Mount Madonna School

Watsonville · Santa Cruz County · Private
Private Santa Cruz County
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
157 (2020)136 (2025)
-13.4%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
18 (2020)6 (2025)
-66.7%

If this trend holds (-2.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~132 -4 $0
3 yr (2028) ~125 -11 $0
5 yr (2030) ~118 -18 $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, FY2023

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
$0.7M
FY2023
Net assets (endowment + property)
$0.4M
+1153.0% since FY2011
Tuition revenue (program)
$0.4M
≈ $2945/student avg
Gifts & grants
$0.3M
fundraising
Total revenue by year ($M)
Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 342059662). 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
UC Reach
N/A
(class size est.)
UC Application Reach
N/A
43 applications
UC Admit Rate
9.3%
4 / 43 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 4 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 / None 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)
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
N/A
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Total School Enrollment
150
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.

Mount Madonna School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · Watsonville · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 67% (18→6 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +1%.
  • At its recent rate (-2.8%/yr), enrollment projects to ~125 by 2028 — about 11 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

136 students (2025)
~125 projected (2028)
at -2.8%/yr

That's about 11 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.

Default derived from this school's own IRS Form 990 (FY2023): program-service revenue ÷ enrollment, rounded to the nearest $1k — an authoritative average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service). Your published tuition may differ; adjust if needed. 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
Mount Madonna School Private · secular 136 -67%
Peer-group median 35.2% +1%
Georgiana Bruce Kirby Prep Sch Private · secular 130 29.2% -56%
Monterey Bay Academy Private · Other religious 155 5.8% -10%
Mid Peninsula High School Private · secular 137 +27%
York School Private · secular 166 41.2% -24%
Waldorf School of the Peninsul Private · secular 99 -43%
Apostles Lutheran School Private · Other religious 228 +36%
Khan Lab School Private · Other religious 135 +90%
Santa Clara High School Private · Catholic 171 95.3% -56%
Bridges Academy Private · secular 310 13.0% +12%
Oakwood School Private · secular 546 87.5% +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 →

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
3.99

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 Davis 3.98 50.0% 31.1% +18.9pp 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.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2024

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 — 2024

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 7 4.09
UCLA → Elite 8 3.97
UC San Diego → Selective 8 3.93
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 12 3.98
UC Irvine → Selective
UC Davis → 8 4 50.0% 3.98
⚠ 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

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.
Senior class size is estimated from CDE grade 12 enrollment data. Reach percentages should be interpreted as approximate.
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