Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School

Irvine · Orange County · Religious-affiliated

Private Orange County ~52 seniors
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Top 10% UC Reach in California 22 AP courses

A parent's read

  • The UC pipeline here is real. 34 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 52 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 4% of California high schools.
  • Deep AP program — and kids pass the exams. 22 AP courses with 96% of exams scoring 3 or higher: breadth that holds up when the College Board grades it.
  • 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.

At a glance

Programs & features
  • 22 AP courses offered (school profile)
Academic signals
  • ACT avg 27
  • APCollege-level courses with a national exam each May. A score of 3+ "passes" and can earn college credit; the pass rate tells you whether a school's AP program has substance behind the course list. exam pass rate 96%

Worth knowing: The school lists 22 AP courses in its catalog and notes that 2 of them aren't running this year.

Composed from the school's own published profile (2025), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC Reach Score
65
Excellent top 6% in California
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

UCLA
3 admitted
Net $12,548/yr avg
Grads earn $82,511 @10yr
UCSD
10 admitted
3 enrolled
Net $12,470/yr avg
Grads earn $84,943 @10yr
UCSB
9 admitted
Net $16,109/yr avg
Grads earn $74,915 @10yr
UCI
5 admitted
Net $14,251/yr avg
Grads earn $80,735 @10yr
UCD
7 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.

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How Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School compares for families

One of California's strongest schools for college outcomes.

  • StatewideUC Reach Score of 6546 points above the California median of 19. Ahead of 96% of California high schools.
  • Locally🎓 Top 10% in California on UC Reach.
  • vs Similar SchoolsOther schools in the county, closest in size: Calvary Chapel High School, Servite High School, Capistrano Valley Christian School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Where the Class of 2026 enrolled

Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 32 colleges, in the document's own order.

Arizona State University Bocconi University Brandeis University Chapman University Cuesta College Duke University Fairfield University George Washington University Harvey Mudd College Indiana University Bloomington Istituto Marangoni Milan Loyola Marymount University New York University Pennsylvania State University Santa Barbara City College Southern Methodist University Stanford University University College London University of California, Berkeley University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Santa Barbara University of Chicago University of Colorado Boulder University of Denver University of Maryland University of Miami University of Michigan University of Southern California University of Virginia
and 2 more
University of Wisconsin-Madison Washington University in St Louis

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School — 2026-27 Upper School Profile (tarbut.myschoolapp.com) ↗. Found at: p.4, 'COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES & MATRICULATIONS' list — document's own key reads 'This list reflects where the last four graduating classes have been admitted to. Sc.

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 Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
623 (2020)855 (2025)
+37.2%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
31 (2020)52 (2025)
+67.7%

If this trend holds (+6.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~912 +57 $0
3 yr (2028) ~1,037 +182 $0
5 yr (2030) ~1,180 +325 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = a wide range — Jewish day $25k–35k, Lutheran/Christian $10k–18k. Edit the figure to match your school.

Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School sent 130 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 26.2% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 65 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 47 points above the California median of 19, higher than 96% of California high schools. The school produces 5.8 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

UC Reach Score 65 34 admits (counted at each UC) / 52 seniors methodology
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
19
Top 10%
53
This school
65
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CA median 19 Top 10% ≥ 53 This school 65

Higher than 96% of California high schools (1107 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

What this number means

Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School's UC Reach Score of 65 clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53) — meaning roughly 65 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95 — a gap of 30 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School's UC Reach is higher than 96% of California high schools (1107 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score
250
130 applications
Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 2 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.
In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · Orange Co. Top 10% ≥ 294 · higher than 91% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
26.2%
34 / 130 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.4% · higher than 50% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
8.8%
3 enrolled of 34 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
6
3 enrollees / 52 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)
51.9
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.9 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.2 · higher than 95% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
5.8
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 10.2 · higher than 70% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
52
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
855
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
4.10
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.21

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 Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School
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 (2021) 4.04 4.09 +0.05 41.7% Peers +0.21 · wider
UCLA (2018) 3.98 4.20 +0.22 26.3% Peers +0.29 · wider
UC San Diego 4.12 4.24 +0.12 30.0% Peers +0.19 · wider
UC Santa Barbara 4.07 4.22 +0.16 43.5% Peers +0.22 · wider
UC Irvine 4.09 4.19 +0.09 39.1% Peers +0.15 · wider
UC Davis 4.03 4.21 +0.17 50.0% Peers +0.20 · matches
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 Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 8.0 points above what their GPAs predict (29.1% actual vs. 21.1% expected), based on 2024 data.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

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 20 4.12
UCLA → Elite 27 3 11.1% 6 4.14
UC San Diego → Selective 28 10 3 35.7% 19 30.0% 4.12 4.24
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 23 9 39.1% 17 4.07 4.22
UC Irvine → Selective 17 5 29.4% 10 4.09 4.19
UC Davis → 15 7 46.7% 13 4.03 4.21
= 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

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 65% 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 very low yield: this school's students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere — almost certainly at the most selective private universities (Ivies, Stanford, MIT, the top liberal-arts colleges) or elite out-of-state flagships. UC is functioning as a credentialing-grade backup rather than a destination.
Berkeley/UCLA admit volume is modest relative to overall UC reach. This is common and reflects the highly selective nature of those campuses, but may be a target area for the school's highest-performing students.
UC Reach has declined meaningfully year-over-year. This should be reviewed in context of applicant volume, GPA trends, course rigor changes, and peer-school performance before drawing conclusions.
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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