Sonoma Academy

Santa Rosa · Sonoma County · Private independent

Private Sonoma County ~79 seniors

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🎓49% UC Reach 📖18 AP courses 📝SAT 1430 avg 🏅6 National Merit Semifinalists 🎓#1 UC Reach in Sonoma

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

📚 18 AP courses offered (school profile)
🏆 6 National Merit Semifinalists last year

Academic signals

📝 SAT avg 1430 (25-75: 1370–1500)
📝 ACT avg 32.0 (25-75: 30–34)
📚 AP exam pass rate 88.0% (avg score 4.2)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

🎓 Where grads go

49.4% UC Reach — top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2025. Counts each campus admit, so multi-admits count more than once.

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCB

4 admitted

3 enrolled

UCLA

5 admitted

3 enrolled

UCSD

8 admitted

4 enrolled

UCSB

5 admitted

UCI

4 admitted

UCD

13 admitted

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

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How Sonoma Academy compares for families

Top-tier college outcomes for California families.

▸ NationallySAT mean 1430 (≈ top 4% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 32.0 (≈ top 4%) · 88% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 6 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
▸ Statewide49.4% UC Reach — 31.3 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 89% of California high schools.
▸ Locally🎓 #1 in Sonoma County on UC Reach.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Cardinal Newman High School, Quest Forward Academy, Rio Lindo 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 Sonoma Academy's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

335 (2021) → 336 (2025)

+0.3%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

87 (2021) → 79 (2025)

-9.2%

If this trend holds (+0.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~337	+1	$0
3 yr (2028)	~338	+2	$0
5 yr (2030)	~340	+4	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.

Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023

From 13 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.

Total revenue

$27.6M

FY2023

Net assets (endowment + property)

$114.8M

+284.9% since FY2011

Tuition revenue (program)

$17.2M

≈ $51218/student avg

Gifts & grants

$9.2M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 943343174). 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.

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Sonoma Academy sent 205 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 19.0% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 49.4% — 31.3 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 89% of California high schools. The school produces 11.4 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

49%

39 admits / 79 seniors

5-year trend

2021 · 55.2% 2025 · 49.4%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.1%

Top 10%
51.2%

This school
49.4%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 49.4%

Higher than 89% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Sonoma Academy's UC Reach of 49.4% is in the top quartile statewide (median 18.1%; top 25% bar 30.5%) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 51.2%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 48 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Sonoma Academy's UC Reach is higher than 89% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

259.5%

205 applications

Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 3 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.

In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · higher than 92% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

19.0%

39 / 205 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 12% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

25.6%

10 enrolled of 39 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 ⓘ

12.7%

10 enrollees / 79 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) ⓘ

32.9

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 83% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

11.4

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.3 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 9.7 · higher than 92% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

336

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 ⓘ

4.09

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.22

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.

🎯 Who's actually getting into UC from Sonoma Academy

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	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara	Strong shot	Moderate	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Irvine	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Davis	Strong shot	Real shot	Moderate	Filtered out

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 2024.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC Berkeley (2023)	4.18	4.27	+0.09	20.0%	Peers +0.13 · wider
UCLA	4.08	4.28	+0.19	13.5%	Peers +0.22 · matches
UC San Diego	4.10	4.26	+0.16	20.5%	Peers +0.20 · wider
UC Santa Barbara	4.08	4.26	+0.18	23.1%	Peers +0.21 · matches
UC Irvine (2021)	4.01	4.21	+0.20	27.3%	Peers +0.26 · wider
UC Davis	4.06	4.15	+0.09	36.1%	Peers +0.18 · 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%

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).

Where Sonoma Academy sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (19.5% actual vs. 22.6% expected), based on 2024 data.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

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 — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach	Yield	Avg GPA (App) '24	Avg GPA (Adm) '24
UC Berkeley → Elite	36	4	3	11.1%	5.1%	75.0%	4.12	—^†
UCLA → Elite	40	5	3	12.5%	6.3%	60.0%	4.08	4.28
UC San Diego → Selective	31	8	4	25.8%	10.1%	50.0%	4.10	4.26
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	34	5	—^†	14.7%	6.3%	—	4.08	4.26
UC Irvine → Selective	29	4	—^†	13.8%	5.1%	—	4.08	—^†
UC Davis →	35	13	—^†	37.1%	16.5%	—	4.06	4.15

† = 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 senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.

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.

UC Reach is very strong — more than 49% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.

Strong UC Reach paired with low yield: students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere. The pattern is characteristic of competitive college-preparatory schools where many students choose more selective private colleges or out-of-state flagships over UC — UC functions as a strong backup option rather than a first choice.

The school generates broad UC access, but fewer students are reaching the most selective UC campuses (UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCI). Targeted academic enrichment and campus-fit advising may help.

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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