Chula Vista Senior High School

Chula Vista · San Diego County · Public

Public San Diego County ~501 seniors

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📋 At a glance

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Academic signals

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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Chula Vista Senior High School compares for families

Mid-pack college outcomes within California.

▸ Statewide19.4% UC Reach — right around the California median of 18.1%.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsRight at the peer median (20.9% UC Reach) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Chula Vista Senior High School sent 347 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 28.0% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 19.4% — 1.3 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 54% of California high schools. The school produces 3.4 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

19%

97 admits / 501 seniors
-1.5 pp vs. peer median (20.9%) · Ranked #6 of 8 similar schools

5-year trend

2019 · 14.6% 2025 · 19.4%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.1%

Top 10%
51.2%

This school
19.4%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 19.4%

Higher than 54% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Chula Vista Senior High School's UC Reach of 19.4% is above the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 78 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Chula Vista Senior High School's UC Reach is higher than 54% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

69.3%

347 applications

In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · higher than 46% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

28.0%

97 / 347 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 60% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

26.8%

26 enrolled of 97 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 ⓘ

5.2%

26 enrollees / 501 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) ⓘ

17.8

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 58% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

3.4

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.3 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 9.7 · higher than 52% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

501

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

1,864

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.81

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.05

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

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 Chula Vista Senior High School

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	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara	Strong shot	Moderate	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Irvine	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Davis	Strong shot	Real shot	Moderate	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 2024.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC Berkeley (2019)	3.89	4.18	+0.29	18.8%	Peers +0.29 · matches
UCLA (2019)	3.92	4.21	+0.30	9.4%	Peers +0.31 · matches
UC San Diego	3.79	4.09	+0.29	51.3%	Peers +0.35 · wider
UC Santa Barbara	3.72	3.89	+0.18	85.0%	Peers +0.38 · wider
UC Irvine	3.84	4.13	+0.29	27.7%	Peers +0.31 · matches
UC Davis (2019)	3.71	4.10	+0.39	23.8%	Peers +0.38 · matches

📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2024 (for reference)

GPA band	UCB	UCLA	UCSD	UCSB	UCI	UCD
4.00+	17.1%	14.4%	43.5%	57.3%	46.0%	64.1%
3.70–3.99	2.8%	1.5%	11.2%	9.2%	16.5%	27.5%
3.30–3.69	0.8%	0.9%	1.4%	2.3%	3.4%	9.1%
3.00–3.29	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.5%	0.4%	2.1%
< 3.00	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.5%	0.3%	0.6%

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 Chula Vista Senior High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 13.7 points above what their GPAs predict (33.9% actual vs. 20.2% expected), based on 2024 data.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2019–2025

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	41	8	—^†	19.5%	1.6%	—	3.94	—^†
UCLA → Elite	70	9	8	12.9%	1.8%	88.9%	3.81	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	97	38	8	39.2%	7.6%	21.1%	3.79	4.09
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	34	16	7	47.1%	3.2%	43.8%	3.72	3.89
UC Irvine → Selective	76	18	3	23.7%	3.6%	16.7%	3.84	4.13
UC Davis →	29	8	—^†	27.6%	1.6%	—	3.61	—^†

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). 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 →

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

1,980 (2019) → 1,806 (2026)

-8.8%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

540 (2019) → 436 (2026)

-19.3%

If this trend holds (-1.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~1,782	-24	$0
3 yr (2029)	~1,736	-70	$0
5 yr (2031)	~1,691	-115	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

Chula Vista Senior High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Chula Vista · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Chula Vista Senior High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #6 of 8): 19% vs. a peer median of 21%.
▸Its UC Reach has risen 5 points since 2019.
▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Chula Vista Senior High School is admitting at roughly +14 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.816) alone would predict (34% 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 19% (540→436 from 2019 to 2026), tracking the peer-group median of -21%.
▸At its recent rate (-1.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1736 by 2029 — about 70 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

1806 students (2026)

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~1736 projected (2029)

at -1.3%/yr

That's about 70 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil 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
Chula Vista Senior High School	Public	1806	19.4%	-19%
Peer-group median			20.9%	-21%
Chula Vista Senior High	Public	1806	19.4%	-34%
Hilltop High School	Public	1748	20.9%	-19%
Mueller Charter (robert L.)	Public	1558	—	+64%
San Ysidro High School	Public	1816	23.3%	-29%
The O'farrell Charter	Public	1833	—	+50%
Montgomery High School	Public	1546	21.7%	-19%
Chula Vista Learning Community Charter	Public	1357	—	+40%
Sweetwater High	Public	2170	15.2%	-25%
Southwest Senior High	Public	1567	20.5%	-27%
Bonita Vista High School	Public	2038	29.4%	-23%

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 →

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.

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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