San Diego School Create/Perform
San Diego · San Diego County · Public
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Other schools in San Diego County, closest in size
Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School → Crawford High School → Ramona High School → Guajome Park Academy → Heritage K-8 Charter → Compare all similar →A parent's read
- 9 in 10 graduates leave eligible for UC and CSU. 89% finish the A-G courses California's universities require before a student can even apply — most California schools manage about 6 in 10.
- Elite admits are rare — here and everywhere. Berkeley and UCLA admitted 8 of this class's 170 UC applications. The strong middle campuses — San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis — are where most real UC outcomes happen.
- Kids actually show up. Only 8% of students are chronically absent, versus about 23% statewide — day-to-day engagement most schools would envy.
- Most grads aim beyond the UC system. Seniors file only ~0.9 UC applications each — families here mostly target CSU, private, or out-of-state colleges, so judge this school on more than its UC numbers.
- One question for any counselor: who should still test? Plenty of strong students skip the SAT/ACT now — but merit scholarships at dozens of colleges still key off scores. Ask how the school decides who should still sit for one.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
Where grads go — and what it costs & pays
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Getting in is step one. The cost above is the average aid-receiving family's net price — yours depends on whether you qualify for aid — and your child's odds depend on their GPA + scores. See your family's real numbers at these campuses:
Get my child's odds + our real costs →Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How San Diego School Create/Perform compares for families
Mid-pack college outcomes within California.
- ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 18 — right around the California median of 19.
- ▸ Locally🎯 Top 10% in California on Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsOther schools in the county, closest in size: Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School, Crawford High School, Ramona High School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025
Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.
Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.
Student composition — 2025-26
HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.
Race / ethnicity
Program subgroups
Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.
Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25
Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.
Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.
Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+3.2%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~1,400 | +43 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~1,490 | +133 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~1,586 | +229 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.
Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25
Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the San Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
San Diego School Create/Perform outperformed San Diego County on enrollment (school +15.8% vs. county -12.7%) AND maintains 93.9% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.
45 of 740 students who enrolled at San Diego School Create/Perform this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (6.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.
San Diego School Create/Perform sent 170 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 18.8% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 18 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 1 points below the California median of 19, higher than 47% of California high schools. The school produces 4.5 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
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Higher than 47% of California high schools (1107 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
San Diego School Create/Perform's UC Reach Score of 18 is below the California median (19). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53 or higher.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95 — a gap of 77 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, San Diego School Create/Perform's UC Reach is higher than 47% of California high schools (1107 ranked).
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 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 |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley (2024) | 4.03 | 4.22 | +0.19 | 27.3% | Peers +0.21 · matches |
| UCLA (2024) | 3.99 | 4.20 | +0.21 | 15.0% | Peers +0.27 · wider |
| UC San Diego | 3.86 | 4.17 | +0.31 | 13.7% | Peers +0.34 · matches |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.93 | 4.25 | +0.32 | 26.3% | Peers +0.30 · matches |
| UC Irvine (2024) | 3.98 | 4.17 | +0.20 | 16.1% | Peers +0.22 · matches |
| UC Davis | 3.95 | 4.00 | +0.05 | 56.2% | Peers +0.23 · wider |
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% |
Where San Diego School Create/Perform sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (18.8% actual vs. 20.3% expected).
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach Score | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 16 | 4 | —† | 25.0% | 2 | — | 3.94 | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 38 | 4 | —† | 10.5% | 2 | — | 3.91 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 51 | 7 | —† | 13.7% | 4 | — | 3.86 | 4.17 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 19 | 5 | —† | 26.3% | 3 | — | 3.93 | 4.25 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 30 | 3 | —† | 10.0% | 2 | — | 3.84 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 16 | 9 | —† | 56.2% | 5 | — | 3.95 | 4.00 |
What This Means
For School Admins
The full Reach Report for San Diego School Create/Perform
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