Monte Vista Christian Hs
Watsonville · Santa Cruz County · Religious-affiliated
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- The UC pipeline here is real. 49 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 121 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 16% of California high schools.
- Elite admits are rare — here and everywhere. Berkeley and UCLA admitted 3 of this class's 150 UC applications. The strong middle campuses — San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis — are where most real UC outcomes happen.
- Most grads aim beyond the UC system. Seniors file only ~1.2 UC applications each — families here mostly target CSU, private, or out-of-state colleges, so judge this school on more than its UC numbers.
- 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.
📋 At a glance
- 📝 SAT avg 1209
Composed from the school's own published profile (2022), and other public data. Full breakdowns 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 Monte Vista Christian Hs compares for families
Above-average college outcomes statewide.
- ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 40 — 22 points above the California median of 18. Ahead of 84% of California high schools.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (UC Reach Score 40 vs a 53 median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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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 Monte Vista Christian Hs's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+0.3%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~838 | +2 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~842 | +6 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~847 | +11 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
How does Monte Vista Christian Hs really compare on getting kids to college?
We've ranked it #7 of 9 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
Basis Independent Silicon Vall · Oakwood School · Palma High School · Presentation High School · Ripon Christian High School · The Kings Academy · +4 more
Monte Vista Christian Hs sent 150 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 32.7% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 40 — 22 points above the California median of 18, higher than 84% of California high schools. The school produces 2.5 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
-13 pts vs. peer median (53) · Ranked #7 of 9 similar schools
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Higher than 84% of California high schools (980 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Monte Vista Christian Hs's UC Reach Score of 40 is in the top quartile statewide (median 18; top 25% bar 31) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 51.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97 — a gap of 57 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Monte Vista Christian Hs's UC Reach is higher than 84% of California high schools (980 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 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 San Diego | 3.94 | 4.24 | +0.30 | 15.0% | Peers +0.28 · matches |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.94 | 4.26 | +0.33 | 20.0% | Peers +0.29 · steeper |
| UC Irvine | 3.95 | 4.06 | +0.10 | 11.1% | Peers +0.23 · wider |
| UC Davis | 3.87 | 3.99 | +0.12 | 26.2% | Peers +0.27 · wider |
📊 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 Monte Vista Christian Hs sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 6.8 points below what their GPAs predict (16.9% actual vs. 23.8% expected), based on 2024 data.
UC Outcomes Trend — 2024–2025
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) '24 | Avg GPA (Adm) '24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 18 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.97 | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 24 | 3 | —† | 12.5% | 2 | — | 3.99 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 28 | 13 | 7 | 46.4% | 11 | 53.8% | 3.94 | 4.24 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 29 | 12 | —† | 41.4% | 10 | — | 3.94 | 4.26 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 28 | 8 | —† | 28.6% | 7 | — | 3.95 | 4.06 |
| UC Davis → | 23 | 13 | —† | 56.5% | 11 | — | 3.87 | 3.99 |