Harker School

San Jose · Santa Clara County · Private

Private Santa Clara County ~200 seniors

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

1,746 (2020) → 1,939 (2025)

+11.1%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

190 (2021) → 195 (2025)

+2.6%

If this trend holds (+2.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~1,980	+41	$0
3 yr (2028)	~2,065	+126	$0
5 yr (2030)	~2,153	+214	$0

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

Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2024

From 13 years of Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (free public IRS data). The school's tax filings show financial scale, fundraising health, and endowment trajectory — signals that drive board-level conversations about tuition pricing, financial-aid capacity, and capital projects.

Total revenue

$134.0M

FY2024

Net assets (endowment + property)

$290.3M

+354.4% since FY2012

Tuition revenue (program)

$116.3M

≈ $59964/student avg

Gifts & grants

$12.5M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 941613808). View latest 990 PDF → Tuition-per-student is total program-service revenue divided by latest enrollment — a rough average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service, etc.); the actual published tuition can differ. Form 990 is filed annually under penalty of perjury, so the financial scale figures are authoritative.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2024

★ Elite — Top 1% 🏆 #6 in California

UC Reach ⓘ

114%

227 admits / 200 seniors
+48.7 pp above peer median (64.8%) · Ranked #1 of 10 similar schools

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.6%

Peer median
64.8%

Top 10%
53.4%

This school
113.5%

0%50%100% →

CA median 18.6% Top 10% ≥ 53.4% This school 113.5%

Higher than 99% of California high schools (1142 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

113.5% is exceptional and very rare. For every 100 seniors at Harker School, the school is generating roughly 114 admissions to California's six most selective UCs (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD). The typical strong senior here is winning admission at multiple top campuses — a result fewer than 1% of California high schools achieve.

In Santa Clara County — a competitive market where the median is already 27.7% — this still clears the county top-10% bar (74.8%).

Against similar schools, Harker School stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 64.8%.

This places Harker School in the elite tier statewide — the top-1% threshold is 95.1%.

Overall, Harker School's UC Reach is higher than 99% of California high schools (1142 ranked).

Why is this over 100%? Out of every 100 seniors at this school, the class is generating more than 100 admissions to California's six most selective UCs. The typical strong senior here is being admitted at multiple top-6 campuses — UCLA + UCSD, or Berkeley + UCSB + UC Irvine, for example. It's a rare achievement; fewer than 1% of California high schools clear 100% UC Reach.

UC Application Reach ⓘ

510.5%

1021 applications

Exceptionally ambitious student body. The typical senior is applying to about 5 of the 6 most selective UCs — a culture of pursuing every major UC option.

In context: CA median 79.7% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 243.8% · Santa Clara Co. Top 10% ≥ 385.2% · higher than 99% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

22.2%

227 / 1021 applications

In context: CA median 26.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.9% · higher than 27% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

10.1%

23 enrolled of 227 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 ⓘ

11.5%

23 enrollees / 200 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) ⓘ

94.5

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.8 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.3 · higher than 99% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

25.5

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.6 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 12.1 · higher than 99% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

200

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

1,980

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.

Harker School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · San Jose · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Harker School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 10): 114% vs. a peer median of 65%.
▸Senior-class enrollment is up 3% (190→195 from 2021 to 2025), tracking the peer-group median of +2%.
▸Enrollment has been growing (+2.1%/yr); projects to ~2065 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

1939 students (2025)

→

~2065 projected (2028)

at +2.1%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
Harker School	Private · secular	1939	113.5%	+3%
Peer-group median			64.8%	+2%
Archbishop Mitty High School	Private · Catholic	1776	65.5%	-1%
Bellarmine College Preparatory	Private · Catholic	1654	41.5%	+5%
The Kings Academy	Private · Other religious	1205	64.8%	-10%
Basis Independent Silicon Vall	Private	819	—	+14%
Menlo School	Private · secular	805	62.4%	+6%
Pinewood School	Private · secular	612	60.4%	+0%
The Nueva School	Private · secular	952	64.8%	+19%
Quarry Lane School	Private · secular	1035	112.8%	+34%
Presentation High School	Private · Catholic	545	42.7%	-17%
Bishop Odowd High School	Private · Catholic	1259	81.2%	-2%

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 ⓘ

4.13

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.27

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	4.14	16.8%	17.9%	-1.1pp	On target
UCLA	4.14	13.0%	9.7%	+3.3pp	On target
UC San Diego	4.12	16.7%	16.5%	+0.1pp	On target
UC Santa Barbara	4.13	40.2%	38.8%	+1.5pp	On target
UC Irvine	4.12	23.8%	25.8%	-2.0pp	On target
UC Davis	4.11	23.0%	33.2%	-10.1pp	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 Harker School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (22.2% actual vs. 23.5% expected).

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	167	28	11	16.8%	14.0%	39.3%	4.14	4.27
UCLA → Elite	177	23	4	13.0%	11.5%	17.4%	4.14	4.28
UC San Diego → Selective	174	29	—	16.7%	14.5%	—	4.12	4.30
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	174	70	3	40.2%	35.0%	4.3%	4.13	4.28
UC Irvine → Selective	164	39	5	23.8%	19.5%	12.8%	4.12	4.23
UC Davis →	165	38	—	23.0%	19.0%	—	4.11	4.28

⚠ 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 114% 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 very low yield: this school's students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere — almost certainly at the most selective private universities (Ivies, Stanford, MIT, the top liberal-arts colleges) or elite out-of-state flagships. UC is functioning as a credentialing-grade backup rather than a destination.

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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