Army and Navy Academy

Carlsbad · San Diego County · Private independent

Private San Diego County ~60 seniors

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📋 At a glance

Programs & features

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Academic signals

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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Army and Navy Academy compares for families

Mid-pack college outcomes within California.

▸ Statewide23.3% UC Reach — 5.2 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 63% of California high schools.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (23.3% UC Reach vs 30.4% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Army and Navy Academy sent 97 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 14.4% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 23.3% — 5.2 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 63% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

23%

14 admits / 60 seniors
-7.1 pp vs. peer median (30.4%) · Ranked #4 of 6 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 30.8% 2025 · 23.3%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.1%

Peer median
30.4%

Top 10%
51.2%

This school
23.3%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 23.3%

Higher than 63% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Army and Navy Academy's UC Reach of 23.3% is above the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 74 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Army and Navy Academy's UC Reach is higher than 63% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

161.7%

97 applications

Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).

In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · higher than 80% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

14.4%

14 / 97 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 1% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

42.9%

6 enrolled of 14 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 ⓘ

10.0%

6 enrollees / 60 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) ⓘ

13.3

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 43% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

272

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 ⓘ

3.78

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.13

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 Army and Navy Academy

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	3.83	4.19	+0.36	30.0%	Peers +0.33 · matches
UC Santa Barbara (2020)	3.78	4.03	+0.25	34.8%	Peers +0.34 · wider
UC Irvine (2020)	3.70	4.00	+0.31	36.0%	Peers +0.38 · wider
UC Davis	3.66	4.06	+0.39	38.5%	Peers +0.35 · 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 Army and Navy Academy sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (28.8% actual vs. 28.2% expected), based on 2024 data.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach % (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach	Yield	Avg GPA (App) '24	Avg GPA (Adm) '24
UC Berkeley → Elite	11	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.83	—^†
UCLA → Elite	14	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.82	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	22	5	3	22.7%	8.3%	60.0%	3.83	4.19
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	19	3	—^†	15.8%	5.0%	—	3.74	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	18	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.74	—^†
UC Davis →	13	6	3	46.2%	10.0%	50.0%	3.66	4.06

† = 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 →

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 Army and Navy Academy's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

282 (2020) → 272 (2025)

-3.5%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

77 (2020) → 60 (2025)

-22.1%

If this trend holds (-0.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~270	-2	$0
3 yr (2028)	~266	-6	$0
5 yr (2030)	~262	-10	$0

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

Army and Navy Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · Carlsbad · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Army and Navy Academy sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #4 of 6): 23% vs. a peer median of 30%.
▸Army and Navy Academy's UC Reach has declined meaningfully from a peak of 44% in 2020 to 23% in 2025 — a 21-point drop that warrants attention. Multi-year UC Reach declines of this size often signal something specific (leadership change, comp-program shift, demographic move) rather than year-to-year noise. This is the kind of trajectory an Enrollment Trend Audit unpacks.
▸Senior-class enrollment is down 22% (77→60 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +12%.
▸At its recent rate (-0.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~266 by 2028 — about 6 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

272 students (2025)

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~266 projected (2028)

at -0.7%/yr

That's about 6 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.

Estimate seeded by nonsectarian private school typical — CA independent day schools typical $25k–55k. NCES doesn't publish per-school tuition; adjust to your school's actual figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
Army and Navy Academy	Private · secular	272	23.3%	-22%
Peer-group median			30.4%	+12%
Grauer School	Private · secular	157	30.4%	-15%
Horizon Prep	Private · Other religious	309	—	+100%
Pacific Ridge School	Private · secular	661	38.3%	+19%
Waldorf School of San Diego Hs	Private · secular	247	—	+19%
Idyllwild Arts Academy	Private · secular	273	22.5%	+6%
Fairmont San Juan Capistrano	Private · secular	374	—	+0%
Calvin Christian High School	Private · Other religious	439	—	+150%
Cambridge School	Private · Other religious	390	51.9%	+238%
Escondido Adventist Academy	Private · Other religious	158	10.0%	-41%
Pacific Academy	Private · secular	87	—	+0%

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 →

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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