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🏆 Top 10 in Mendocino County — UC Reach

Mendocino County · 2025 · ≥50 seniors
What is UC Reach? UC Reach = unique top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class size — the share of a school's entire graduating class that reaches the six most selective UCs (Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis). It's a better gauge of school-wide success than admit rate, which only reflects the handful of students who applied.
Why it beats admit rate: if 6 students apply to the top UCs and all get in, that's a 100% admit rate — but at a 1,000-senior school it's a UC Reach of just 0.6% (6 ÷ 1,000). By contrast, a school where 250 of 1,000 seniors land a top-UC admit has a 25% UC Reach — far stronger, even though its admit rate is lower.
Why some schools are over 100%? Out of every 100 seniors at these schools, the class is generating more than 100 admissions to the six most selective UCs — meaning the typical strong student is getting in at multiple top campuses (UCLA + UCSD, or Berkeley + UCSB + Irvine, for example). It's a rare achievement: fewer than 1% of California high schools clear 100% UC Reach.
1 Fort Bragg High School · Fort Bragg 25.8% 2 Ukiah High School · Ukiah 24.1%

Leaderboards by type — Mendocino County (2025)

Top and bottom schools by UC Reach, split public/charter vs private (≥50 seniors). Scoped to Mendocino County — change the County filter above to rescope.

▲ Top 10 Public + Charter

Mendocino County

1
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Public
 25.8%
2
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 24.1%

▲ Top 10 Private

Mendocino County

Not enough schools in Mendocino County for this list.

▼ Bottom 10 Public + Charter

Mendocino County

1
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 24.1%
2
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Public
 25.8%

▼ Bottom 10 Private

Mendocino County

Not enough schools in Mendocino County for this list.

🎯 Specialized high schools — Mendocino County · 2025

Top UC Reach for schools with senior classes of 25–99. These are typically magnet programs, specialized charters, and small Catholic preps — too small to compare cleanly against comprehensive public high schools, but the most UC-effective small schools in California are here.

▲ Top 10 Small Public + Charter

Mendocino County

1
Mendocino High School
Mendocino · Public
 63.0%

▲ Top 10 Small Private

Mendocino County

Not enough schools in Mendocino County for this list.

Top 10 by individual UC campus — Mendocino County · 2025

Where each UC campus lands its admits, as a share of each high school's senior class. Same 50-senior floor.

Top 10 — UCB Reach

UC Berkeley

1
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 2.1%

Top 10 — UCLA Reach

UCLA

1
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 0.8%

Top 10 — UCSD Reach

UC San Diego

1
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Public
 8.3%
2
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 6.1%

Top 10 — UCSB Reach

UC Santa Barbara

1
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Public
 7.6%
2
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 4.0%

Top 10 — UCI Reach

UC Irvine

1
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Public
 4.5%
2
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 3.7%

Top 10 — UCD Reach

UC Davis

1
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 7.4%
2
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Public
 5.3%

Beyond UC Reach — more lenses on Mendocino County

UC Reach measures who gets in. These lenses measure the upstream pipeline (A-G), the downstream outcome (UC graduation), the capacity that drives the pipeline (counselors), reliability over time (consistency), grade-11 academic preparation (CAASPP SBAC ELA & Math), and private-school financial strength. Click any school for its full profile.

Top 10 — A-G Completion

% of graduates meeting UC/CSU course requirements · 2024-25 cohort

1
Mendocino High School
Mendocino · Public
 63.0%
2
Willits High School
Willits · Public
 45.1%
3
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 42.3%
4
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Public
 39.8%
5
Point Arena High School
Point Arena · Public
 18.8%
6
Ukiah Independent Study Academy
· Public
 13.9%
7
Round Valley High School
Covelo · Public
 6.1%

Top 10 — UC 6-Yr Grad Rate

% of UC entrants who finished in 6 years · cohort N ≥ 20

1
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 90.0%

Top 10 — Best Counselor Capacity

Lowest students-per-counselor (ASCA target 250:1) · public/charter, ≥500 students

1
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 235:1
2
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Public
 274:1

Top 10 — Most Consistent

Lowest UC Reach std-dev across 5 years (above-CA-median mean)

