Twelve Bridges High School

Lincoln · Placer County · Western Placer Unified · Public

Public Placer County 🏛 Western Placer Unified → ~291 seniors CDS 3166951…
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📘Top 25% Math · SBAC (CA)

📋 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

UC Reach Score
15
Below the CA median below the state median
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

UCSD
15 admitted
6 enrolled
UCSB
7 admitted
UCD
21 admitted
11 enrolled

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

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How Twelve Bridges High School compares for families

Mid-pack college outcomes within California.

  • Statewide14.8% UC Reach — right around the California median of 18.1%.
  • vs Similar SchoolsRight at the peer median (14.4% UC Reach) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

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🏛️ Federal Title I context

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

20.3%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

ELA — met or exceeded
n = 325
61.9%
incl. 29.9% exceeded
-5.4 pts vs. Placer County median (67.3%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 326
40.2%
incl. 13.8% exceeded
On the Placer County median (40.2%) · CA median 21.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

White 58%
Hispanic / Latino 20% -2.0
Two or more 7% +1.8
Asian 6% +1.2
Filipino 4% -1.3
Not reported 3% +1.5
Black / African Am. 2%
Pacific Islander 0%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 17% -1.0
Socioeconomically disadv. 10%
English learners 2%

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

Chronic absent
17.6%
236 of 1,338 students

Absenteeism is down 8.3 pp since 2021-22. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Placer County median
15.1% · school is worse than 68% of 22 HS
Statewide median
22.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
566 (2022)1,377 (2026)
+143.3%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
269 (2024)344 (2026)
+27.9%

If this trend holds (+23.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~1,696 +319 $0
3 yr (2029) ~2,571 +1194 $0
5 yr (2031) ~3,900 +2523 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

Twelve Bridges High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Lincoln · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach Score, Twelve Bridges High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #5 of 9): 15 vs. a peer median of 14.
  • Its UC Reach Score has risen 6 points since 2024.
  • Across the top-6 UC campuses, Twelve Bridges High School is admitting at roughly +24 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (4.065) alone would predict (54% actual vs. 30% 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 up 28% (269→344 from 2024 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -3%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+24.9%/yr); projects to ~2682 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

1377 students (2026)
~2682 projected (2029)
at +24.9%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Score Enroll. trend
Twelve Bridges High School Public 1377 15 +28%
Peer-group median 14 -3%
John Adams Academy - Lincoln Public 1390 +14%
Roseville High School Public 1458 13 -25%
Lincoln High School Public 1117 4 -34%
Del Oro High School Public 1636 15 -11%
Rocklin High School Public 1861 20 -9%
Oakmont High School Public 1283 16 -30%
Whitney High School Public 2080 27 +16%
John Adams Academy - Roseville Public 1630 +11%
Center High School Public 1257 9 +3%
Foothill High Public 1432 11 +34%

UC Reach Score = 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. Methodology →

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Placer County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Healthy
Best in class — winning on demand and retention.

Twelve Bridges High School outperformed Placer County on enrollment (school +27.9% vs. county -0.7%) AND maintains 94.7% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.

+27.9%  school enrollment (2024–2026)
-0.7%  Placer County baseline
+28.6pp  gap vs. county
94.7%  retention (county median 90.8%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2024
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
94.7%
1,277 of 1,349 students

72 of 1,349 students who enrolled at Twelve Bridges High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (5.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Placer County median
90.8% · school is in the 87th percentile of 23 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 88th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

White (767) 95.6%
Socio. disadvantaged (303) 90.8%
Hispanic / Latino (274) 94.2%
Students w/ disabilities (143) 93.0%
Two or more races (96) 95.8%
Asian (79) 96.2%

Nearest peer high schools

John Adams Academy - Lincoln 80.1% Roseville High School 89.5% Lincoln High School 90.5% Del Oro High School 92.5% Rocklin High School 95.1%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Western Placer Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$134.1M
+21.8% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$18,935
7,081 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 30.7%
Local: 61.9%
Federal: 7.4%
Instruction share
59.0%
of current spending · $7,458/pupil
Long-term debt
$316.8M
+49.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Western Placer Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Twelve Bridges High School sent 132 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 32.6% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 153 points below the California median of 18, higher than 40% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach Score
15
Below the CA median Top 60% of CA high schools
43 admits / 291 seniors
On the peer median (14) · Ranked #5 of 9 similar schools
5-year trend
2024 · 9 2025 · 15
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18
Top 10%
51
This school
15
050100
CA median 18 Top 10% ≥ 51 This school 15

Higher than 40% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Twelve Bridges High School's UC Reach Score of 15 is below the California median (18). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51 or higher.

Overall, Twelve Bridges High School's UC Reach is higher than 40% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score
45
132 applications
In context: CA median 75 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241 · higher than 24% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
32.6%
43 / 132 applications
In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 76% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
39.5%
17 enrolled of 43 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
17 enrollees / 291 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.
A-G Completion
66%
182 of 274 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · +10.5 pp above · Placer Co. 67.3%.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
7.6
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 12% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
291
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
1,317
All grades · CDE Census Day
Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
4.08
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.22

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 Twelve Bridges High School
Campus 4.00+ GPA 3.70–3.99 GPA 3.30–3.69 GPA < 3.30 GPA
UC San Diego Strong shot Moderate Long odds Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Davis Strong shot Strong shot Real shot 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 2025.

The numbers behind it

Campus Applicant GPA Admit GPA Lift Admit rate vs peer schools @ same GPA
UC San Diego 4.10 4.24 +0.14 60.0% Peers +0.21 · wider
UC Santa Barbara 4.07 4.27 +0.19 33.3% Peers +0.24 · wider
UC Davis 4.04 4.19 +0.15 61.8% Peers +0.20 · wider
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)
GPA band UCB UCLA UCSD UCSB UCI UCD
4.00+ 17.0% 15.1% 45.2% 62.3% 46.3% 65.9%
3.70–3.99 3.1% 1.6% 9.3% 17.6% 17.0% 31.1%
3.30–3.69 0.8% 0.5% 1.5% 2.8% 2.4% 10.3%
3.00–3.29 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 1.9%
< 3.00 0.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.7%
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 Twelve Bridges High School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 24.2 points above what their GPAs predict (53.8% actual vs. 29.5% expected).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2024–2025

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

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Score Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 17 4.11
UCLA → Elite 16 4.15
UC San Diego → Selective 25 15 6 60.0% 5 40.0% 4.10 4.24
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 21 7 33.3% 2 4.07 4.27
UC Irvine → Selective 19 4.03
UC Davis → 34 21 11 61.8% 7 52.4% 4.04 4.19
= 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.
Students are earning UC admission but enrolling elsewhere at a notable rate. This may reflect competition from private colleges, out-of-state flagships, cost considerations, or UC campus fit. Student outcome surveys can clarify.
UC Reach has improved meaningfully compared to the prior year — a positive trajectory worth monitoring and reinforcing.
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.
Compare with other schools → See Placer County rankings →

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