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🏆 Top 10 in Yolo County — UC Reach

Yolo 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 Davis Senior High School · Davis 52.7% 2 River City High School · West Sacramento 19.6% 3 Pioneer High · 19.2% 4 Woodland High School · Woodland 18.7% 5 Winters High School · Winters 9.9% 6 Delta High School · Clarksburg 3.5%

Leaderboards by type — Yolo County (2025)

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

▲ Top 10 Public + Charter

Yolo County

1
Davis Senior High School
Davis · Public
 52.7%
2
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 19.6%
3
Pioneer High
· Public
 19.2%
4
Woodland High School
Woodland · Public
 18.7%
5
Winters High School
Winters · Public
 9.9%
6
Delta High School
Clarksburg · Public
 3.5%

▲ Top 10 Private

Yolo County

Not enough schools in Yolo County for this list.

▼ Bottom 10 Public + Charter

Yolo County

1
Delta High School
Clarksburg · Public
 3.5%
2
Winters High School
Winters · Public
 9.9%
3
Woodland High School
Woodland · Public
 18.7%
4
Pioneer High
· Public
 19.2%
5
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 19.6%
6
Davis Senior High School
Davis · Public
 52.7%

▼ Bottom 10 Private

Yolo County

Not enough schools in Yolo County for this list.

🎯 Specialized high schools — Yolo 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

Yolo County

1
Da Vinci Charter Academy
Davis · Public
 24.0%
2
Esparto High School
Esparto · Public
 7.5%

▲ Top 10 Small Private

Yolo County

1
Woodland Christian High School
Woodland · Private
 10.9%

Top 10 by individual UC campus — Yolo 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
Davis Senior High School
Davis · Public
 3.9%
2
Woodland High School
Woodland · Public
 1.9%
3
Pioneer High
· Public
 1.6%
4
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 0.5%

Top 10 — UCLA Reach

UCLA

1
Davis Senior High School
Davis · Public
 3.0%
2
Pioneer High
· Public
 1.4%
3
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 1.3%

Top 10 — UCSD Reach

UC San Diego

1
Davis Senior High School
Davis · Public
 9.6%
2
Woodland High School
Woodland · Public
 4.2%
3
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 3.4%
4
Pioneer High
· Public
 3.0%
5
Winters High School
Winters · Public
 2.7%

Top 10 — UCSB Reach

UC Santa Barbara

1
Davis Senior High School
Davis · Public
 12.9%
2
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 4.2%
3
Woodland High School
Woodland · Public
 3.8%
4
Pioneer High
· Public
 3.6%
5
Winters High School
Winters · Public
 3.6%

Top 10 — UCI Reach

UC Irvine

1
Davis Senior High School
Davis · Public
 5.9%
2
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 2.4%
3
Pioneer High
· Public
 0.8%

Top 10 — UCD Reach

UC Davis

1
Davis Senior High School
Davis · Public
 17.3%
2
Pioneer High
· Public
 8.8%
3
Woodland High School
Woodland · Public
 8.8%
4
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 7.8%
5
Winters High School
Winters · Public
 3.6%
6
Delta High School
Clarksburg · Public
 3.5%

Beyond UC Reach — more lenses on Yolo 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
Da Vinci Charter Academy
Davis · Public
 100.0%
2
Davis Senior High
· Public
 83.7%
3
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 48.5%
4
Pioneer High
· Public
 45.7%
5
Woodland High School
Woodland · Public
 39.3%
6
Winters High School
Winters · Public
 38.2%
7
Esparto High School
Esparto · Public
 21.9%

Top 10 — UC 6-Yr Grad Rate

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

1
Davis Senior High School
Davis · Public
 93.7%
2
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 90.5%
3
Woodland High School
Woodland · Public
 71.4%

Top 10 — Best Counselor Capacity

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

1
Da Vinci Charter Academy
Davis · Public
 187:1
2
Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High
· Public
 257:1
3
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High
· Public
 266:1
4
Woodland High School
Woodland · Public
 286:1
5
Davis Senior High
· Public
 314:1
6
Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High
· Public
 324:1
7
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 420:1
8
Pioneer High
· Public
 540:1

Top 10 — Most Consistent

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

1
Pioneer High
avg 17.7% · σ 1.95
 σ 1.95
2
Da Vinci Charter Academy
avg 18.3% · σ 4.49
 σ 4.49
3
Davis Senior High School
avg 51.8% · σ 5.53
 σ 5.53

Top 10 — SBAC ELA met/exceeded

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

1
Davis Senior High
· n=453 · 2025
 86%
2
Da Vinci Charter Academy
Davis · n=79 · 2025
 81%
3
Washington Middle College Hs
West Sacramento · n=36 · 2025
 81%
4
River City High School
West Sacramento · n=497 · 2025
 60%
5
Winters High School
Winters · n=103 · 2025
 59%
6
Pioneer High
· n=341 · 2025
 53%
7
Esparto High School
Esparto · n=55 · 2025
 51%
8
Woodland High School
Woodland · n=239 · 2025
 46%
9
Delta High School
Clarksburg · n=188 · 2025
 17%
10
Cache Creek High (continuation)
· n=78 · 2025
 9%

