School Engineering & Sciences

Sacramento · Sacramento County · Public

Public Sacramento County ~67 seniors CDS 3467439…

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A parent's read

3 in 4 graduates leave eligible for UC and CSU. 72% finish the A-G courses California's universities require before a student can even apply — most California schools manage about 6 in 10.
Most grads aim beyond the UC system. Seniors file only ~0.3 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 Reach Score

Below the CA median below the state median

Top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2025 — counts each campus admit, so a student admitted to several UCs counts more than once (which is why a strong school can score over 100).

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCD

3 admitted

Net $14,741/yr avg

Grads earn $80,838 @10yr

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Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

California College-Going Rate

83.8% of the 2022-23 graduating class enrolled in college within a year.

The share of 2022-23 graduates who enrolled at a college anywhere in the U.S. within 12 months, per the National Student Clearinghouse match the California Department of Education publishes.

Within 12 months

83.8%

of 68 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 83.8% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 57 students.

Up 14 points from the 2021-22 class (69.8%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 55 students (80.9%)

University of California 7.4% 5

California State University 33.8% 23

California Community College 36.8% 25

California private college 2.9% 2

Out of state — 2 students (2.9%)

Out-of-state 4-year 2.9% 2

Out-of-state 2-year 0.0% 0

CDE puts each graduate in one bucket only — whichever kind of college they were enrolled in longest — so these add up to the rate above. That is a different count from the UC Reach Score on this page, which counts a student at every UC campus that admitted them.

Source: California Department of Education, College-Going Rate (DataQuest) ↗, cohort 2022-23, posted 17-Sep-2025. Data file: cgr12mo23.txt ↗ (and the 16-month file ↗). CDE builds the rate by matching California high school completers to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment records; we publish CDE’s aggregates and hold no student-level data.

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How School Engineering & Sciences compares for families

Real college outcomes data available below.

▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 4 — 15 points below the California median of 19.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (UC Reach Score 4 vs a 17 median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

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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.

About 6 in 10 students read and write at grade level — above the state norm.

About 1 in 3 students do math at grade level — above the state norm.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 58

60.3%

incl. 29.3% exceeded

+13.8 pts above Sacramento County median (46.5%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 58

31.0%

incl. 15.5% exceeded

+13.3 pts above Sacramento County median (17.7%) · CA median 21.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

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

Hispanic / Latino 56% +6.4

Asian 14% -5.3

White 9%

Two or more 9%

Black / African Am. 6% -2.7

Filipino 4%

Pacific Islander 2%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 68% +9.3

Students w/ disabilities 8% +4.5

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.

Kids show up: 16% are chronically absent versus about 23% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.

Chronic absent

15.8%

47 of 297 students

Absenteeism is up 7.0 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Sacramento County median

25.8% · school is better than 80% of 76 HS

Statewide median

22.8%

Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

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

Total enrollment (9–12)

532 (2024) → 500 (2026)

-6.0%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

60 (2024) → 55 (2026)

-8.3%

If this trend holds (-3.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~485	-15	$0
3 yr (2029)	~456	-44	$0
5 yr (2031)	~428	-72	$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.

How does School Engineering & Sciences really compare on getting kids to college?

We've ranked it #5 of 5 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.

The full head-to-head table — every peer school's UC Reach, side by side.

Enrollment trend + 3-year projection — is this school growing or quietly shrinking?

The plain-English read on what it all means for your family.

Your similar-school group includes

Las Flores High (alternative) · Aspire Alexander Twilight Scnd · Sava - Sacramento Academic And Vocational Academy - Scusd · Highlands Community Charter · Sacramento Charter High · Sava - Sacramento Academic And Vocational Academy - Egusd · +4 more

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Sacramento County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

90% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Healthy

Outperforming the market — gaining relative share even as Sacramento County contracts.

School Engineering & Sciences is shrinking (-8.3%) but Sacramento County is shrinking faster (-12.1%), so School Engineering & Sciences is winning roughly 3.8 pp of relative market share. Combined with 90.5% stability (county median 81.2%), this reflects a school that families actively chose during a market contraction. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.

-8.3% senior class, grade 12 (2024–2026)

-12.1% Sacramento County baseline

+3.8pp gap vs. county

90.5% retention (county median 81.2%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2024

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

90.5%

276 of 305 students

29 of 305 students who enrolled at School Engineering & Sciences this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Sacramento County median

81.2% · school is in the 81st percentile of 78 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 67th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (349) 92.0%

Hispanic / Latino (291) 93.1%

Asian (81) 93.8%

Students w/ disabilities (80) 86.3%

English learners (62) 91.9%

White (59) 89.8%

Nearest peer high schools

Las Flores High (alternative) 40.5% Aspire Alexander Twilight Scnd 82.4% Sava - Sacramento Academic And Vocational Academy - Scusd 51.4% Highlands Community Charter 41.5% Sacramento Charter High 77.2%

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.

Key takeaway · Class of 2025

School Engineering & Sciences sent 18 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 16.7% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 4 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 14 points below the California median of 19, higher than 3% of California high schools..

UC Reach Score 4 ⓘ 3 admits (counted at each UC) / 67 seniors -13 pts vs. peer median (17) · #5 of 5 similar schools methodology

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
19

Top 10%
53

This school
4

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CA median 19 Top 10% ≥ 53 This school 4

Higher than 3% of California high schools (1107 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

What this number means

School Engineering & Sciences's UC Reach Score of 4 is below the California median (19). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53 or higher.

Overall, School Engineering & Sciences's UC Reach is higher than 3% of California high schools (1107 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

18 applications

In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · Sacramento Co. Top 10% ≥ 164 · higher than 6% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

16.7%

3 / 18 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.4% · higher than 4% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of 3 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 Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 67 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share 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.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Most graduates leave here ready to apply to UC and CSU — 3 in 4 finish the required courses, versus about 6 in 10 statewide.

72%

47 of 65 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · +16.4 pp above · Sacramento Co. 51.2%.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

542

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.94

GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2019–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

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) '24	Avg GPA (Adm) '24
UC Berkeley → Elite	8	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.99	—^†
UC Davis →	10	3	—^†	30.0%	4	—	3.85	—^†

† = 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 is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

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: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

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