Southwest Senior High

• ▸On UC Reach Score, Southwest Senior High sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #4 of 9): 20 vs. a peer median of 20.
• ▸Southwest Senior High's UC Reach Score has stepped down from a peak of 26 in 2023 to 20 in 2025 — a 6-point decline worth tracking.
• ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Southwest Senior High is admitting at roughly +6 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.805) alone would predict (30% actual vs. 24% 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 27% (532→390 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -19%.
• ▸At its recent rate (-2.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1458 by 2029 — about 109 fewer students than today.

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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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