Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Paloma Valley High School
Public · Menifee · Riverside County · 2,639 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
12%
Higher than 26% of California high schools
-4.1 pp vs. peer median (15.8%)
· Ranked #9 of 11 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 14.1%
2025 · 11.7%
-17%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
-14.0 pp
vs. Riverside County baseline (-3%)
~2458
5-yr projected enrollment (181 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Paloma Valley High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #9 of 11): 12% vs. a peer median of 16%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 3 points since 2018 — worth watching.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Paloma Valley High School is admitting at roughly +8 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.776) alone would predict (29% 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 down 17% (684→570 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -4%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-2.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~2458 by 2029 — about 181 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty High | Public | 19.2% | +34% |
| Heritage High | Public | 14.0% | -16% |
| Vista Murrieta High School | Public | 17.6% | -0% |
| Santa Rosa Academy | Public | 2.5% | -9% |
| Murrieta Valley High School | Public | 17.5% | -11% |
| Temescal Canyon High School | Public | 13.3% | -5% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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