Maranatha Christian Schools

San Diego · San Diego County · Private (Other religious)
Private San Diego County ~63 seniors
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
682 (2020)862 (2025)
+26.4%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
74 (2020)63 (2025)
-14.9%

If this trend holds (+4.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~903 +41 $0
3 yr (2028) ~992 +130 $0
5 yr (2030) ~1,090 +228 $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 2025
UC Reach
22%
14 admits / 63 seniors
-11.1 pp vs. peer median (33.3%) · Ranked #7 of 10 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 27.0% 2025 · 22.2%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Peer median
33.3%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
22.2%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 22.2%

Higher than 60% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Maranatha Christian Schools's UC Reach of 22.2% 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 80 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Maranatha Christian Schools's UC Reach is higher than 60% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
165.1%
104 applications
Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).
In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · San Diego Co. Top 10% ≥ 216.5% · higher than 79% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
13.5%
14 / 104 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 0% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of 14 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 / 63 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)
17.5
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 56% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
63
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
862
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.

Maranatha Christian Schools — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · San Diego · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Maranatha Christian Schools sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 10): 22% vs. a peer median of 33%.
  • Its UC Reach has risen 7 points since 2020.
  • Across the top-6 UC campuses, Maranatha Christian Schools is admitting at roughly +20 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (4.138) alone would predict (44% actual vs. 24% 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 15% (74→63 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +15%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+4.8%/yr); projects to ~992 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

862 students (2025)
~992 projected (2028)
at +4.8%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Maranatha Christian Schools Private · Other religious 862 22.2% -15%
Peer-group median 33.3% +15%
Santa Fe Christian School Private · Other religious 1095 33.3% +3%
Tri City Christian School Private · Other religious 758 28.6% +34%
San Diego Jewish Academy Private · Other religious 572 10.3% -31%
Academy Our Lady of Peace Private · Catholic 722 38.2% +9%
Cambridge School Private · Other religious 390 51.9% +238%
Pacific Ridge School Private · secular 661 38.3% +19%
Calvin Christian High School Private · Other religious 439 +150%
Saint Augustine High School Private · Catholic 717 14.4% -1%
LA Jolla Country Day School Private · secular 1099 48.7% +11%
Rancho Christian High School Private · Other religious 788 10.2% +33%

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
4.14
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.24

GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.

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? Based on 2024 (latest GPA available).

Campus Applicant GPA (avg) Actual admit rate CA peer avg Δ Verdict
UCLA 4.13 23.1% 9.6% +13.4pp Over
UC San Diego 4.16 37.5% 15.5% +22.0pp Over
UC Santa Barbara 4.11 50.0% 37.6% +12.4pp Over
UC Irvine 4.13 46.2% 25.9% +20.3pp Over
UC Davis 4.15 70.0% 34.2% +35.8pp 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.

Where Maranatha Christian Schools sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 20.3 points above what their GPAs predict (43.8% actual vs. 23.5% expected), based on 2024 data.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

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 — 2025

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) '24 Avg GPA (Adm) '24
UC Berkeley → Elite 10 4.13
UCLA → Elite 17 4.13
UC San Diego → Selective 22 3 13.6% 4.8% 4.16 4.28
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 17 5 29.4% 7.9% 4.11 4.28
UC Irvine → Selective 23 3 13.0% 4.8% 4.13 4.19
UC Davis → 15 3 20.0% 4.8% 4.15 4.23
⚠ 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 has declined meaningfully year-over-year. This should be reviewed in context of applicant volume, GPA trends, course rigor changes, and peer-school performance before drawing conclusions.
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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