Norte Vista Senior High School

Riverside · Riverside County

Public Riverside County ~379 seniors

Data Year

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

1,905 (2018) → 1,844 (2026)

-3.2%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

472 (2018) → 418 (2026)

-11.4%

If this trend holds (-0.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~1,837	-7	$0
3 yr (2029)	~1,822	-22	$0
5 yr (2031)	~1,807	-37	$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.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

11%

42 admits / 379 seniors
On the peer median (12.1%) · Ranked #7 of 10 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 15.7% 2025 · 11.1%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.5%

Peer median
12.1%

Top 10%
53.3%

This school
11.1%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 11.1%

Higher than 23% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Norte Vista Senior High School's UC Reach of 11.1% is below the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.

Overall, Norte Vista Senior High School's UC Reach is higher than 23% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

48.0%

182 applications

In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Riverside Co. Top 10% ≥ 124.1% · higher than 26% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

23.1%

42 / 182 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 33% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

9.5%

4 enrolled of 42 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 ⓘ

1.1%

4 enrollees / 379 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.

UC 6-Yr Grad Rate ⓘ

85%

58% finished in 4 yrs · N=40 entered 2019

In context: CA median 88.6% · -3.6 pp vs. median.

Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD) ⓘ

11.1

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 31% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

2.6

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 39% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

379

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

1,804

All grades · CDE Census Day

Norte Vista Senior High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Riverside · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Norte Vista Senior High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 10): 11% vs. a peer median of 12%.
▸Its UC Reach has slipped 4 points since 2018 — worth watching.
▸Senior-class enrollment is down 11% (472→418 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -2%.
▸At its recent rate (-0.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1822 by 2029 — about 22 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

1844 students (2026)

→

~1822 projected (2029)

at -0.4%/yr

That's about 22 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
Norte Vista Senior High School	Public	1844	11.1%	-11%
Peer-group median			12.1%	-2%
Norte Vista High	Public	1844	—	-17%
Arlington High School	Public	1877	11.6%	-2%
Hillcrest High School	Public	1798	19.5%	-2%
Jurupa Valley High School	Public	1706	10.7%	+8%
Ramona High	Public	2096	15.9%	+9%
Norco High School	Public	1982	9.3%	+1%
LA Sierra High School	Public	1458	14.2%	-10%
Bloomington High School	Public	1776	7.7%	-18%
John W North High School	Public	1989	17.8%	-8%
Colony High School	Public	2030	12.1%	+7%

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 →

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.59

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.09

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	3.81	31.6%	11.8%	+19.8pp	Over
UCLA	3.69	11.4%	9.4%	+2.0pp	On target
UC San Diego	3.57	28.9%	32.9%	-4.0pp	On target
UC Santa Barbara	3.49	50.0%	34.8%	+15.2pp	Over
UC Irvine	3.56	14.6%	15.9%	-1.3pp	On target

"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 Norte Vista Senior High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (25.3% actual vs. 21.6% expected).

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)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	19	6	4	31.6%	1.6%	66.7%	3.81	4.21
UCLA → Elite	35	4	—	11.4%	1.1%	—	3.69	—
UC San Diego → Selective	45	13	—	28.9%	3.4%	—	3.57	4.15
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	26	13	—	50.0%	3.4%	—	3.49	3.89
UC Irvine → Selective	41	6	—	14.6%	1.6%	—	3.56	4.28
UC Davis →	16	—	—	—	—	—	3.48	—

⚠ 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.

Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.

Students are earning UC admission but enrolling elsewhere at a notable rate. This may reflect competition from private colleges, out-of-state flagships, cost considerations, or UC campus fit. Student outcome surveys can clarify.

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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