Discovery Charter Prep School

Sylmar · Los Angeles County · Public

Public Los Angeles County ~42 seniors

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📋 At a glance

Programs & features

Program details not reported to CRDC

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 Discovery Charter Prep School compares for families

Real college outcomes data available below.

▸ Statewide7.1% UC Reach — 11.0 points below the California median of 18.1%.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (7.1% UC Reach vs 24.0% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Discovery Charter Prep School sent 27 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 11.1% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 7.1% — 11.0 percentage points below the California median of 18.1%, higher than 8% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

3 admits / 42 seniors
-16.9 pp vs. peer median (24.0%) · Ranked #2 of 2 similar schools

5-year trend

2018 · 10.2% 2025 · 7.1%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.1%

Peer median
24.0%

Top 10%
51.2%

This school
7.1%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 7.1%

Higher than 8% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Discovery Charter Prep School's UC Reach of 7.1% is below the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.

Overall, Discovery Charter Prep School's UC Reach is higher than 8% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

64.3%

27 applications

In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252.0% · higher than 42% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

11.1%

3 / 27 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 0% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

None enrolled of 3 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 ⓘ

N/A

None enrollees / 42 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) ⓘ

7.1

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 9% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

208

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.70

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 Discovery Charter Prep School

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
UC San Diego	Strong shot	Moderate	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Davis	Strong shot	Strong shot	Real shot	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 2025.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC San Diego (2021)	4.01	4.23	+0.22	75.0%	Peers +0.28 · wider
UC Davis (2018)	4.17	4.22	+0.05	71.4%	Peers +0.12 · wider

📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)

GPA band	UCB	UCLA	UCSD	UCSB	UCI	UCD
4.00+	17.0%	15.1%	45.2%	62.3%	46.3%	65.9%
3.70–3.99	3.1%	1.6%	9.3%	17.6%	17.0%	31.1%
3.30–3.69	0.8%	0.5%	1.5%	2.8%	2.4%	10.3%
3.00–3.29	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	1.9%
< 3.00	0.7%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.7%

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).

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)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UCLA → Elite	9	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.66	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	6	3	—^†	50.0%	7.1%	—	3.79	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.63	—^†
UC Davis →	7	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.71	—^†

† = 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)

230 (2018) → 176 (2026)

-23.5%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

49 (2018) → 46 (2026)

-6.1%

If this trend holds (-3.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~170	-6	$0
3 yr (2029)	~159	-17	$0
5 yr (2031)	~149	-27	$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.

Discovery Charter Prep School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Sylmar · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Discovery Charter Prep School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #2 of 2): 7% vs. a peer median of 24%.
▸Discovery Charter Prep School's UC Reach has declined meaningfully from a peak of 25% in 2021 to 7% in 2025 — a 18-point drop that warrants attention. Multi-year UC Reach declines of this size often signal something specific (leadership change, comp-program shift, demographic move) rather than year-to-year noise. This is the kind of trajectory an Enrollment Trend Audit unpacks.
▸Senior-class enrollment is down 6% (49→46 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -24%.
▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. Los Angeles County's senior population shrank 8% over the same window — Discovery Charter Prep School only shrank 6%. So Discovery Charter Prep School picked up about 2 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
▸At its recent rate (-3.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~159 by 2029 — about 17 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

176 students (2026)

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~159 projected (2029)

at -3.3%/yr

That's about 17 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
Discovery Charter Prep School	Public	176	7.1%	-6%
Peer-group median			24.0%	-24%
Puc Early College Academy For Leaders And Scholars (ecals)	Public	191	—	-33%
Bert Corona Charter High	Public	196	—	+257%
Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Arts/theatre/entertain Mag	Public	267	—	-32%
Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Technology Preparatory Academy	Public	278	—	-15%
Magnolia Science Academy 5	Public	194	24.0%	+360%
Mission Continuation	Public	112	—	+73%
Will Rogers Continuation	Public	144	—	-46%
Bowman (jereann) High (continuation)	Public	268	—	-39%
Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Academy Of Scientific Exploration (ase)	Public	397	—	-17%
Cal Burke High School	Public	96	—	-30%

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.

Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.

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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