Pacific Collegiate School

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

🎓 Where grads go

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCB

10 admitted

7 enrolled

UCLA

3 admitted

UCSD

10 admitted

UCSB

14 admitted

3 enrolled

UCI

17 admitted

3 enrolled

UCD

19 admitted

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

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Pacific Collegiate School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Santa Cruz · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Pacific Collegiate School is admitting at roughly +6 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (4.064) alone would predict (30% actual vs. 24% 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.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
Pacific Collegiate School	Public	—	—	—
Peer-group median			28.0%	-7%
Pacific Collegiate Charter	Public	551	—	-14%
Santa Cruz High School	Public	1060	45.2%	+2%
Santa Cruz Alternative	Public	—	—	—
Costanoa Continuation High	Public	67	—	+0%
Alternative Family Education	Public	123	—	-62%
Harbor High School	Public	994	28.3%	+2%
Tierra Pacifica Charter	Public	181	—	—
Soquel High School	Public	1055	27.7%	+7%
San Lorenzo Valley High School	Public	537	22.1%	-26%
Delta Charter	Public	114	—	-29%

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 →

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

N/A

(class size est.)

UC Application Reach ⓘ

N/A

247 applications

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

29.6%

73 / 247 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 66% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

17.8%

13 enrolled of 73 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 ⓘ

N/A

13 enrollees / None 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 ⓘ

90%

75% finished in 4 yrs · N=20 entered 2019

In context: CA median 88.6% · +1.4 pp above.

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

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

N/A

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Total School Enrollment ⓘ

N/A

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.06

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.25

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 Pacific Collegiate 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	4.09	4.24	+0.15	27.8%	Peers +0.19 · wider
UCLA (2024)	4.15	4.26	+0.11	12.5%	Peers +0.18 · wider
UC San Diego	4.05	4.29	+0.24	22.2%	Peers +0.24 · matches
UC Santa Barbara	4.03	4.30	+0.26	30.4%	Peers +0.25 · matches
UC Irvine	4.04	4.18	+0.14	50.0%	Peers +0.20 · wider
UC Davis	4.07	4.26	+0.19	41.3%	Peers +0.18 · matches

📊 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 Pacific Collegiate School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 5.9 points above what their GPAs predict (29.6% actual vs. 23.7% 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	36	10	7	27.8%	—	70.0%	4.09	4.24
UCLA → Elite	40	3	—^†	7.5%	—	—	4.11	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	45	10	—^†	22.2%	—	—	4.05	4.29
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	46	14	3	30.4%	—	21.4%	4.03	4.30
UC Irvine → Selective	34	17	3	50.0%	—	17.6%	4.04	4.18
UC Davis →	46	19	—^†	41.3%	—	—	4.07	4.26

† = 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

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.

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

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