Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Colfax High School
Public · Colfax · Placer County · 602 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
26%
Higher than 66% of California high schools
+21.2 pp above peer median (4.9%)
· Ranked #1 of 8 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 18.6%
2025 · 26.1%
-4%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
-20.5 pp
vs. Placer County baseline (+16%)
~602
5-yr projected enrollment (+0.0%/yr)
- ▸On UC Reach, Colfax High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 8): 26% vs. a peer median of 5%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 15 points since 2018.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Colfax High School is admitting at roughly +18 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (4.143) alone would predict (43% actual vs. 26% 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 4% (146→140 from 2018 to 2026), tracking the peer-group median of -3%.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear River High School | Public | 4.6% | -15% |
| John Muir Charter | Public | — | -90% |
| Horizon Charter School | Public | 4.9% | -3% |
| Forest Charter School | Public | 5.0% | -9% |
| Golden Sierra Junior Senior High | Public | — | -27% |
| Sky Mountain Charter School | Public | 3.4% | +16% |
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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