Excelsior School

Pasadena · Los Angeles County · Private
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
31 (2020)72 (2025)
+132.3%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
10 (2020)21 (2025)
+110.0%

If this trend holds (+18.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~85 +13 $0
3 yr (2028) ~119 +47 $0
5 yr (2030) ~167 +95 $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
N/A
(class size est.)
UC Application Reach
N/A
20 applications
UC Admit Rate
35.0%
7 / 20 applications
In context: CA median 26.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.9% · higher than 81% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of 7 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 / None 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)
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
N/A
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Total School Enrollment
21
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.

Excelsior School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

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

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 110% (10→21 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of -35%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+18.4%/yr); projects to ~119 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

72 students (2025)
~119 projected (2028)
at +18.4%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Excelsior School Private · secular 72 +110%
Peer-group median 20.2% -35%
Southwestern Academy Private · secular 67 33.3% -61%
Tree Academy Private · secular 77 12.5% +267%
Fusion Academy - Pasadena Private · secular 43 -64%
Agbu Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Hs Private · secular 136 37.9%
Fusion Academy - Los Angeles Private · secular 74 23.1% +13%
Holy Family High School Private · Catholic 65 14.3% -29%
Arroyo Pacific Academy Private · secular 133 14.8% -63%
Academy of Media Arts Private 60 -6%
Ribet Academy Private · secular 40 116.0% -74%
San Gabriel Mission High Sch Private · Catholic 112 17.4% -35%

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
3.91

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 Irvine 3.91 60.0% 22.9% +37.1pp Over
UC Davis 3.91 80.0% 30.6% +49.4pp 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.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2024

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 — 2024

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite
UCLA → Elite
UC San Diego → Selective 5 3.91
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 5 3.91
UC Irvine → Selective 5 3 60.0% 3.91
UC Davis → 5 4 80.0% 3.91
⚠ 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

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.
Senior class size is estimated from CDE grade 12 enrollment data. Reach percentages should be interpreted as approximate.
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