Sugar Bowl Academy

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Where graduates go, as the school itself publishes it. Sugar Bowl Academy publishes where its graduates go (Class of 2026): 5 colleges, including The University of California, Davis, The University of Colorado, Boulder, The University of British Columbia, The University of Utah.
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Where graduates go — as published by the school

Sugar Bowl Academy publishes the colleges its graduates attend (Class of 2026): 5 colleges. See the full list ↓

Admissions at a glance

How hard is it to get into Sugar Bowl Academy?

Admissions at Sugar Bowl Academy: the school serves grades 8–12 and the student–teacher ratio is 3.8 : 1.

Grades served

8–12

NCES PSS

Enrollment

2025 count

Student–teacher ratio

3.8 : 1

NCES PSS 2022, 57 students

From the school's own admissions pages and public filings. Dates verified Oct 1, 2026; exams verified September 2026. Full calendar: California private-school admissions tracker · entrance exams. More private high schools in Sacramento region · Entrance exams in Sacramento region

Private high schools near Sugar Bowl Academy

Five private high schools within 79 miles of Sugar Bowl Academy, with tuition and the exam each requires where the school publishes them.

School	City	Miles	Grades	Tuition	Entrance exam	UC Reach Score
Sacramento Waldorf School	Fair Oaks	69.2	Preschool–12	$25,135	No entrance exam posted
Sacramento Adventist Academy	Carmichael	70.4				9
Jesuit High School	Carmichael	73.9	9–12	$20,100	HSPT	37
Sacramento Country Day School	Sacramento	76.7		$37,640	No external entrance exam; own assessment …	93
Saint Francis Catholic High School	Sacramento	78.8	9–12	$18,080	HSPT	54

Distances are straight-line miles between school locations. Tuition and exams are from each school's own admissions pages; see the entrance-exam guide.

Their published college list

Colleges the school lists for its graduates (Class of 2026)

Sugar Bowl Academy publishes a list of colleges for its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 5 colleges, in the document's own order.

University of California · 1

The University of California, Davis

Out of state · 3

The University of Colorado, Boulder · The University of Utah · Bates College

Not matched to a college page · 1

The University of British Columbia

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College	Sugar Bowl Academy	Tahoe Expedition Academy
Boston University	—	✓ named
Columbia University	—	✓ named
Georgetown University	—	✓ named
New York University	—	✓ named
Northeastern University	—	✓ named
Stanford University	—	✓ named
University of California, Berkeley	—	✓ named
University of California, Los Angeles	—	✓ named
University of Southern California	—	✓ named
University of Washington, Seattle	—	✓ named
University of Wisconsin, Madison	—	✓ named

Both schools print names, not counts, so this shows which selective colleges each list names.

As the document prints them

The University of California, Davis The University of Colorado, Boulder The University of British Columbia The University of Utah Bates College

These are the colleges the school published for its graduates.

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Independently verified As published by Sugar Bowl Academy — SBA Class of 2026 (News page) ↗. Found at: individual senior athlete profiles on the Class of 2026 page.

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

92 (2020) → 69 (2025)

-25.0%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

10 (2020) → 15 (2025)

+50.0%

If this trend holds (-4.9%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~66	-3	$0
3 yr (2028)	~59	-10	$0
5 yr (2030)	~54	-15	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = derived from this school's IRS Form 990 (FY2023) — program-service revenue ÷ enrollment. Edit the figure to match your school.

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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

$8.3M

FY2023

Net assets (endowment + property)

$15.3M

+168.0% since FY2011

Tuition revenue (program)

$6.5M

≈ $94151/student avg

Gifts & grants

$1.6M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 943171879). View latest 990 PDF → 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.

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

5 applications

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

— / 5 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of — 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 / — 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.

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

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

N/A

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Total School Enrollment ⓘ

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 ⓘ

4.06

GPA figures reflect 2022 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2021–2025

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) '22	Avg GPA (Adm) '22
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.08	—^†

† = 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

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.

Senior class size is estimated from CDE grade 12 enrollment data. Reach percentages should be interpreted as approximate.

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At a glance

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Sugar Bowl Academy is a private high school in Norden, Placer County, California.

Enrollment was 69 students in 2025, down 25% since 2020.

Sugar Bowl Academy publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the Class of 2026: 5 colleges. Source: SBA Class of 2026 (News page).

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

Where do Sugar Bowl Academy graduates go to college? Sugar Bowl Academy publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the Class of 2026: 5 colleges. Source: SBA Class of 2026 (News page).

How many students attend Sugar Bowl Academy? Enrollment was 69 students in 2025, down 25% since 2020.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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