Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Rancho Alamitos High School
Public · Garden Grove · Orange County · 1,380 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
20%
Higher than 55% of California high schools
+5.1 pp above peer median (15.3%)
· Ranked #4 of 11 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 13.4%
2025 · 20.4%
-17%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
-9.5 pp
vs. Orange County baseline (-7%)
~1244
5-yr projected enrollment (136 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Rancho Alamitos High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #4 of 11): 20% vs. a peer median of 15%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 7 points since 2018.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Rancho Alamitos High School is admitting at roughly +6 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.847) alone would predict (25% actual vs. 19% 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% (429→358 from 2018 to 2026), tracking the peer-group median of -17%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-3.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1244 by 2029 — about 136 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western High School | Public | 12.7% | -24% |
| Savanna High School | Public | 10.8% | -23% |
| Oxford Academy | Public | 84.1% | -4% |
| Magnolia High School | Public | 9.2% | -17% |
| Loara High School | Public | 13.5% | -20% |
| Pacifica High School | Public | 18.3% | -7% |
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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