Tilden Preparatory School

Albany · Alameda County · Private independent

Private Alameda County ~52 seniors
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📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • Program details not reported to CRDC
Academic signals
  • Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

🎓 Where grads go

11.5% UC Reach — top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2025. Counts each campus admit, so multi-admits count more than once.

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCI
3 admitted
UCD
3 admitted

Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

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How Tilden Preparatory School compares for families

Real college outcomes data available below.

  • Statewide11.5% UC Reach — 6.6 points below the California median of 18.1%.
  • vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (11.5% UC Reach vs 20.0% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

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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 Tilden Preparatory School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
129 (2020)160 (2025)
+24.0%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
33 (2020)52 (2025)
+57.6%

If this trend holds (+6.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~171 +11 $0
3 yr (2028) ~195 +35 $0
5 yr (2030) ~222 +62 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.

Tilden Preparatory School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · Albany · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Tilden Preparatory School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #8 of 10): 12% vs. a peer median of 20%.
  • Tilden Preparatory School's UC Reach has declined meaningfully from a peak of 22% in 2022 to 12% in 2025 — a 10-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 58% (33→52 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of +5%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+4.4%/yr); projects to ~182 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

160 students (2025)
~182 projected (2028)
at +4.4%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Tilden Preparatory School Private · secular 160 11.5% +58%
Peer-group median 20.0% +5%
Maybeck High School Private · secular 111 30.0% +36%
Holy Names High School Private · Catholic 129 10.0% -17%
Jewish Community Hs of the Bay Private · Other religious 174 18.8% +46%
Bentley School Private · secular 293 75.6% -4%
Stuart Hall High School Private · Catholic 204 36.4% +0%
College Preparatory School Private · secular 373 76.9% +1%
Drew School Private · secular 302 20.0% +8%
San Francisco Waldorf Hs Private · secular 320 7.5% +14%
Convent of the Sacred Heart Hs Private · Catholic 220 17.0% +0%
Mid Peninsula High School Private · secular 137 +27%

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 →

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Tilden Preparatory School sent 56 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 10.7% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 11.5%6.6 percentage points below the California median of 18.1%, higher than 24% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
12%
6 admits / 52 seniors
-8.5 pp vs. peer median (20.0%) · Ranked #8 of 10 similar schools
5-year trend
2022 · 21.7% 2025 · 11.5%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.1%
Top 10%
51.2%
This school
11.5%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 11.5%

Higher than 24% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Tilden Preparatory School's UC Reach of 11.5% is below the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.

But in Alameda County, where the local median is 40.5% and the top-10% bar is 68.1%, this score is mid-pack rather than exceptional — typical of its market rather than a standout.

Overall, Tilden Preparatory School's UC Reach is higher than 24% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach
107.7%
56 applications
Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).
In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · Alameda Co. Top 10% ≥ 361.9% · higher than 66% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
10.7%
6 / 56 applications
In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 0% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of 6 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
N/A
None enrollees / 52 seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % 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 (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
5.8
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 6% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
52
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
160
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
3.86

GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %
UC Reach % (where available)
UC Admits (count, right axis)

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 12
UCLA → Elite 11
UC San Diego → Selective 9
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 8
UC Irvine → Selective 7 3 42.9% 5.8%
UC Davis → 9 3 33.3% 5.8% 3.86
= 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 requires unique-student counts. 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.
Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.
Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.
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