South Hills Academy

• ▸On UC Reach Score, South Hills Academy sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 8): 17 vs. a peer median of 34.
• ▸South Hills Academy's UC Reach Score has declined meaningfully from a peak of 52 in 2020 to 17 in 2021 — a 36-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, South Hills Academy is admitting at roughly +42 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.948) alone would predict (69% actual vs. 27% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
• ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 52% (21→10 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of -13%.
• ▸Enrollment has been growing (+2.4%/yr); projects to ~277 by 2028.

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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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