Pinewood School

Los Altos Hills · Santa Clara County · Private
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
612 (2019)612 (2020)
+0.0%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
53 (2019)53 (2020)
+0.0%

If this trend holds (+0.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2021) ~612 +0 $0
3 yr (2023) ~612 +0 $0
5 yr (2025) ~612 +0 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
N/A
(class size est.)
5-year trend
2019 · 39.6% 2020 · 60.4%
UC Application Reach
N/A
165 applications
UC Admit Rate
23.6%
39 / 165 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 37% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of 39 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
N/A
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.

Pinewood School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · Los Altos Hills · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Pinewood School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #6 of 9): 60% vs. a peer median of 64%.
  • Its UC Reach has risen 21 points since 2019.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 0% (53→53 from 2019 to 2020), trailing the peer-group median of +14%.

Enrollment projection

612 students (2020)
~612 projected (2023)
at +0.0%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Pinewood School Private · secular 612 60.4% +0%
Peer-group median 63.6% +14%
Menlo School Private · secular 805 62.4% +6%
Castilleja School Private · secular 416 113.7% -15%
Basis Independent Silicon Vall Private 819 +14%
Woodside Priory School Private · Other religious 436 70.3% +14%
The Nueva School Private · secular 952 64.8% +19%
Presentation High School Private · Catholic 545 42.7% -17%
Granada Islamic School Private · Other religious 456 +450%
Lick Wilmerding High School Private · secular 559 55.4% +14%
Eastside College Prep School Private · secular 251 26.3% -5%
Basis Independent Fremont Upper Sch Private · secular 350 212.5% +23%

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
4.05
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.16

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 Berkeley 4.07 13.6% 16.2% -2.5pp On target
UCLA 4.07 12.5% 9.4% +3.1pp On target
UC Santa Barbara 4.05 28.6% 34.2% -5.6pp Under
UC Irvine 4.05 19.0% 24.7% -5.7pp Under
UC Davis 4.01 30.0% 31.4% -1.4pp 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 Pinewood School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (20.4% actual vs. 22.7% expected), based on 2024 data.

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) '24 Avg GPA (Adm) '24
UC Berkeley → Elite 27 6 22.2% 4.07
UCLA → Elite 27 4 14.8% 4.07
UC San Diego → Selective 32 6 18.8% 4.04
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 28 10 35.7% 4.05 4.18
UC Irvine → Selective 26 4 15.4% 4.05
UC Davis → 25 9 36.0% 4.01 4.15
⚠ 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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