Pacific Ridge School

Carlsbad · San Diego County · Private independent

Private San Diego County ~120 seniors

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🎓38% UC Reach 📖20 AP courses 📝SAT 1410 avg 🏅5 National Merit Semifinalists

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

📚 20 AP courses offered (school profile)
🏆 5 National Merit Semifinalists last year

Academic signals

📝 SAT avg 1410 (25-75: 1350–1480)
📝 ACT avg 31.5 (25-75: 30–33)
📚 AP exam pass rate 86.0% (avg score 4.1)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

🎓 Where grads go

38.3% 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

UCLA

4 admitted

UCSD

8 admitted

UCSB

17 admitted

UCI

10 admitted

UCD

7 admitted

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

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How Pacific Ridge School compares for families

Above-average college outcomes statewide.

▸ NationallySAT mean 1410 (≈ top 4% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 31.5 (≈ top 7%) · 86% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 5 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
▸ Statewide38.3% UC Reach — 20.2 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 82% of California high schools.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (38.3% UC Reach vs 33.1% median) 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 Pacific Ridge School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

619 (2020) → 661 (2025)

+6.8%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

101 (2020) → 120 (2025)

+18.8%

If this trend holds (+2.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~674	+13	$0
3 yr (2028)	~702	+41	$0
5 yr (2030)	~731	+70	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.

Pacific Ridge School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · Carlsbad · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Pacific Ridge School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #4 of 10): 38% vs. a peer median of 33%.
▸Pacific Ridge School's UC Reach has declined meaningfully from a peak of 76% in 2023 to 38% in 2025 — a 38-point drop that warrants attention. Multi-year UC Reach declines of this size often signal something specific (leadership change, comp-program shift, demographic move) rather than year-to-year noise. This is the kind of trajectory an Enrollment Trend Audit unpacks.
▸Senior-class enrollment is up 19% (101→120 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of +10%.
▸Enrollment has been growing (+1.3%/yr); projects to ~688 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

661 students (2025)

→

~688 projected (2028)

at +1.3%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
Pacific Ridge School	Private · secular	661	38.3%	+19%
Peer-group median			33.1%	+10%
Tri City Christian School	Private · Other religious	758	28.6%	+34%
San Diego Jewish Academy	Private · Other religious	572	10.3%	-31%
Maranatha Christian Schools	Private · Other religious	862	22.2%	-15%
LA Jolla Country Day School	Private · secular	1099	48.7%	+11%
Army and Navy Academy	Private · secular	272	23.3%	-22%
Calvin Christian High School	Private · Other religious	439	—	+150%
Santa Fe Christian School	Private · Other religious	1095	33.3%	+3%
Fairmont Preparatory Academy	Private · secular	619	101.3%	+11%
Academy Our Lady of Peace	Private · Catholic	722	33.1%	+9%
Sage Hill School	Private · secular	590	150.7%	+10%

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, and religious orientation. Methodology →

Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023

From 13 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

$31.2M

FY2023

Net assets (endowment + property)

$33.5M

+125.0% since FY2011

Tuition revenue (program)

$28.1M

≈ $42577/student avg

Gifts & grants

$2.5M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 861061606). 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.

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Pacific Ridge School sent 300 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 15.3% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 38.3% — 20.2 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 82% of California high schools. The school produces 3.3 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

38%

46 admits / 120 seniors
+5.2 pp above peer median (33.1%) · Ranked #4 of 10 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 66.4% 2025 · 38.3%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.1%

Peer median
33.1%

Top 10%
51.2%

This school
38.3%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 38.3%

Higher than 82% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Pacific Ridge School's UC Reach of 38.3% is in the top quartile statewide (median 18.1%; top 25% bar 30.5%) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 51.2%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 59 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Pacific Ridge School's UC Reach is higher than 82% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

250.0%

300 applications

Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 2 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.

In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · higher than 91% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

15.3%

46 / 300 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 2% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

None enrolled of 46 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

None enrollees / 120 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.

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

32.5

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 82% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

3.3

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.3 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 9.7 · higher than 52% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

120

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

661

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 ⓘ

4.04

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.28

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 Pacific Ridge 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	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 Berkeley	4.08	4.31	+0.22	15.7%	Peers +0.18 · steeper
UCLA	4.06	4.33	+0.27	10.2%	Peers +0.23 · steeper
UC San Diego	4.03	4.27	+0.24	21.6%	Peers +0.24 · matches
UC Santa Barbara	4.04	4.29	+0.26	22.6%	Peers +0.23 · matches
UC Irvine	4.00	4.17	+0.18	21.1%	Peers +0.21 · matches
UC Davis	4.00	4.29	+0.28	31.6%	Peers +0.21 · steeper

📊 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 Pacific Ridge School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (19.7% actual vs. 21.9% expected), based on 2024 data.

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) '24	Avg GPA (Adm) '24
UC Berkeley → Elite	40	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.08	4.31
UCLA → Elite	59	4	—^†	6.8%	3.3%	—	4.06	4.33
UC San Diego → Selective	62	8	—^†	12.9%	6.7%	—	4.03	4.27
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	63	17	—^†	27.0%	14.2%	—	4.04	4.29
UC Irvine → Selective	38	10	—^†	26.3%	8.3%	—	4.00	4.17
UC Davis →	38	7	—^†	18.4%	5.8%	—	4.00	4.29

† = 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.

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 declined meaningfully year-over-year. This should be reviewed in context of applicant volume, GPA trends, course rigor changes, and peer-school performance before drawing conclusions.

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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