Palm Valley School
Rancho Mirage · Riverside County · Private independent
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UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
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What families should know about Palm Valley School.
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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.
This school doesn't have UC outcomes data on file yet — we surface UCOP-published admits by sending HS, and not every private school appears in those records. The enrollment trend, stability, and other cards on this page are still primary-sourced for this school.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-0.2%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~215 | -1 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~214 | -2 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~213 | -3 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
Palm Valley School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · secular · Rancho Mirage · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 17% (18→15 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +3%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-3.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~197 by 2028 — about 19 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 19 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.
Default derived from this school's own IRS Form 990 (FY2023): program-service revenue ÷ enrollment, rounded to the nearest $1k — an authoritative average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service). Your published tuition may differ; adjust if needed. 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 | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Valley School | Private · secular | 216 | — | -17% |
| Peer-group median | 26.9% | +3% | ||
| Idyllwild Arts Academy | Private · secular | 273 | 22.5% | +6% |
| Waldorf School of San Diego Hs | Private · secular | 247 | — | +19% |
| Xavier College Preparatory Hs | Private · Catholic | 533 | 53.4% | +16% |
| Army and Navy Academy | Private · secular | 272 | 23.3% | -22% |
| Grauer School | Private · secular | 157 | 30.4% | -15% |
| Desert Christian Academy | Private · Other religious | 628 | — | +25% |
| City Of Knowledge | Private · Other religious | 190 | — | -11% |
| Fairmont San Juan Capistrano | Private · secular | 374 | — | +0% |
| Foothills Christian Hs | Private · Other religious | 263 | 5.0% | +28% |
| The Webb Schools | Private · secular | 401 | 143.6% | -6% |
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 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.
Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 952133079). 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.
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 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 Davis | 4.05 | 4.18 | +0.13 | 55.6% | Peers +0.19 · 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% |
UC Outcomes Trend — 2020–2025
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 | Yield | Avg GPA (App) '24 | Avg GPA (Adm) '24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 6 | 3 | —† | 50.0% | — | — | 4.17 | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 7 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.11 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 9 | 6 | —† | 66.7% | — | — | 4.00 | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 9 | 7 | —† | 77.8% | — | — | 4.10 | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 7 | 7 | 4 | 100.0% | — | 57.1% | 4.15 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 5 | 4 | —† | 80.0% | — | — | 4.05 | 4.18 |