Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Centennial High
Public · Riverside County · 2,600 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
23%
Higher than 60% of California high schools
+6.7 pp above peer median (15.9%)
· Ranked #3 of 10 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 24.9%
2025 · 22.6%
-9%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
-6.2 pp
vs. Riverside County baseline (-3%)
~2432
5-yr projected enrollment (168 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Centennial High sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #3 of 10): 23% vs. a peer median of 16%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 2 points since 2018 — worth watching.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Centennial High is admitting at roughly +7 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.87) alone would predict (26% actual vs. 20% 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 down 9% (693→631 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -2%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-2.2%/yr), enrollment projects to ~2432 by 2029 — about 168 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corona High School | Public | 14.6% | -14% |
| Santiago High School | Public | 19.7% | -3% |
| Norco High School | Public | 9.3% | +1% |
| Chino Hills High School | Public | 29.3% | -1% |
| Hillcrest High School | Public | 19.5% | -2% |
| Polytechnic High | Public | — | +1% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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