Thacher School the
Ojai · Ventura County · Private independent
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- 🏆 12 National Merit Semifinalists last year
- 📝 SAT avg 1480 (25-75: 1430–1540)
- 📝 ACT avg 33.5 (25-75: 32–35)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
🎓 Where grads go
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How Thacher School the compares for families
Mid-pack college outcomes within California.
- ▸ NationallySAT mean 1480 (≈ top 3% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 33.5 (≈ top 2%) · 12 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers) · Top 5% of the 218 curated private schools in our database on SAT mean.
- ▸ Statewide24.6% UC Reach — 6.5 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 65% of California high schools.
- ▸ Locally🎓 Top 8 in Ventura County on UC Reach.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (24.6% UC Reach vs 43.5% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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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 Thacher School the's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-0.1%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~257 | +0 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~256 | -1 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~256 | -1 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
Thacher School the — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · secular · Ojai · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Thacher School the sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #6 of 7): 25% vs. a peer median of 44%.
- ▸Thacher School the's UC Reach has declined meaningfully from a peak of 47% in 2024 to 25% in 2025 — a 22-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.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 2% (64→65 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of -21%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+0.2%/yr); projects to ~258 by 2028.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thacher School the | Private · secular | 257 | 24.6% | +2% |
| Peer-group median | 43.5% | -21% | ||
| Ojai Valley School | Private · secular | 307 | 38.1% | -16% |
| Oak Grove School | Private · secular | 212 | — | +260% |
| Villanova Preparatory School | Private · Catholic | 266 | 49.0% | -14% |
| Cate School | Private · secular | 306 | 50.7% | -3% |
| Providence | Private · Other religious | 290 | — | -62% |
| LA Reina High School | Private · Catholic | 271 | 53.6% | -38% |
| Saint Bonaventure High School | Private · Catholic | 412 | 36.4% | -31% |
| Dunn School | Private · secular | 219 | 22.6% | -26% |
| Westmark School | Private · secular | 215 | — | +53% |
| Highland Hall Waldorf School | Private · secular | 210 | — | -40% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type, and religious orientation. Methodology →
Thacher School the sent 140 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 11.4% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 24.6% — 6.5 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 65% of California high schools. The school produces 7.7 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
-18.9 pp vs. peer median (43.5%) · Ranked #6 of 7 similar schools
18.1%
43.5%
51.2%
24.6%
Higher than 65% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Thacher School the's UC Reach of 24.6% is above the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.
Against similar schools, Thacher School the trails the peer-group median (43.5%) — even though it looks strong vs. the state average.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 73 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Thacher School the's UC Reach is higher than 65% of California high schools (978 ranked).
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.
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.
| 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 |
| UC San Diego | Strong shot | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Davis | Strong shot | Real shot | Moderate | Filtered out |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 4.20 | 4.25 | +0.06 | 25.9% | Peers +0.12 · wider |
| UC San Diego | 4.14 | 4.30 | +0.16 | 21.7% | Peers +0.17 · matches |
| UC Davis | 4.12 | 4.22 | +0.10 | 46.2% | Peers +0.14 · 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% |
Where Thacher School the sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (23.6% actual vs. 21.3% expected), based on 2024 data.
UC Outcomes Trend — 2024–2025
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 | 29 | 5 | —† | 17.2% | 7.7% | — | 4.20 | 4.25 |
| UCLA → Elite | 28 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.16 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 26 | 4 | —† | 15.4% | 6.2% | — | 4.14 | 4.30 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 28 | 4 | —† | 14.3% | 6.2% | — | 4.09 | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 15 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.15 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 14 | 3 | —† | 21.4% | 4.6% | — | 4.12 | 4.22 |