1
Fort Bragg High School
avg 21.0% · σ 7.24
 σ 7.24

Top 10 — SBAC ELA met/exceeded

% Met or Exceeded Standard · Grade 11 CAASPP · public/charter · tested ≥30

1
Mendocino High School
Mendocino · n=32 · 2025
 72%
2
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · n=393 · 2025
 52%
3
Anderson Valley Junior-Senior High
· n=35 · 2025
 46%
4
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · n=113 · 2025
 35%
5
Willits High School
Willits · n=86 · 2025
 20%
6
Point Arena High School
Point Arena · n=33 · 2025
 9%
7
South Valley High (continuation)
· n=45 · 2025
 4%

Top 10 — SBAC Math met/exceeded

% Met or Exceeded Standard · Grade 11 CAASPP · public/charter · tested ≥30

1
Mendocino High School
Mendocino · n=30 · 2025
 40%
2
Anderson Valley Junior-Senior High
· n=35 · 2025
 34%
3
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · n=112 · 2025
 15%
4
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · n=393 · 2025
 13%
5
Willits High School
Willits · n=86 · 2025
 5%
6
Point Arena High School
Point Arena · n=33 · 2025
 3%
7
South Valley High (continuation)
· n=45 · 2025
 0%

Top 10 — Private Net Assets

Wealthiest CA private high schools · IRS Form 990 · latest fiscal year

No private-school 990 data for this filter.

Reach momentum — biggest gains & declines over time ⓘ

≥50 seniors · earliest→latest year

Which schools are moving a growing — or shrinking — share of their graduating class into the six most selective UCs. Reflects the current county/type filter.

▲ Biggest gains

SchoolThen → NowΔ
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Public
 7% '18 → 26% '25 +18.4pp
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 13% '18 → 24% '25 +11.2pp

▼ Biggest declines

SchoolThen → NowΔ
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 13% '18 → 24% '25 11.2pp
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Public
 7% '18 → 26% '25 18.4pp

Demand momentum — biggest gaps vs the county baseline ⓘ

grade-12 enrollment Δ vs. county · ≥80 students

The demographic tide is shrinking CA enrollment ~10% over 7 years statewide, so absolute decline alone is noise. The gap vs the county baseline is the actionable signal — schools losing share faster than their demographic floor are the ones to watch. Reflects the current county/type filter.

▲ Outperforming the county the most

SchoolSchool · CountyGap
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Mendocino · Public  Strong demand
 +14.6% vs +0.3% +14.3pp
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Mendocino · Public  Sharp downturn
 -12.6% vs +0.3% -12.9pp

▼ Underperforming the county the most

SchoolSchool · CountyGap
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Mendocino · Public  Sharp downturn
 -12.6% vs +0.3% -12.9pp
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Mendocino · Public  Strong demand
 +14.6% vs +0.3% +14.3pp

GPA Performance — over/under their predicted UC admit rate ⓘ

2 schools eligible · 2025

Each dot is one school. The diagonal is the per-campus GPA expectation — points above it admit students at higher rates than their GPA mix predicts; points below admit at lower rates. Schools need ≥30 top-6 UC applications and data across ≥3 campuses to appear.

▲ Top 10 outperformers

School GPA Actual Δ vs exp.
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Public
 3.77 49.3% +23.6pp
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 3.92 40.6% +18.7pp

▼ Top 10 underperformers

School GPA Actual Δ vs exp.
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public
 3.92 40.6% 18.7pp
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Public
 3.77 49.3% 23.6pp

Full rankings — every Mendocino County high school by UC Reach

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# School County Seniors ⓘ Total Enroll ⓘ UC Reach ⓘ App Reach ⓘ Admit Rate ⓘ Yield ⓘ Selective Reach ⓘ Elite Reach ⓘ Raw Apps ⓘ Raw Admits ⓘ
1
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Bragg · Public  Sharp downturn
 Mendocino 132 569 25.8% 81.1% 31.8% 11.8% 20.4 — 107 34
2
Ukiah High School
Ukiah · Public  Strong demand
 Mendocino 378 1,767 24.1% 59.3% 40.6% 18.7% 16.7 2.9 224 91
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class size. Where UCOP has not published unique-student totals, campus admits are summed — students admitted to more than one of the 6 campuses are counted at each, so values above 100% indicate strong students winning multiple competitive UC offers. Schools with fewer than 100 seniors are excluded from the leaderboard by default — a small cohort with one strong year can otherwise dominate. See methodology →