Brethren Christian High School

Huntington Beach · Orange County · Private (Other religious)

Private Orange County ~34 seniors

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University of California outcomes · Class of 2020

UC Reach ⓘ

15%

5 admits / 34 seniors
-10.3 pp vs. peer median (25.0%) · Ranked #4 of 6 similar schools

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
16.2%

Peer median
25.0%

Top 10%
54.0%

This school
14.7%

0%50%100%

CA median 16.2% Top 10% ≥ 54.0% This school 14.7%

Higher than 46% of California high schools (1060 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Brethren Christian High School's UC Reach of 14.7% is below the California median (16.2%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 54.0% or higher.

But in Orange County, where the local median is 23.1% and the top-10% bar is 78.7%, this score is mid-pack rather than exceptional — typical of its market rather than a standout.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 110.5% — a gap of 96 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Brethren Christian High School's UC Reach is higher than 46% of California high schools (1060 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

67.6%

23 applications

In context: CA median 63.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 186.3% · Orange Co. Top 10% ≥ 248.8% · higher than 53% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

21.7%

5 / 23 applications

In context: CA median 29.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.9% · higher than 11% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

None enrolled of 5 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 ⓘ

N/A

None enrollees / 34 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) ⓘ

14.7

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 13.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 43.1 · higher than 55% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

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.

Brethren Christian High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · Huntington Beach · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Brethren Christian High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #4 of 6): 15% vs. a peer median of 25%.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
Brethren Christian High School	Private · Other religious	98	14.7%	—
Peer-group median			25.0%	-29%
Bethel Baptist School	Private · Other religious	83	25.0%	-36%
Orangewood Academy	Private · Other religious	107	11.1%	-78%
Veritas Classical Academy	Private · Other religious	90	—	-75%
Eastside Christian High School	Private · Other religious	120	—	-22%
Cornelia Connelly School	Private · Catholic	124	41.9%	—
Pacific Lutheran High School	Private · Other religious	84	—	+0%
Acaciawood School	Private · secular	128	—	+50%
Aquinas International Academy	Private · secular	145	12.0%	-70%
Ambassador High School	Private · Other religious	148	38.5%	+53%
Saint Michaels Prep School	Private	57	—	—

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 →

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.89

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.05

Admit rate vs. CA peer average, by campus ⓘ

How does this school's admit rate at each UC compare to other CA schools whose applicant pool averages the same GPA?

Campus	Applicant GPA (avg)	Actual admit rate	CA peer avg	Δ	Verdict
UC Irvine	3.94	62.5%	29.5%	+33.0pp	Over

"Applicant GPA" is the average GPA of this school's UC applicant pool — not an individual student GPA. "CA peer avg" is the application-weighted statewide admit rate at this school-pool GPA, fit separately per campus. At any given pool GPA, real admit rates span widely (UCSD ranges 8% → 65% across CA schools) because UCs use comprehensive review — context-of-opportunity, geography, demographics, and applicant essays all weigh in beyond GPA. A large negative residual flags this school is admitted at a meaningfully lower rate than other CA schools at the same pool GPA — not that students here were "rejected at expected rate X." "Over" / "Under" use a ±5-point band. Campuses with fewer than 5 applicants are omitted.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2020

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 — 2020

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UCLA → Elite	5	—	—	—	—	—	3.90	—
UC San Diego → Selective	5	—	—	—	—	—	3.88	—
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	5	—	—	—	—	—	3.80	—
UC Irvine → Selective	8	5	—	62.5%	14.7%	—	3.94	4.05

⚠ 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.

Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.

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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