Monte Vista Christian Hs

Watsonville · Santa Cruz County · Religious-affiliated

Private Santa Cruz County ~121 seniors

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Basis Independent Silicon Vall → Oakwood School → Palma High School → Presentation High School → Ripon Christian High School → Compare all similar →

🎓40 UC Reach Score · Above average

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

Program details not reported to CRDC

Academic signals

Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

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

🎓 Where grads go

UC Reach Score

Above average top 25% in California

Top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2025 — counts each campus admit, so a student admitted to several UCs counts more than once (which is why a strong school can score over 100).

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCLA

3 admitted

UCSD

13 admitted

7 enrolled

UCSB

12 admitted

UCI

8 admitted

UCD

13 admitted

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

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How Monte Vista Christian Hs compares for families

Above-average college outcomes statewide.

▸ Statewide40.5% UC Reach — 22.4 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 84% of California high schools.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsRight at the peer median (43.3% UC Reach) 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 Monte Vista Christian Hs's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

854 (2020) → 836 (2025)

-2.1%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

182 (2020) → 121 (2025)

-33.5%

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.

Monte Vista Christian Hs — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · Watsonville · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach Score, Monte Vista Christian Hs sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #6 of 9): 40 vs. a peer median of 43.
▸Its UC Reach Score has risen 15 points since 2024.
▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Monte Vista Christian Hs is admitting at roughly -7 percentage points below what its average applicant GPA (3.933) alone would predict (17% actual vs. 24% expected). That's worth understanding — it can reflect grade inflation that UC sees through, weaker holistic-review materials at the margin, or applicants concentrating at more selective campuses than typical. Not a verdict; a signal.
▸Senior-class enrollment is down 34% (182→121 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of -8%.
▸At its recent rate (-0.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~825 by 2028 — about 11 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

836 students (2025)

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~825 projected (2028)

at -0.4%/yr

That's about 11 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.

Estimate seeded by other religious private school typical — wide range: Jewish day $25k–35k, Lutheran/Christian $10k–18k. NCES doesn't publish per-school tuition; adjust to your school's actual 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 Score	Enroll. trend
Monte Vista Christian Hs	Private · Other religious	836	40	-34%
Peer-group median			43	-8%
Basis Independent Silicon Vall	Private	819	194	+14%
Oakwood School	Private · secular	546	88	+25%
Palma High School	Private · Catholic	584	23	-5%
Presentation High School	Private · Catholic	545	43	-17%
Ripon Christian High School	Private · Other religious	906	—	+36%
Big Valley Christian Hs	Private · Other religious	762	12	-19%
The Kings Academy	Private · Other religious	1205	65	-10%
Moreau Catholic High School	Private · Catholic	806	44	-18%
Granada Islamic School	Private · Other religious	456	—	+450%
Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit Hs	Private · Catholic	435	35	-14%

UC Reach Score = 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 →

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

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.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach Score ⓘ

Above average Top 16% of CA high schools

49 admits / 121 seniors
-3 pts vs. peer median (43) · Ranked #6 of 9 similar schools

5-year trend

2024 · 25 2025 · 40

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18

Peer median
43

Top 10%
51

This school
40

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CA median 18 Top 10% ≥ 51 This school 40

Higher than 84% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Monte Vista Christian Hs's UC Reach Score of 40 is in the top quartile statewide (median 18; top 25% bar 30) — 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 (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

124

150 applications

Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).

In context: CA median 75 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241 · higher than 71% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

32.7%

49 / 150 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 76% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

14.3%

7 enrolled of 49 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 ⓘ

7 enrollees / 121 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 (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD) ⓘ

29.8

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 80% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

2.5

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.3 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 9.7 · higher than 37% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

121

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

836

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 ⓘ

3.94

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.11

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.

🎯 Who's actually getting into UC from Monte Vista Christian Hs

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

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 2024.

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%

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 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

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (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 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

† = 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.

UC Reach is solid. A meaningful share of the senior class is achieving UC admission, and there is likely room to grow both application volume and admission outcomes.

Strong UC Reach paired with low yield: students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere. The pattern is characteristic of competitive college-preparatory schools where many students choose more selective private colleges or out-of-state flagships over UC — UC functions as a strong backup option rather than a first choice.

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: 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.

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