Polytechnic School

Pasadena · Los Angeles County · Private

Private Los Angeles County ~93 seniors

Data Year

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

866 (2020) → 881 (2025)

+1.7%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

96 (2020) → 93 (2025)

-3.1%

If this trend holds (+0.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~884	+3	$0
3 yr (2028)	~890	+9	$0
5 yr (2030)	~896	+15	$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 13 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

$53.4M

FY2023

Net assets (endowment + property)

$167.8M

+44.0% since FY2011

Tuition revenue (program)

$35.2M

≈ $39979/student avg

Gifts & grants

$11.8M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 951641456). 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.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

★ Top 5% UC Reach

UC Reach ⓘ

76%

71 admits / 93 seniors
+27.2 pp above peer median (49.1%) · Ranked #2 of 11 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 65.6% 2025 · 76.3%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.5%

Peer median
49.1%

Top 10%
53.3%

This school
76.3%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 76.3%

Higher than 97% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Polytechnic School's UC Reach of 76.3% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53.3%) — meaning roughly 76 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

Against similar schools, Polytechnic School stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 49.1%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 26 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Polytechnic School's UC Reach is higher than 97% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

349.5%

325 applications

Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 3 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.

In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252.7% · higher than 98% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

21.8%

71 / 325 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 26% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

14.1%

10 enrolled of 71 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 ⓘ

10.8%

10 enrollees / 93 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) ⓘ

62.4

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 97% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

26.9

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 99% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

881

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.

Polytechnic School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · Pasadena · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Polytechnic School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #2 of 11): 76% vs. a peer median of 49%.
▸Its UC Reach has risen 15 points since 2020.
▸Senior-class enrollment is down 3% (96→93 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +5%.
▸Enrollment has been growing (+0.3%/yr); projects to ~890 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

881 students (2025)

→

~890 projected (2028)

at +0.3%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
Polytechnic School	Private · secular	881	76.3%	-3%
Peer-group median			49.1%	+5%
Westridge School for Girls	Private · secular	550	55.1%	+19%
Buckley School	Private · secular	829	50.6%	+30%
Sequoyah School	Private · secular	451	47.6%	+0%
Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian	Private · Other religious	862	45.9%	+19%
LA Salle High School	Private · Catholic	659	42.3%	-8%
Bishop Amat Memorial Hs	Private · Catholic	977	28.3%	-28%
Marlborough School	Private · secular	546	64.0%	+29%
Maranatha High School	Private · Other religious	554	55.6%	+2%
Saint John Bosco High School	Private · Catholic	869	31.1%	-3%
Windward School	Private · secular	625	77.4%	+8%

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 ⓘ

4.11

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.24

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	4.13	20.7%	17.5%	+3.2pp	On target
UCLA	4.10	6.9%	9.5%	-2.6pp	On target
UC San Diego	4.10	15.6%	17.3%	-1.7pp	On target
UC Santa Barbara	4.09	29.2%	36.1%	-6.9pp	Under
UC Irvine	4.11	10.7%	25.5%	-14.8pp	Under
UC Davis	4.13	24.0%	33.6%	-9.6pp	Under

"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 Polytechnic School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (17.6% actual vs. 21.5% 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	59	16	7	27.1%	17.2%	43.8%	4.13	4.21
UCLA → Elite	62	9	3	14.5%	9.7%	33.3%	4.10	—
UC San Diego → Selective	60	10	—	16.7%	10.8%	—	4.10	4.25
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	61	15	—	24.6%	16.1%	—	4.09	4.27
UC Irvine → Selective	44	8	—	18.2%	8.6%	—	4.11	—
UC Davis →	39	13	—	33.3%	14.0%	—	4.13	4.22

⚠ 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.

UC Reach is very strong — more than 76% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.

Strong UC Reach paired with very low yield: this school's students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere — almost certainly at the most selective private universities (Ivies, Stanford, MIT, the top liberal-arts colleges) or elite out-of-state flagships. UC is functioning as a credentialing-grade backup rather than a destination.

Berkeley and UCLA admit volume is strong — a clear high-end signal for this school's academic preparation.

UC Reach has improved meaningfully compared to the prior year — a positive trajectory worth monitoring and reinforcing.

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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