Milken Community School
Los Angeles · Los Angeles County · Religious-affiliated
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- 📚 22 AP courses offered (school profile)
- 🏆 6 National Merit Semifinalists last year
- 📝 SAT avg 1380 (25-75: 1320–1450)
- 📝 ACT avg 31.0 (25-75: 29–33)
- 📚 AP exam pass rate 86.0% (avg score 4.1)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Milken Community School compares for families
One of California's strongest schools for college outcomes.
- ▸ NationallySAT mean 1380 (≈ top 6% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 31.0 (≈ top 7%) · 86% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 6 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
- ▸ Statewide66.4% UC Reach — 48.3 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 96% of California high schools.
- ▸ Locally🎓 Top 10% in California on UC Reach — plus 1 more top-rank.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (66.4% UC Reach vs 30.9% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
Milken Community School sent 349 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 25.5% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 66.4% — 48.3 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 96% of California high schools. The school produces 14.2 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
+35.5 pp above peer median (30.9%) · Ranked #1 of 10 similar schools
18.1%
30.9%
51.2%
66.4%
Higher than 96% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Milken Community School's UC Reach of 66.4% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (51.2%) — meaning roughly 66 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.
Against similar schools, Milken Community School stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 30.9%.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 31 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Milken Community School's UC Reach is higher than 96% of California high schools (978 ranked).
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.
GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.
UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA
Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.
| Campus | 4.00+ GPA | 3.70–3.99 GPA | 3.30–3.69 GPA | < 3.30 GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out | Filtered out |
| UCLA | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out | Filtered out |
| UC San Diego | Strong shot | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Santa Barbara | Strong shot | Moderate | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Irvine | Strong shot | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Davis | Strong shot | Real shot | Moderate | Filtered out |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 4.07 | 4.13 | +0.07 | 20.8% | Peers +0.19 · wider |
| UCLA | 4.05 | 4.19 | +0.14 | 20.8% | Peers +0.24 · wider |
| UC San Diego | 4.06 | 4.16 | +0.10 | 34.9% | Peers +0.23 · wider |
| UC Santa Barbara | 4.01 | 4.20 | +0.18 | 30.4% | Peers +0.25 · wider |
| UC Irvine | 4.05 | 4.08 | +0.03 | 23.5% | Peers +0.18 · wider |
| UC Davis | 4.01 | 4.17 | +0.15 | 42.3% | Peers +0.20 · wider |
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2024 (for reference)
| GPA band | UCB | UCLA | UCSD | UCSB | UCI | UCD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.00+ | 17.1% | 14.4% | 43.5% | 57.3% | 46.0% | 64.1% |
| 3.70–3.99 | 2.8% | 1.5% | 11.2% | 9.2% | 16.5% | 27.5% |
| 3.30–3.69 | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 9.1% |
| 3.00–3.29 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
| < 3.00 | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
Where Milken Community School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 7.0 points above what their GPAs predict (27.8% actual vs. 20.7% expected), based on 2024 data.
UC Outcomes Trend — 2024–2025
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) '24 | Avg GPA (Adm) '24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 70 | 11 | 5 | 15.7% | 8.2% | 45.5% | 4.07 | 4.13 |
| UCLA → Elite | 73 | 8 | —† | 11.0% | 6.0% | — | 4.05 | 4.19 |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 72 | 23 | —† | 31.9% | 17.2% | — | 4.06 | 4.16 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 81 | 28 | 4 | 34.6% | 20.9% | 14.3% | 4.01 | 4.20 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 24 | 3 | —† | 12.5% | 2.2% | — | 4.05 | 4.08 |
| UC Davis → | 29 | 16 | —† | 55.2% | 11.9% | — | 4.01 | 4.17 |
No SBAC data for private schools — and that's not the metric you want anyway
California's Smarter Balanced (CAASPP) assessment is administered by the state, by statute, to public & charter schools only. Private schools don't sit for it. That's why the SBAC card is missing on this profile — not a data gap on our side, a deliberate scope of the state's testing program.
For private schools, UC Reach is the stronger academic signal anyway. SBAC measures grade-11 inputs (proficiency on a state standard); UC Reach measures outputs (who actually got into the most selective UCs). For private-school families weighing tuition against college outcomes, the outputs are the relevant signal.
Scroll up to the UC Reach card for Milken Community School's 2025 number, statewide percentile, and 5-year trend.
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+1.6%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~791 | +13 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~816 | +38 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~843 | +65 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
Milken Community School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · Other religious · Los Angeles · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Milken Community School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 10): 66% vs. a peer median of 31%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 2 points since 2024 — worth watching.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Milken Community School is admitting at roughly +7 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (4.043) alone would predict (28% actual vs. 21% 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 up 6% (127→134 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +10%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+1.6%/yr); projects to ~816 by 2028.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milken Community School | Private · Other religious | 778 | 66.4% | +6% |
| Peer-group median | 30.9% | +10% | ||
| Agbu Manoogian-Demirdjian Sch | Private · Other religious | 809 | 64.3% | +17% |
| Heritage Christian School | Private · Other religious | 745 | 6.5% | +7% |
| Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian | Private · Other religious | 862 | 45.9% | +19% |
| Bishop Alemany High School | Private · Catholic | 810 | 13.2% | -32% |
| Buckley School | Private · secular | 829 | 52.9% | +30% |
| Campbell Hall | Private · Other religious | 1133 | 48.9% | +0% |
| Cathedral High School | Private · Other religious | 583 | 13.7% | -20% |
| Immaculate Heart High School | Private · Catholic | 673 | 30.9% | -22% |
| Faith Baptist Schools | Private · Other religious | 1151 | — | +14% |
| Saint Genevieve High School | Private · Catholic | 547 | 19.0% | +25% |
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 →
Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023
From 11 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.
Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 954381008). 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.