California Acad Math & Science

Carson · Los Angeles County
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University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
N/A
(class size est.)
UC Application Reach
N/A
626 applications
UC Admit Rate
34.8%
218 / 626 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 81% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
21.6%
47 enrolled of 218 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
47 enrollees / None 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.
UC 6-Yr Grad Rate
82%
73% finished in 4 yrs · N=55 entered 2019
In context: CA median 88.6% · -6.8 pp vs. median.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
N/A
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Total School Enrollment
N/A
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California Acad Math & Science — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Carson · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Across the top-6 UC campuses, California Acad Math & Science is admitting at roughly +13 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (4.104) alone would predict (35% actual vs. 22% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
California Acad Math & Science Public
Peer-group median 10.5% +5%
California Academy Of Mathematics And Science Public 662 -4%
Magnolia Science Academy 3 Public 395 6.0% +26%
Compton Community Day High Public 7 -33%
Broadacres Avenue Elementary Visual & Performing Arts Magnet Public 278
Environmental Charter Middle - Gardena Public 365
Moneta Continuation Public 58 +50%
New Millennium Secondary Schl Public 96 -26%
Gardena High School Public 1270 13.6% +5%
Compton High Public 1868 10.5% +9%
Kipp Generations Academy Public 164

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. Methodology →

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
4.10
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.23

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 California Acad Math & Science
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 Moderate Long odds Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Irvine Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Davis Strong shot Strong shot Real shot 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 2025.

The numbers behind it

Campus Applicant GPA Admit GPA Lift Admit rate vs peer schools @ same GPA
UC Berkeley 4.14 4.23 +0.09 20.9% Peers +0.17 · wider
UCLA 4.10 4.25 +0.15 14.5% Peers +0.21 · wider
UC San Diego 4.09 4.23 +0.14 43.5% Peers +0.21 · wider
UC Santa Barbara 4.08 4.24 +0.16 44.4% Peers +0.23 · wider
UC Irvine 4.10 4.23 +0.13 46.7% Peers +0.17 · wider
UC Davis 4.09 4.21 +0.11 58.3% Peers +0.17 · wider
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)
GPA band UCB UCLA UCSD UCSB UCI UCD
4.00+ 17.0% 15.1% 45.2% 62.3% 46.3% 65.9%
3.70–3.99 3.1% 1.6% 9.3% 17.6% 17.0% 31.1%
3.30–3.69 0.8% 0.5% 1.5% 2.8% 2.4% 10.3%
3.00–3.29 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 1.9%
< 3.00 0.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.7%
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 California Acad Math & Science sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 13.0 points above what their GPAs predict (34.8% actual vs. 21.9% expected).

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) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 115 24 11 20.9% 45.8% 4.14 4.23
UCLA → Elite 138 20 8 14.5% 40.0% 4.10 4.25
UC San Diego → Selective 131 57 22 43.5% 38.6% 4.09 4.23
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 72 32 44.4% 4.08 4.24
UC Irvine → Selective 122 57 6 46.7% 10.5% 4.10 4.23
UC Davis → 48 28 58.3% 4.09 4.21
⚠ 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

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.
Senior class size is estimated from CDE grade 12 enrollment data. Reach percentages should be interpreted as approximate.
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