Crean Lutheran High School

Irvine · Orange County · Private (Other religious)

Private Orange County ~285 seniors

Data Year

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

854 (2020) → 1,126 (2025)

+31.9%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

204 (2020) → 285 (2025)

+39.7%

If this trend holds (+5.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~1,190	+64	$0
3 yr (2028)	~1,329	+203	$0
5 yr (2030)	~1,485	+359	$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, FY2016

From 5 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

$13.1M

FY2016

Net assets (endowment + property)

$17.6M

+46.2% since FY2012

Tuition revenue (program)

$12.2M

≈ $10871/student avg

Gifts & grants

$0.6M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 550909201). 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

★ Top 5% UC Reach

UC Reach ⓘ

94%

269 admits / 285 seniors
+61.6 pp above peer median (32.8%) · Ranked #1 of 8 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 78.3% 2025 · 94.4%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.5%

Peer median
32.8%

Top 10%
53.3%

This school
94.4%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 94.4%

Higher than 99% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Crean Lutheran High School's UC Reach of 94.4% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53.3%) — meaning roughly 94 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

In Orange County — a competitive market where the median is already 25.0% — this still clears the county top-10% bar (71.2%).

Against similar schools, Crean Lutheran High School stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 32.8%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 8 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Crean Lutheran High School's UC Reach is higher than 99% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

258.2%

736 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% · Orange Co. Top 10% ≥ 294.1% · higher than 91% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

36.5%

269 / 736 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 84% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

15.6%

42 enrolled of 269 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 ⓘ

14.7%

42 enrollees / 285 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.

UC 6-Yr Grad Rate ⓘ

87%

68% finished in 4 yrs · N=38 entered 2019

In context: CA median 88.6% · -1.8 pp vs. median.

Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD) ⓘ

71.9

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 98% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

10.2

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 88% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

285

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

1,126

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.

Crean Lutheran High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · Irvine · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Crean Lutheran High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 8): 94% vs. a peer median of 33%.
▸Its UC Reach has held roughly steady since 2020.
▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Crean Lutheran High School is admitting at roughly +12 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (4.037) alone would predict (33% 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 40% (204→285 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of -1%.
▸Enrollment has been growing (+5.7%/yr); projects to ~1329 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

1126 students (2025)

→

~1329 projected (2028)

at +5.7%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
Crean Lutheran High School	Private · Other religious	1126	94.4%	+40%
Peer-group median			32.8%	-1%
Orange Lutheran High School	Private · Other religious	1141	36.7%	-3%
Saint Margarets Episcopal Sch	Private · Other religious	1159	73.8%	-16%
Calvary Chapel High School	Private · Other religious	839	27.6%	+0%
Jserra Catholic High School	Private · Catholic	1282	32.8%	+10%
Crossroads Christian School	Private · Other religious	733	—	+36%
Mater Dei High School	Private · Catholic	1849	36.4%	+3%
Lutheran High School	Private · Other religious	1141	—	-3%
Servite High School	Private · Catholic	767	24.6%	-2%
United Christian Academy	Private · Other religious	925	14.0%	-23%
Newport Christian School	Private · Other religious	458	—	+140%

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 ⓘ

4.04

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.18

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
UC Berkeley	4.06	16.7%	16.0%	+0.7pp	On target
UCLA	4.06	11.0%	9.3%	+1.7pp	On target
UC San Diego	4.04	32.8%	18.9%	+13.9pp	Over
UC Santa Barbara	4.01	35.0%	32.1%	+2.9pp	On target
UC Irvine	4.03	52.0%	24.4%	+27.6pp	Over
UC Davis	4.02	53.5%	31.5%	+22.0pp	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 Crean Lutheran High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 11.7 points above what their GPAs predict (33.2% actual vs. 21.5% 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	109	17	4	15.6%	6.0%	23.5%	4.06	4.19
UCLA → Elite	136	12	6	8.8%	4.2%	50.0%	4.06	4.14
UC San Diego → Selective	141	47	10	33.3%	16.5%	21.3%	4.04	4.21
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	117	56	4	47.9%	19.6%	7.1%	4.01	4.20
UC Irvine → Selective	139	73	15	52.5%	25.6%	20.5%	4.03	4.16
UC Davis →	94	64	3	68.1%	22.5%	4.7%	4.02	4.15

⚠ 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 94% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.

Strong UC Reach paired with low yield: students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere. The pattern is characteristic of competitive college-preparatory schools where many students choose more selective private colleges or out-of-state flagships over UC — UC functions as a strong backup option rather than a first choice.

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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