Crystal Springs Uplands Sch

Hillsborough · San Mateo County · Private

Private San Mateo County ~95 seniors

Data Year

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

348 (2020) → 347 (2025)

-0.3%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

72 (2020) → 80 (2025)

+11.1%

If this trend holds (-0.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~347	+0	$0
3 yr (2028)	~346	-1	$0
5 yr (2030)	~346	-1	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2024

UC Reach ⓘ

49%

47 admits / 95 seniors
+4.4 pp above peer median (45.1%) · Ranked #6 of 11 similar schools

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.6%

Peer median
45.1%

Top 10%
53.4%

This school
49.5%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.6% Top 10% ≥ 53.4% This school 49.5%

Higher than 88% of California high schools (1142 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Crystal Springs Uplands Sch's UC Reach of 49.5% is in the top quartile statewide (median 18.6%; top 25% bar 34.2%) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 53.4%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95.1% — a gap of 46 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Crystal Springs Uplands Sch's UC Reach is higher than 88% of California high schools (1142 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

329.5%

313 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 79.7% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 243.8% · San Mateo Co. Top 10% ≥ 337.4% · higher than 97% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

15.0%

47 / 313 applications

In context: CA median 26.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.9% · higher than 2% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

14.9%

7 enrolled of 47 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 ⓘ

7.4%

7 enrollees / 95 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) ⓘ

38.9

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.8 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.3 · higher than 88% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

18.9

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.6 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 12.1 · higher than 98% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

349

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.

Crystal Springs Uplands Sch — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · Hillsborough · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Crystal Springs Uplands Sch sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #6 of 11): 50% vs. a peer median of 45%.
▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Crystal Springs Uplands Sch is admitting at roughly -5 percentage points below what its average applicant GPA (4.091) alone would predict (18% actual vs. 23% expected). That's worth understanding — it can reflect grade inflation that UC sees through, weaker holistic-review materials at the margin, or applicants concentrating at more selective campuses than typical. Not a verdict; a signal.
▸Senior-class enrollment is up 11% (72→80 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of -2%.
▸At its recent rate (-0.1%/yr), enrollment projects to ~346 by 2028 — about 1 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

347 students (2025)

→

~346 projected (2028)

at -0.1%/yr

That's about 1 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.

Estimate seeded by nonsectarian private school typical — CA independent day schools typical $25k–55k. NCES doesn't publish per-school tuition; adjust to your school's actual 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
Crystal Springs Uplands Sch	Private · secular	347	49.5%	+11%
Peer-group median			45.1%	-2%
Mercy High School	Private · Catholic	354	24.7%	-19%
Notre Dame High School	Private · Catholic	356	69.0%	-34%
Castilleja School	Private · secular	416	113.7%	-15%
San Francisco Waldorf Hs	Private · secular	320	7.5%	+14%
Drew School	Private · secular	302	20.0%	+8%
Basis Independent Fremont Upper Sch	Private · secular	350	212.5%	+23%
Urban School of San Francisco	Private · secular	420	37.4%	-15%
Eastside College Prep School	Private · secular	251	26.3%	-5%
Bay School of San Francisco	Private · secular	410	52.9%	+28%
College Preparatory School	Private · secular	373	76.9%	+1%

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 ⓘ

4.09

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.26

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?

Campus	Applicant GPA (avg)	Actual admit rate	CA peer avg	Δ	Verdict
UC Berkeley	4.09	20.0%	16.6%	+3.4pp	On target
UCLA	4.11	12.3%	9.6%	+2.7pp	On target
UC Santa Barbara	4.06	25.9%	34.5%	-8.6pp	Under
UC Irvine	4.08	11.9%	25.1%	-13.2pp	Under
UC Davis	4.11	20.0%	33.1%	-13.1pp	Under

"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 Crystal Springs Uplands Sch sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 5.2 points below what their GPAs predict (18.2% actual vs. 23.4% expected).

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	55	11	3	20.0%	11.6%	27.3%	4.09	4.27
UCLA → Elite	57	7	4	12.3%	7.4%	57.1%	4.11	4.31
UC San Diego → Selective	55	—	—	—	—	—	4.08	—
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	54	14	—	25.9%	14.7%	—	4.06	4.30
UC Irvine → Selective	42	5	—	11.9%	5.3%	—	4.08	4.16
UC Davis →	50	10	—	20.0%	10.5%	—	4.11	4.22

⚠ 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 49% 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.

The school generates broad UC access, but fewer students are reaching the most selective UC campuses (UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCI). Targeted academic enrichment and campus-fit advising may help.

Berkeley and UCLA admit volume is strong — a clear high-end signal for this school's academic preparation.

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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