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Idyllwild Arts Academy → Waldorf School of San Diego Hs → Xavier College Preparatory Hs → Army and Navy Academy → Grauer School → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-3.0%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~210 | -6 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~197 | -19 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~186 | -30 | $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 12 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 952133079). View latest 990 PDF → 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.
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.
Palm Valley School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · secular · Rancho Mirage · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 17% (18→15 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +3%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-3.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~197 by 2028 — about 19 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Valley School | Private · secular | 216 | — | -17% |
| Peer-group median | 26.9% | +3% | ||
| Idyllwild Arts Academy | Private · secular | 273 | 22.5% | +6% |
| Waldorf School of San Diego Hs | Private · secular | 247 | — | +19% |
| Xavier College Preparatory Hs | Private · Catholic | 533 | 53.4% | +16% |
| Army and Navy Academy | Private · secular | 272 | 23.3% | -22% |
| Grauer School | Private · secular | 157 | 30.4% | -15% |
| Desert Christian Academy | Private · Other religious | 628 | — | +25% |
| City Of Knowledge | Private · Other religious | 190 | — | -11% |
| Fairmont San Juan Capistrano | Private · secular | 374 | — | +0% |
| Foothills Christian Hs | Private · Other religious | 263 | 5.0% | +28% |
| The Webb Schools | Private · secular | 401 | 47.9% | -6% |
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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Davis | 4.05 | 55.6% | 32.0% | +23.6pp | Over |
UC Outcomes Trend — 2020–2025
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 | 6 | 3 | — | 50.0% | — | — | 4.17 | — |
| UCLA → Elite | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.11 | — |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 9 | 6 | — | 66.7% | — | — | 4.00 | — |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 9 | 7 | — | 77.8% | — | — | 4.10 | — |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 7 | 7 | 4 | 100.0% | — | 57.1% | 4.15 | — |
| UC Davis → | 5 | 4 | — | 80.0% | — | — | 4.05 | 4.18 |