High Tech High - North County
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Pacific View Charter School → Vista Springs Charter → Bonsall High School → Del Lago Academy - Campus Of Applied Science → Audeo Charter Ii → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-0.5%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~412 | -2 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~408 | -6 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~404 | -10 | $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.
Student composition — 2025-26
HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment.
Race / ethnicity
Program subgroups
Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2025-26. Categories below 0.5% omitted.
+17.3 pp above peer median (11.6%) · Ranked #1 of 3 similar schools
18.5%
11.6%
53.3%
28.9%
Higher than 71% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
High Tech High - North County's UC Reach of 28.9% is above the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 74 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, High Tech High - North County's UC Reach is higher than 71% of California high schools (1105 ranked).
High Tech High - North County — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · San Marcos · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, High Tech High - North County sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 3): 29% vs. a peer median of 12%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 23 points since 2018 — worth watching.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, High Tech High - North County is admitting at roughly +5 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (4.06) alone would predict (34% actual vs. 29% 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 18% (114→94 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of +0%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-0.5%/yr), enrollment projects to ~408 by 2029 — about 6 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Tech High - North County | Public | 414 | 28.9% | -18% |
| Peer-group median | 11.6% | +0% | ||
| Pacific View Charter School | Public | 379 | — | -16% |
| Vista Springs Charter | Public | 235 | — | -57% |
| Bonsall High School | Public | 294 | 7.5% | +51% |
| Del Lago Academy - Campus Of Applied Science | Public | 762 | — | +4% |
| Audeo Charter Ii | Public | 221 | — | +3000% |
| Valley High (continuation) | Public | 267 | — | +6% |
| Twin Oaks High | Public | 198 | — | +76% |
| Siatech | Public | 765 | — | -81% |
| Escondido Charter High School | Public | 900 | 15.7% | -5% |
| North County Trade Tech High | Public | 164 | — | -4% |
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 →
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 San Diego | 4.04 | 29.4% | 19.2% | +10.2pp | Over |
| UC Santa Barbara | 4.10 | 41.7% | 39.0% | +2.7pp | On target |
| UC Davis | 4.05 | 33.3% | 33.3% | 0.0pp | On target |
Where High Tech High - North County sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 5.4 points above what their GPAs predict (34.2% actual vs. 28.8% expected).
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.22 | — |
| UCLA → Elite | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.25 | — |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 34 | 10 | — | 29.4% | 11.1% | — | 4.04 | 4.31 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 24 | 10 | — | 41.7% | 11.1% | — | 4.10 | 4.31 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.12 | — |
| UC Davis → | 18 | 6 | — | 33.3% | 6.7% | — | 4.05 | 4.18 |