Pacifica Christian High School

Newport Beach · Orange County · Private (Other religious)

Private Orange County ~66 seniors

Data Year

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

238 (2020) → 259 (2025)

+8.8%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

51 (2020) → 66 (2025)

+29.4%

If this trend holds (+1.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~263	+4	$0
3 yr (2028)	~272	+13	$0
5 yr (2030)	~282	+23	$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 9 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

$8.0M

FY2023

Net assets (endowment + property)

$16.7M

+2702.1% since FY2015

Tuition revenue (program)

$4.8M

≈ $18563/student avg

Gifts & grants

$2.9M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 464811934). 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.

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Pacifica Christian High School sent 56 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 16.1% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 13.6% — 4.9 percentage points below the California median of 18.5%, higher than 36% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

14%

9 admits / 66 seniors

5-year trend

2021 · 15.4% 2025 · 13.6%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.5%

Top 10%
53.3%

This school
13.6%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 13.6%

Higher than 36% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Pacifica Christian High School's UC Reach of 13.6% is below the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.

But in Orange County, where the local median is 25.0% and the top-10% bar is 71.2%, this score is mid-pack rather than exceptional — typical of its market rather than a standout.

Overall, Pacifica Christian High School's UC Reach is higher than 36% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

84.8%

56 applications

In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Orange Co. Top 10% ≥ 294.1% · higher than 54% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

16.1%

9 / 56 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 2% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

None enrolled of 9 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 / 66 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) ⓘ

6.1

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 7% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

259

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.

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.10

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.24

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.

🎯 Who's actually getting into UC from Pacifica Christian High School

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
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

Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2024.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC San Diego	4.10	4.26	+0.15	37.5%	Peers +0.20 · wider
UC Santa Barbara	4.12	4.24	+0.12	61.5%	Peers +0.18 · wider
UC Irvine	4.07	4.26	+0.19	33.3%	Peers +0.17 · matches
UC Davis	4.07	4.20	+0.13	70.0%	Peers +0.18 · 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%

How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

Where Pacifica Christian High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 19.7 points above what their GPAs predict (44.9% actual vs. 25.2% expected), based on 2024 data.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2019–2025

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	8	—	—	—	—	—	4.10	—
UCLA → Elite	10	—	—	—	—	—	4.12	—
UC San Diego → Selective	10	—	—	—	—	—	4.10	4.26
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	11	4	—	36.4%	6.1%	—	4.12	4.24
UC Irvine → Selective	8	—	—	—	—	—	4.07	4.26
UC Davis →	9	5	—	55.6%	7.6%	—	4.07	4.20

⚠ 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.

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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