Western Christian Schools

Upland · San Bernardino County · Religious-affiliated

Private San Bernardino County ~139 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

18.7% UC Reach — top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2024. Counts each campus admit, so multi-admits count more than once.

UC admits by campus · Class of 2024

UCSD
6 admitted
3 enrolled
UCSB
5 admitted
UCI
8 admitted
4 enrolled
UCD
7 admitted

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

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How Western Christian Schools compares for families

Mid-pack college outcomes within California.

  • Statewide18.7% UC Reach — right around the California median of 18.0%.
  • vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (18.7% UC Reach vs 22.4% 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 Western Christian Schools's 2024 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
435 (2020)635 (2025)
+46.0%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
124 (2020)113 (2025)
-8.9%

If this trend holds (+10.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~700 +65 $0
3 yr (2028) ~852 +217 $0
5 yr (2030) ~1,036 +401 $0

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

Western Christian Schools — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · Upland · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Western Christian Schools sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #5 of 8): 19% vs. a peer median of 22%.
  • Across the top-6 UC campuses, Western Christian Schools is admitting at roughly +7 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.897) alone would predict (32% actual vs. 25% 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 down 9% (124→113 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of -3%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+7.9%/yr); projects to ~797 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

635 students (2025)
~797 projected (2028)
at +7.9%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Western Christian Schools Private · Other religious 635 18.7% -9%
Peer-group median 22.4% -3%
Ontario Christian High School Private · Other religious 469 10.3% +22%
Damien High School Private · Catholic 696 22.4% -31%
United Christian Academy Private · Other religious 925 14.0% -23%
Crossroads Christian School Private · Other religious 733 +36%
Lutheran High School Private · Other religious 1141 -3%
Carnegie Schools Riverside Private · Other religious 494 6.2% +0%
Aquinas High School Private · Catholic 645 26.3% +8%
LA Salle High School Private · Catholic 659 51.3% -8%
Calvary Chapel Christian School Private · Other religious 619 -4%
The Webb Schools Private · secular 401 143.6% -6%

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 2024

Western Christian Schools sent 117 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 22.2% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 18.7%0.7 percentage points above the California median of 18.0%, higher than 53% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2024
UC Reach
19%
26 admits / 139 seniors
-3.7 pp vs. peer median (22.4%) · Ranked #5 of 8 similar schools
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.0%
Peer median
22.4%
Top 10%
49.0%
This school
18.7%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.0% Top 10% ≥ 49.0% This school 18.7%

Higher than 53% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Western Christian Schools's UC Reach of 18.7% is above the California median (18.0%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 49.0% or higher.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 85.0% — a gap of 66 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Western Christian Schools's UC Reach is higher than 53% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach
84.2%
117 applications
In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 234.0% · San Bernardino Co. Top 10% ≥ 113.2% · higher than 56% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
22.2%
26 / 117 applications
In context: CA median 26.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.9% · higher than 27% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
26.9%
7 enrolled of 26 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
5.0%
7 enrollees / 139 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)
13.7
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.4 · higher than 42% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
139
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
598
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
3.97
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.18

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 Western Christian Schools
Campus 4.00+ GPA 3.70–3.99 GPA 3.30–3.69 GPA < 3.30 GPA
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
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 2024.

The numbers behind it

Campus Applicant GPA Admit GPA Lift Admit rate vs peer schools @ same GPA
UC San Diego 3.93 4.23 +0.30 28.6% Peers +0.28 · matches
UC Santa Barbara 3.82 4.23 +0.40 31.2% Peers +0.34 · steeper
UC Irvine 3.93 4.13 +0.20 25.8% Peers +0.25 · wider
UC Davis 3.87 4.17 +0.31 53.8% Peers +0.27 · steeper
📊 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%
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 Western Christian Schools sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 7.1 points above what their GPAs predict (32.1% actual vs. 25.0% expected).

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 11 4.16
UCLA → Elite 25 4.10
UC San Diego → Selective 21 6 3 28.6% 4.3% 50.0% 3.93 4.23
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 16 5 31.2% 3.6% 3.82 4.23
UC Irvine → Selective 31 8 4 25.8% 5.8% 50.0% 3.93 4.13
UC Davis → 13 7 53.8% 5.0% 3.87 4.17
= 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.
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.
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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