Woodside Priory School

Portola Valley · San Mateo County · Religious-affiliated

Private San Mateo County ~74 seniors

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Top 5% UC Reach in California

A parent's read

The UC pipeline here is real. 52 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 74 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 3% of California high schools.
Elite admits are rare — here and everywhere. Berkeley and UCLA admitted 9 of this class's 250 UC applications. The strong middle campuses — San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis — are where most real UC outcomes happen.
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 Reach Score

Excellent top 6% in California

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

UCB

5 admitted

Net $13,481/yr avg

Grads earn $92,446 @10yr

UCLA

4 admitted

Net $12,548/yr avg

Grads earn $82,511 @10yr

UCSD

10 admitted

Net $12,470/yr avg

Grads earn $84,943 @10yr

UCSB

18 admitted

Net $16,109/yr avg

Grads earn $74,915 @10yr

UCI

6 admitted

Net $14,251/yr avg

Grads earn $80,735 @10yr

UCD

9 admitted

Net $14,741/yr avg

Grads earn $80,838 @10yr

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Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

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How Woodside Priory School compares for families

One of California's strongest schools for college outcomes.

▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 70 — 51 points above the California median of 19. Ahead of 97% of California high schools.
▸ Locally🎓 #1 in San Mateo County on UC Reach — plus 1 more top-rank.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (UC Reach Score 70 vs a 39 median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

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Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

Woodside Priory School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 131 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
College Matriculation Classes of 2021 to 2025

Boston University Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Carnegie Mellon University Cornell University Emory University Loyola Marymount University New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University Occidental College Princeton University San José State University Santa Clara University Stanford University Tufts University Tulane University University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles University of Southern California University of Washington University of Wisconsin-Madison Boston College Chapman University Claremont McKenna College Columbia University Georgetown University Lafayette College Macalester College Middlebury College Reed College

and 101 more

Sarah Lawrence College San Diego State University Southern Methodist University University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign University of Miami University of Michigan University of Notre Dame University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of Redlands University of Rochester University of St. Andrews University of San Diego Vanderbilt University Washington University in St. Louis Wesleyan University American University Amherst College Barnard College Berklee College of Music Boise State University Brandeis University Brigham Young University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Cal Poly, Humboldt Case Western University Colgate University College of San Mateo Colorado College CSU, Fresno CSU, Long Beach Dartmouth College Davidson College Dominican University of California Duke University Emerson College Foothill College George Washington University Georgia Institute of Technology Gonzaga University Grinnell College Gulf Coast State College Hamilton College Harvard University Haverford College Independence Community College Indiana University Bloomington John Hopkins University Kenyon College Lehigh University Manhattan School of Music Marist College McGill University Montana State University Morehead State University Morehouse College Mount Holyoke College New Mexico Junior College Oberlin College Parsons School of Design Pepperdine University Pitzer College Pomona College Pratt Institute Purdue University Rhode Island School of Design Rice University Rochester Institute of Technology St. Mary's College of California Salt Lake Community College Suffolk University Syracuse University Texas Christian University US Military Academy, West Point University College, Dublin University of British Columbia University of California, Santa Cruz University of Chicago University of Colorado Boulder University of Maryland, College Park University of New Mexico University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Pittsburgh University of Portland University of Richmond University of San Francisco University of Texas at Austin University of Virginia Vassar College Wheaton College Whittier College Willamette University Williams College Wingate University Worcester Polytechnic Institute

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Woodside Priory School — Woodside Priory School Profile 2025-2026 ('[Final-Corrected] Profile 2025-2026-3', Adobe Acrobat cloud viewer) ↗. Found at: page 3 of 3, 'COLLEGE MATRICULATION CLASSES OF 2021 TO 2025 — 368 STUDENTS TOTAL OVER FIVE YEARS'.

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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 Woodside Priory School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

403 (2020) → 436 (2025)

+8.2%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

65 (2020) → 74 (2025)

+13.8%

If this trend holds (+1.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~444	+8	$0
3 yr (2028)	~459	+23	$0
5 yr (2030)	~476	+40	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = a wide range — Jewish day $25k–35k, Lutheran/Christian $10k–18k. Edit the figure to match your school.

How does Woodside Priory School really compare on getting kids to college?

We've ranked it #4 of 9 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.

The full head-to-head table — every peer school's UC Reach, side by side.

Enrollment trend + 3-year projection — is this school growing or quietly shrinking?

The plain-English read on what it all means for your family.

Your similar-school group includes

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Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Woodside Priory School sent 250 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 20.8% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 70 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 51 points above the California median of 19, higher than 97% of California high schools. The school produces 12.2 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

UC Reach Score 70 ⓘ 52 admits (counted at each UC) / 74 seniors +31 pts above peer median (39) · #4 of 9 similar schools methodology

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
19

Peer median
39

Top 10%
53

This school
70

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CA median 19 Top 10% ≥ 53 This school 70

Higher than 97% of California high schools (1107 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

What this number means

Woodside Priory School's UC Reach Score of 70 clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53) — meaning roughly 70 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

In San Mateo County — a competitive market where the median is already 33 — this still clears the county top-10% bar (66).

Against similar schools, Woodside Priory School stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 39.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95 — a gap of 25 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Woodside Priory School's UC Reach is higher than 97% of California high schools (1107 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

338

250 applications

Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 3 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.

In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · San Mateo Co. Top 10% ≥ 332 · higher than 98% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

20.8%

52 / 250 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.4% · higher than 20% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of 52 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 ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 74 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.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

58.1

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.9 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.2 · higher than 97% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

12.2

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 10.2 · higher than 94% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

436

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 ⓘ

4.10

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.23

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.

Who's actually getting into UC from Woodside Priory School

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

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 Berkeley	4.10	4.22	+0.12	16.7%	Peers +0.18 · wider
UCLA (2023)	4.12	4.29	+0.17	10.9%	Peers +0.19 · matches
UC San Diego	4.10	4.24	+0.13	34.3%	Peers +0.20 · wider
UC Santa Barbara	4.09	4.24	+0.14	34.3%	Peers +0.20 · wider
UC Irvine	4.11	4.22	+0.11	33.3%	Peers +0.14 · matches
UC Davis	4.09	4.21	+0.12	32.0%	Peers +0.16 · 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%

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 Woodside Priory School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (26.5% actual vs. 22.4% expected), based on 2024 data.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant 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	41	5	—^†	12.2%	7	—	4.10	4.22
UCLA → Elite	46	4	—^†	8.7%	5	—	4.10	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	43	10	—^†	23.3%	14	—	4.10	4.24
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	48	18	—^†	37.5%	24	—	4.09	4.24
UC Irvine → Selective	39	6	—^†	15.4%	8	—	4.11	4.22
UC Davis →	33	9	—^†	27.3%	12	—	4.09	4.21

† = 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 is measured against the whole senior class. 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.

UC Reach is very strong — more than 70% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.

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.

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