Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
El Cajon Valley High School
Public · El Cajon · San Diego County · 1,657 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
8%
Higher than 10% of California high schools
-4.6 pp vs. peer median (12.1%)
· Ranked #9 of 9 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 7.4%
2025 · 7.5%
-9%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
-1.3 pp
vs. San Diego County baseline (-8%)
~1594
5-yr projected enrollment (63 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, El Cajon Valley High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #9 of 9): 8% vs. a peer median of 12%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has held roughly steady since 2018.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, El Cajon Valley High School is admitting at roughly +9 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.739) alone would predict (31% actual vs. 21% 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 9% (529→481 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -0%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-1.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1594 by 2029 — about 63 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valhalla High School | Public | 17.5% | -18% |
| Santana High School | Public | 7.8% | +26% |
| West Hills High School | Public | 14.6% | -25% |
| Literacy First Charter | Public | — | -14% |
| El Capitan High School | Public | 12.8% | +22% |
| Bostonia Global | Public | — | +100% |
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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