Calvary Chapel High School

Santa Ana · Orange County · Private (Other religious)
Private Orange County ~87 seniors
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
979 (2020)839 (2025)
-14.3%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
87 (2020)87 (2025)
+0.0%

If this trend holds (-3.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~814 -25 $0
3 yr (2028) ~765 -74 $0
5 yr (2030) ~719 -120 $0

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

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
28%
24 admits / 87 seniors
-9.1 pp vs. peer median (36.7%) · Ranked #7 of 8 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 18.6% 2025 · 27.6%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Peer median
36.7%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
27.6%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 27.6%

Higher than 69% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Calvary Chapel High School's UC Reach of 27.6% is above the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 75 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Calvary Chapel High School's UC Reach is higher than 69% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
88.5%
77 applications
In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Orange Co. Top 10% ≥ 294.1% · higher than 56% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
31.2%
24 / 77 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 72% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
12.5%
3 enrolled of 24 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
3.4%
3 enrollees / 87 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)
18.4
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 58% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
3.4
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 49% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
87
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
839
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.

Calvary Chapel High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · Santa Ana · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Calvary Chapel High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 8): 28% vs. a peer median of 37%.
  • Its UC Reach has risen 8 points since 2020.
  • Across the top-6 UC campuses, Calvary Chapel High School is admitting at roughly +5 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (4.048) alone would predict (30% actual vs. 24% 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.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 0% (87→87 from 2020 to 2025), tracking the peer-group median of +1%.
  • At its recent rate (-3.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~765 by 2028 — about 74 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

839 students (2025)
~765 projected (2028)
at -3.0%/yr

That's about 74 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.

Estimate seeded by other religious private school typical — wide range: Jewish day $25k–35k, Lutheran/Christian $10k–18k. 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
Calvary Chapel High School Private · Other religious 839 27.6% +0%
Peer-group median 36.7% +1%
Servite High School Private · Catholic 767 24.6% -2%
Crean Lutheran High School Private · Other religious 1126 94.4% +40%
Orange Lutheran High School Private · Other religious 1141 36.7% -3%
Newport Christian School Private · Other religious 458 +140%
Saint John Bosco High School Private · Catholic 869 31.1% -3%
Crossroads Christian School Private · Other religious 733 +36%
Calvary Chapel Christian School Private · Other religious 619 -4%
Saint Margarets Episcopal Sch Private · Other religious 1159 73.8% -16%
Sage Hill School Private · secular 590 150.7% +10%
Mater Dei High School Private · Catholic 1849 36.4% +3%

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
4.08
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.28

GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.

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? Based on 2024 (latest GPA available).

Campus Applicant GPA (avg) Actual admit rate CA peer avg Δ Verdict
UC San Diego 4.09 30.0% 17.5% +12.5pp Over
UC Santa Barbara 4.02 29.4% 32.7% -3.2pp On target
UC Irvine 4.03 29.2% 24.4% +4.7pp On target
"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.

Where Calvary Chapel High School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 5.0 points above what their GPAs predict (29.5% actual vs. 24.5% 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 10 4.16
UCLA → Elite 16 3 18.8% 3.4% 4.13
UC San Diego → Selective 13 4 30.8% 4.6% 4.09 4.25
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 9 4 44.4% 4.6% 4.02 4.31
UC Irvine → Selective 18 5 27.8% 5.7% 4.03 4.27
UC Davis → 11 8 3 72.7% 9.2% 37.5%
⚠ 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.
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.
The school generates broad UC access, but fewer students are reaching the most selective UC campuses (UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCI). Targeted academic enrichment and campus-fit advising may help.
Berkeley/UCLA admit volume is modest relative to overall UC reach. This is common and reflects the highly selective nature of those campuses, but may be a target area for the school's highest-performing students.
UC Reach has improved meaningfully compared to the prior year — a positive trajectory worth monitoring and reinforcing.
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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