Valley Christian High School
San Jose · Santa Clara County · Religious-affiliated
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- The UC pipeline here is real. 397 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 415 seniors puts this school in the top handful of schools in California.
- The UC surprise: most admits from the middle campuses — most enrollments at Berkeley. The middle campuses said yes far more often — 333 of this class's 397 UC admits came from San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, and Davis. But the campus grads chose most is Berkeley: 28 of its 37 admits took the seat. Those offers are rare — and when kids from here win one, they keep it.
- A deeply UC-focused culture. Seniors here file about 3.5 UC applications each — among the most UC-oriented schools in California. The counseling office lives and breathes this system.
- 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.
Where grads go — and what it costs & pays
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Getting in is step one. The cost above is the average aid-receiving family's net price — yours depends on whether you qualify for aid — and your child's odds depend on their GPA + scores. See your family's real numbers at these campuses:
Get my child's odds + our real costs →Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How Valley Christian High School compares for families
One of California's strongest schools for college outcomes.
- ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 96 — 77 points above the California median of 19. Ahead of 99% of California high schools.
- ▸ Locally🎓 Top 5% in California on UC Reach — plus 1 more top-rank.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsOther schools in the county, closest in size: Bellarmine College Preparatory, Archbishop Mitty High School, Saint Francis High School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Where the Class of 2024 & 2025 enrolled
Valley Christian High School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 23 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.
College · Students
These graduates went on to the colleges above.
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Independently verified As published by Valley Christian High School — 2025-2026 School Profile ↗. Found at: p.2, 'College Destinations for the Class of 2024 & 2025' / 'Most commonly attended schools'.
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 Valley Christian High School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+0.3%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~1,642 | +5 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~1,651 | +14 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~1,660 | +23 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = derived from this school's IRS Form 990 (FY2023) — program-service revenue ÷ enrollment. Edit the figure to match your school.
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 941495182). 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 1,451 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 27.4% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 96 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 77 points above the California median of 19, higher than 99% of California high schools. The school produces 15.4 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
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Higher than 99% of California high schools (1107 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Valley Christian High School's UC Reach Score of 96 clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53) — meaning roughly 95 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.
In Santa Clara County — a competitive market where the median is already 33 — this still clears the county top-10% bar (84).
This places Valley Christian High School in the elite tier statewide — the top-1% threshold is 95.
Overall, Valley Christian High School's UC Reach is higher than 99% of California high schools (1107 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 |
| 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 |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 4.07 | 4.22 | +0.14 | 15.2% | Peers +0.19 · wider |
| UCLA | 4.07 | 4.26 | +0.19 | 9.6% | Peers +0.23 · wider |
| UC San Diego | 4.06 | 4.24 | +0.18 | 25.2% | Peers +0.23 · wider |
| UC Santa Barbara | 4.05 | 4.23 | +0.18 | 39.5% | Peers +0.23 · wider |
| UC Irvine (2023) | 4.08 | 4.23 | +0.15 | 19.6% | Peers +0.17 · matches |
| UC Davis | 4.06 | 4.17 | +0.12 | 37.3% | Peers +0.18 · 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 Valley Christian High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (25.3% actual vs. 21.8% expected), based on 2024 data.
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
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 | 223 | 37 | 28 | 16.6% | 9 | 75.7% | 4.07 | 4.22 |
| UCLA → Elite | 250 | 27 | 14 | 10.8% | 7 | 51.9% | 4.07 | 4.26 |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 251 | 76 | 12 | 30.3% | 18 | 15.8% | 4.06 | 4.24 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 240 | 114 | 7 | 47.5% | 27 | 6.1% | 4.05 | 4.23 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 252 | 61 | 11 | 24.2% | 15 | 18.0% | — | —† |
| UC Davis → | 235 | 82 | 4 | 34.9% | 20 | 4.9% | 4.06 | 4.17 |
What This Means
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