Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Canyon Crest Academy
Public · San Diego · San Diego County · 1,977 students · Class of 2025
★ Top 5% UC Reach
UC Reach · Class of 2025
93%
Higher than 99% of California high schools
+52.5 pp above peer median (40.2%)
· Ranked #1 of 11 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 91.7%
2025 · 92.7%
-5%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+3.0 pp
vs. San Diego County baseline (-8%)
~1790
5-yr projected enrollment (187 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Canyon Crest Academy sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 11): 93% vs. a peer median of 40%.
- ▸Canyon Crest Academy's UC Reach has declined meaningfully from a peak of 109% in 2019 to 93% in 2025 — a 16-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 5% (601→572 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of +1%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. San Diego County's senior population shrank 8% over the same window — Canyon Crest Academy only shrank 5%. So Canyon Crest Academy picked up about 3 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
- ▸At its recent rate (-3.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1790 by 2029 — about 187 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westview High School | Public | 74.2% | -9% |
| Mt Carmel High School | Public | 39.1% | +2% |
| Mira Mesa High School | Public | 22.1% | -0% |
| Scripps Ranch High | Public | 42.8% | -3% |
| Torrey Pines High School | Public | 41.3% | +5% |
| LA Costa Canyon High School | Public | 18.9% | +8% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Reach — by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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