Cambridge School

San Diego · San Diego County · Private (Other religious)
Private San Diego County ~27 seniors
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
319 (2020)390 (2025)
+22.3%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
8 (2020)27 (2025)
+237.5%

If this trend holds (+4.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~406 +16 $0
3 yr (2028) ~440 +50 $0
5 yr (2030) ~477 +87 $0

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

Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023

From 13 years of Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (free public IRS data). The school's tax filings show financial scale, fundraising health, and endowment trajectory — signals that drive board-level conversations about tuition pricing, financial-aid capacity, and capital projects.

Total revenue
$13.0M
FY2023
Net assets (endowment + property)
$21.1M
-52903.5% since FY2011
Tuition revenue (program)
$10.0M
≈ $25616/student avg
Gifts & grants
$0.8M
fundraising
Total revenue by year ($M)
Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 204594308). View latest 990 PDF → Tuition-per-student is total program-service revenue divided by latest enrollment — a rough average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service, etc.); the actual published tuition can differ. Form 990 is filed annually under penalty of perjury, so the financial scale figures are authoritative.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
52%
14 admits / 27 seniors
+38.9 pp above peer median (13.0%) · Ranked #1 of 8 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 85.7% 2025 · 51.9%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Peer median
13.0%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
51.9%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 51.9%

Higher than 90% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Cambridge School's UC Reach of 51.9% is in the top quartile statewide (median 18.5%; top 25% bar 32.0%) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 53.3%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 51 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Cambridge School's UC Reach is higher than 90% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
255.6%
69 applications
Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 3 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.
In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · San Diego Co. Top 10% ≥ 216.5% · higher than 91% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
20.3%
14 / 69 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 17% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None 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
N/A
None enrollees / 27 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)
37.0
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 85% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
27
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
390
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.

Cambridge School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · San Diego · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Cambridge School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 8): 52% vs. a peer median of 13%.
  • Its UC Reach has slipped 34 points since 2021 — worth watching.
  • Across the top-6 UC campuses, Cambridge School is admitting at roughly +40 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (4.178) alone would predict (62% 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.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 238% (8→27 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of +18%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+4.1%/yr); projects to ~440 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

390 students (2025)
~440 projected (2028)
at +4.1%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Cambridge School Private · Other religious 390 51.9% +238%
Peer-group median 13.0% +18%
Horizon Prep Private · Other religious 309 +100%
San Diego Jewish Academy Private · Other religious 572 10.3% -31%
Calvin Christian High School Private · Other religious 439 +150%
Foothills Christian Hs Private · Other religious 263 5.0% +28%
Ocean View Christian Academy Private · Other religious 398 13.0% +56%
Maranatha Christian Schools Private · Other religious 862 22.2% -15%
Victory Christian Academy Private · Other religious 312 13.0% +127%
Academy Our Lady of Peace Private · Catholic 722 38.2% +9%
Calvary Christian Academy Private · Other religious 261 -50%
Saint Augustine High School Private · Catholic 717 14.4% -1%

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
4.17
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.23

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
UCLA 4.18 46.2% 9.9% +36.3pp Over
UC San Diego 4.17 66.7% 15.0% +51.6pp Over
UC Santa Barbara 4.16 50.0% 40.4% +9.6pp Over
UC Davis 4.21 100.0% 35.8% +64.2pp 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.

Where Cambridge School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 40.4 points above what their GPAs predict (62.5% actual vs. 22.1% 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 4.15
UCLA → Elite 14 4.18 4.25
UC San Diego → Selective 11 6 54.5% 22.2% 4.17 4.24
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 10 4 40.0% 14.8% 4.16
UC Irvine → Selective 13 4.18
UC Davis → 11 4 36.4% 14.8% 4.21 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

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.
UC Reach is very strong — more than 52% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.
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.
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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