Piedmont High School

• ▸On UC Reach Score, Piedmont High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 10): 54 vs. a peer median of 7.
• ▸Piedmont High School's UC Reach Score has declined meaningfully from a peak of 73 in 2020 to 54 in 2025 — a 19-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.
• ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Piedmont High School is admitting at roughly -6 percentage points below what its average applicant GPA (4.003) alone would predict (16% actual vs. 22% 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 5% (188→179 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of +10%.
• ▸At its recent rate (-2.2%/yr), enrollment projects to ~667 by 2029 — about 46 fewer students than today.

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UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Reach — by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology

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