Top 10 — SBAC Math met/exceeded

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

1
Davis Senior High
· n=439 · 2025
 70%
2
Da Vinci Charter Academy
Davis · n=79 · 2025
 56%
3
Washington Middle College Hs
West Sacramento · n=36 · 2025
 50%
4
River City High School
West Sacramento · n=497 · 2025
 25%
5
Pioneer High
· n=344 · 2025
 23%
6
Winters High School
Winters · n=103 · 2025
 20%
7
Esparto High School
Esparto · n=54 · 2025
 19%
8
Woodland High School
Woodland · n=236 · 2025
 14%
9
Yolo High
· n=38 · 2025
 5%
10
Cache Creek High (continuation)
· n=78 · 2025
 5%

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
Davis Senior High School
Davis · Public
 42% '18 → 53% '25 +10.7pp
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 14% '18 → 20% '25 +6.0pp
Pioneer High
· Public
 14% '18 → 19% '25 +5.6pp
Winters High School
Winters · Public
 5% '18 → 10% '25 +5.1pp
Woodland High School
Woodland · Public
 14% '18 → 19% '25 +5.0pp
Delta High School
Clarksburg · Public
 1% '18 → 4% '25 +2.4pp

▼ Biggest declines

SchoolThen → NowΔ
Delta High School
Clarksburg · Public
 1% '18 → 4% '25 2.4pp
Woodland High School
Woodland · Public
 14% '18 → 19% '25 5.0pp
Winters High School
Winters · Public
 5% '18 → 10% '25 5.1pp
Pioneer High
· Public
 14% '18 → 19% '25 5.6pp
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 14% '18 → 20% '25 6.0pp
Davis Senior High School
Davis · Public
 42% '18 → 53% '25 10.7pp

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
Winters High School
Winters · Yolo · Public  Strong demand
 +7.8% vs -1.9% +9.6pp
River City High School
West Sacramento · Yolo · Public  Demand hides churn
 +7.1% vs -1.9% +9.0pp
Pioneer High
· Yolo · Public  Strong demand
 +4.5% vs -1.9% +6.4pp
Woodland High School
Woodland · Yolo · Public  Compounding decline
 -15.1% vs -1.9% -13.2pp

▼ Underperforming the county the most

SchoolSchool · CountyGap
Woodland High School
Woodland · Yolo · Public  Compounding decline
 -15.1% vs -1.9% -13.2pp
Pioneer High
· Yolo · Public  Strong demand
 +4.5% vs -1.9% +6.4pp
River City High School
West Sacramento · Yolo · Public  Demand hides churn
 +7.1% vs -1.9% +9.0pp
Winters High School
Winters · Yolo · Public  Strong demand
 +7.8% vs -1.9% +9.6pp

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

5 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.
Woodland High School
Woodland · Public
 3.89 40.8% +16.4pp
Pioneer High
· Public
 4.00 28.8% +5.5pp
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 4.00 28.5% +5.1pp
Winters High School
Winters · Public
 3.69 30.6% +0.8pp
Davis Senior High School
Davis · Public
 4.05 22.0% +-1.6pp

▼ Top 10 underperformers

School GPA Actual Δ vs exp.
Davis Senior High School
Davis · Public
 4.05 22.0% -1.6pp
Winters High School
Winters · Public
 3.69 30.6% 0.8pp
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public
 4.00 28.5% 5.1pp
Pioneer High
· Public
 4.00 28.8% 5.5pp
Woodland High School
Woodland · Public
 3.89 40.8% 16.4pp

Full rankings — every Yolo County high school by UC Reach

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6 schools · 2025 data · 5 hidden (under 100 seniors)
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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
Davis Senior High School
Davis · Public
 Yolo 560 1,755 52.7% 239.3% 22.0% 28.5% 35.4 7.0 1,340 295
2
River City High School
West Sacramento · Public  Demand hides churn
 Yolo 551 2,168 19.6% 68.8% 28.5% 38.0% 11.8 1.8 379 108
3
Pioneer High
· Public  Strong demand
 Yolo 364 1,582 19.2% 66.8% 28.8% 31.4% 10.4 3.0 243 70
4
Woodland High School
Woodland · Public  Compounding decline
 Yolo 262 1,155 18.7% 59.5% 31.4% 34.7% 9.9 1.9 156 49
5
Winters High School
Winters · Public  Strong demand
 Yolo 111 479 9.9% 47.8% 20.8% — 6.3 — 53 11
6
Delta High School
Clarksburg · Public  Compounding decline
 Yolo 198 291 3.5% 7.6% 46.7% 42.9% — — 15 7
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 →