Valley Christian High School
Cerritos · Los Angeles County · Religious-affiliated
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🎓 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 Valley Christian High School compares for families
Mid-pack college outcomes within California.
- ▸ Statewide16.1% UC Reach — right around the California median of 18.1%.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsRight at the peer median (18.3% UC Reach) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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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 Valley Christian High School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+5.7%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~557 | +30 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~623 | +96 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~697 | +170 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
Valley Christian High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · Other religious · Cerritos · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Valley Christian High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 10): 16% vs. a peer median of 18%.
- ▸Valley Christian High School's UC Reach has declined meaningfully from a peak of 39% in 2020 to 16% in 2025 — a 23-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 29% (106→137 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of -12%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+2.7%/yr); projects to ~571 by 2028.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Christian High School | Private · Other religious | 527 | 16.1% | +29% |
| Peer-group median | 18.3% | -12% | ||
| Saint Joseph High School | Private · Catholic | 557 | 30.3% | -10% |
| Calvary Chapel Christian School | Private · Other religious | 619 | — | -4% |
| Saint Anthony High School | Private · Catholic | 422 | 12.9% | -15% |
| Mary Star of the Sea High Sch | Private · Catholic | 407 | 18.1% | -44% |
| Cathedral High School | Private · Other religious | 583 | 13.7% | -20% |
| Whittier Christian High School | Private · Other religious | 410 | 6.4% | -30% |
| Saint Paul High School | Private · Catholic | 405 | 38.1% | -25% |
| Junipero Serra High School | Private · Catholic | 367 | 18.3% | +6% |
| Rosary Academy | Private · Catholic | 462 | 28.0% | +34% |
| Saint John Bosco High School | Private · Catholic | 869 | 31.1% | -3% |
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 →
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.
Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 951803684). 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.
Valley Christian High School sent 121 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 18.2% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 16.1% — 2.0 percentage points below the California median of 18.1%, higher than 45% of California high schools. The school produces 2.9 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
-2.2 pp vs. peer median (18.3%) · Ranked #7 of 10 similar schools
18.1%
51.2%
16.1%
Higher than 45% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Valley Christian High School's UC Reach of 16.1% is below the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.
Overall, Valley Christian High School's UC Reach is higher than 45% 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.
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
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) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 13 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | — | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 24 | 4 | 3 | 16.7% | 2.9% | 75.0% | — | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 23 | 3 | —† | 13.0% | 2.2% | — | — | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 17 | 4 | —† | 23.5% | 2.9% | — | — | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 29 | 8 | —† | 27.6% | 5.8% | — | — | —† |
| UC Davis → | 15 | 3 | —† | 20.0% | 2.2% | — | — | —† |