Saddleback Valley Chrstn Sch

San Juan Capistrano · Orange County · Private independent

Private Orange County ~65 seniors

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📋 At a glance

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Academic signals

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

🎓 Where grads go

6.2% UC Reach — top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2020. Counts each campus admit, so multi-admits count more than once.

UC admits by campus · Class of 2020

UCSB

4 admitted

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

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How Saddleback Valley Chrstn Sch compares for families

Real college outcomes data available below.

▸ Statewide6.2% UC Reach — 9.4 points below the California median of 15.6%.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Acaciawood School, Anaheim Disc Christian J/S Hs, Aquinas International Academy and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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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 Saddleback Valley Chrstn Sch's 2020 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2020

Saddleback Valley Chrstn Sch sent 23 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 17.4% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 6.2% — 9.4 percentage points below the California median of 15.6%, higher than 10% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2020

UC Reach ⓘ

4 admits / 65 seniors

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
15.6%

Top 10%
50.4%

This school
6.2%

0%50%100%

CA median 15.6% Top 10% ≥ 50.4% This school 6.2%

Higher than 10% of California high schools (933 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Saddleback Valley Chrstn Sch's UC Reach of 6.2% is below the California median (15.6%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 50.4% or higher.

But in Orange County, where the local median is 24.0% and the top-10% bar is 81.7%, this score is mid-pack rather than exceptional — typical of its market rather than a standout.

Overall, Saddleback Valley Chrstn Sch's UC Reach is higher than 10% of California high schools (933 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

35.4%

23 applications

In context: CA median 59.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 180.0% · Orange Co. Top 10% ≥ 249.8% · higher than 21% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

17.4%

4 / 23 applications

In context: CA median 29.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.9% · higher than 2% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

None enrolled of 4 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 / 65 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) ⓘ

6.2

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 12.8 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.8 · higher than 12% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

669

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 ⓘ

4.11

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 Saddleback Valley Chrstn Sch

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
UC San Diego	Strong shot	Real shot	Moderate	Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara	Strong shot	Real shot	Moderate	Filtered out
UC Irvine	Strong shot	Real shot	Moderate	Filtered out
UC Davis	Strong shot	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds

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 2020.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC San Diego (2019)	3.87	4.20	+0.34	27.3%	Peers +0.32 · matches
UC Santa Barbara (2019)	3.89	4.10	+0.21	27.8%	Peers +0.31 · wider
UC Irvine (2019)	3.96	4.07	+0.11	30.0%	Peers +0.24 · wider
UC Davis (2018)	3.88	4.08	+0.20	64.3%	Peers +0.30 · wider

📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2020 (for reference)

GPA band	UCB	UCLA	UCSD	UCSB	UCI	UCD
4.00+	27.1%	24.1%	62.7%	64.1%	50.2%	75.2%
3.70–3.99	5.8%	3.0%	19.8%	21.8%	26.3%	33.9%
3.30–3.69	1.9%	1.2%	5.2%	6.4%	5.1%	13.1%
3.00–3.29	1.3%	1.0%	0.6%	1.2%	0.8%	6.0%
< 3.00	0.7%	1.0%	0.4%	0.5%	0.6%	3.5%

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).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2020

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 — 2020

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.10	—^†
UCLA → Elite	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.15	—^†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	6	4	—^†	66.7%	6.2%	—	4.15	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.03	—^†

† = 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 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.

Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.

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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