Georgiana Bruce Kirby Prep Sch

Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz County · Private

Private Santa Cruz County ~24 seniors

Data Year

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

239 (2020) → 130 (2025)

-45.6%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

41 (2020) → 18 (2025)

-56.1%

If this trend holds (-11.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~115	-15	$0
3 yr (2028)	~90	-40	$0
5 yr (2030)	~71	-59	$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 ⓘ

29%

7 admits / 24 seniors
-5.6 pp vs. peer median (34.8%) · Ranked #4 of 6 similar schools

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.6%

Peer median
34.8%

Top 10%
53.4%

This school
29.2%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.6% Top 10% ≥ 53.4% This school 29.2%

Higher than 69% of California high schools (1142 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Georgiana Bruce Kirby Prep Sch's UC Reach of 29.2% is above the California median (18.6%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.4% or higher.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95.1% — a gap of 66 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Georgiana Bruce Kirby Prep Sch's UC Reach is higher than 69% of California high schools (1142 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

245.8%

59 applications

Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 2 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.

In context: CA median 79.7% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 243.8% · higher than 90% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

11.9%

7 / 59 applications

In context: CA median 26.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.9% · higher than 0% 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 / 24 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) ⓘ

12.5

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.8 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.3 · higher than 36% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

143

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.

Georgiana Bruce Kirby Prep Sch — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · Santa Cruz · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Georgiana Bruce Kirby Prep Sch sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #4 of 6): 29% vs. a peer median of 35%.
▸Senior-class enrollment is down 56% (41→18 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of -17%.
▸At its recent rate (-11.5%/yr), enrollment projects to ~90 by 2028 — about 40 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

130 students (2025)

→

~90 projected (2028)

at -11.5%/yr

That's about 40 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
Georgiana Bruce Kirby Prep Sch	Private · secular	130	29.2%	-56%
Peer-group median			34.8%	-17%
Mount Madonna School	Private · secular	136	—	-67%
Monterey Bay Academy	Private · Other religious	155	5.8%	-10%
Mid Peninsula High School	Private · secular	137	—	+27%
Waldorf School of the Peninsul	Private · secular	99	—	-43%
York School	Private · secular	166	41.2%	-24%
Khan Lab School	Private · Other religious	135	—	+90%
Santa Clara High School	Private · Catholic	171	95.3%	-56%
Apostles Lutheran School	Private · Other religious	228	—	+36%
Bridges Academy	Private · secular	310	13.0%	+12%
Mountain View Academy	Private	59	34.8%	-48%

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 ⓘ

4.11

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 Santa Barbara	4.06	23.1%	34.6%	-11.6pp	Under
UC Davis	4.07	40.0%	32.3%	+7.7pp	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.

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	11	—	—	—	—	—	4.18	—
UCLA → Elite	6	—	—	—	—	—	4.20	—
UC San Diego → Selective	11	—	—	—	—	—	4.16	—
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	13	3	—	23.1%	12.5%	—	4.06	—
UC Irvine → Selective	8	—	—	—	—	—	4.04	—
UC Davis →	10	4	—	40.0%	16.7%	—	4.07	—

⚠ 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.

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.

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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