	51
Oak Grove School	Ojai	50.0	Preschool–12		No entrance exam posted

Distances are straight-line miles between school locations. Tuition and exams are from each school's own admissions pages; see the entrance-exam guide.

Their published matriculation list

Where the Class of 2025 enrolled

Midland School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 15 colleges, in the document's own order.

Ivy+ and most selective · 2

Cornell University* · Dartmouth College*

University of California · 2

UC Berkeley* · UC Davis

Cal State · 1

Cal Poly*

Other California · 1

Scripps College

Out of state · 8

Arizona State University · Bowdoin College* · Carnegie Mellon University* · College of Charleston · Fort Lewis College · Syracuse University · University of Vermont · University of Washington

Not matched to a college page · 1

Santa Barbara City College

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The school down the road: Dunn School

College	Midland School	Dunn School
Boston University	—	✓ named
Brown University	—	✓ named
Carnegie Mellon University*	✓ named	✓ named
Cornell University*	✓ named	—
Dartmouth College*	✓ named	—
Duke University	—	✓ named
Northeastern University	—	✓ named
Princeton University	—	✓ named
Purdue University	—	✓ named
Rice University	—	✓ named
Stanford University	—	✓ named
UC Berkeley*	✓ named	✓ named

Both schools print names, not counts, so this shows which selective colleges each list names.

As the document prints them

Arizona State University Bowdoin College* Cal Poly* Carnegie Mellon University* College of Charleston Cornell University* Dartmouth College* Fort Lewis College Santa Barbara City College Scripps College Syracuse University UC Berkeley* UC Davis University of Vermont University of Washington

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

70 (2020) → 71 (2025)

+1.4%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

15 (2020) → 18 (2025)

+20.0%

If this trend holds (-0.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~71	+0	$0
3 yr (2028)	~70	-1	$0
5 yr (2030)	~69	-2	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = derived from this school's IRS Form 990 (FY2023) — program-service revenue ÷ enrollment. Edit the figure to match your school.

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Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023

From 12 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.

Total revenue

$8.3M

FY2023

Net assets (endowment + property)

$30.8M

+99.2% since FY2012

Tuition revenue (program)

$5.7M

≈ $80062/student avg

Gifts & grants

$1.3M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 951684072). 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.

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

16 applications

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

— / 16 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of — 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 Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / — seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share 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 (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

N/A

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Total School Enrollment ⓘ

All grades · Private School Affidavit

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.

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.03

GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.

Where Midland School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (30.3% actual vs. 27.6% expected), based on 2024 data.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App) '24	Avg GPA (Adm) '24
UC Berkeley → Elite	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.13	—^†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.99	—^†
UC Davis →	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	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 is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

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

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At a glance

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Midland School is a private high school in Los Olivos, Santa Barbara County, California.

Enrollment was 71 students in 2025, up 1% since 2020.

Midland School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the Class of 2025: 15 colleges. Source: College Acceptance List (Class of 2025).

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

Where do Midland School graduates go to college? Midland School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the Class of 2025: 15 colleges. Source: College Acceptance List (Class of 2025).

How many students attend Midland School? Enrollment was 71 students in 2025, up 1% since 2020.

What is the tuition at Midland School? At Midland School, tuition is $83,900 for 2026-27.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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