Rancho Dominguez Prep School

Long Beach · Los Angeles County · Public

Public Los Angeles County ~112 seniors

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📋 At a glance

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Academic signals

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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Rancho Dominguez Prep School compares for families

Mid-pack college outcomes within California.

▸ Statewide18.8% UC Reach — right around the California median of 18.1%.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (18.8% UC Reach vs 40.0% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Rancho Dominguez Prep School sent 88 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 23.9% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 18.8% — 0.7 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 51% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach ⓘ

19%

21 admits / 112 seniors
-21.2 pp vs. peer median (40.0%) · Ranked #7 of 7 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 13.2% 2025 · 18.8%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.1%

Peer median
40.0%

Top 10%
51.2%

This school
18.8%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 18.8%

Higher than 51% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Rancho Dominguez Prep School's UC Reach of 18.8% is above the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.

Against similar schools, Rancho Dominguez Prep School trails the peer-group median (40.0%) — even though it looks strong vs. the state average.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 78 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Rancho Dominguez Prep School's UC Reach is higher than 51% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

78.6%

88 applications

In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252.0% · higher than 52% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

23.9%

21 / 88 applications

In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 38% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

None enrolled of 21 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 / 112 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) ⓘ

10.7

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 28% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

112

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

701

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.77

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.00

UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA

Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.

🎯 Who's actually getting into UC from Rancho Dominguez Prep School

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
UCLA	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out	Filtered out
UC San Diego	Strong shot	Moderate	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Irvine	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Davis	Strong shot	Strong shot	Real shot	Filtered out

Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2025.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UCLA (2021)	3.67	4.10	+0.43	27.8%	Peers +0.50 · wider
UC San Diego	3.82	4.15	+0.33	44.4%	Peers +0.36 · matches
UC Santa Barbara (2019)	3.82	4.32	+0.50	22.7%	Peers +0.34 · steeper
UC Irvine (2020)	3.87	4.30	+0.42	27.8%	Peers +0.26 · steeper
UC Davis	3.80	3.87	+0.07	90.0%	Peers +0.31 · wider

📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)

GPA band	UCB	UCLA	UCSD	UCSB	UCI	UCD
4.00+	17.0%	15.1%	45.2%	62.3%	46.3%	65.9%
3.70–3.99	3.1%	1.6%	9.3%	17.6%	17.0%	31.1%
3.30–3.69	0.8%	0.5%	1.5%	2.8%	2.4%	10.3%
3.00–3.29	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	1.9%
< 3.00	0.7%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.7%

How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

Where Rancho Dominguez Prep School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 26.5 points above what their GPAs predict (53.8% actual vs. 27.3% expected).

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)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	12	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.92	—^†
UCLA → Elite	17	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.78	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	18	8	—^†	44.4%	7.1%	—	3.82	4.15
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	11	4	—^†	36.4%	3.6%	—	3.65	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	20	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.70	—^†
UC Davis →	10	9	—^†	90.0%	8.0%	—	3.80	3.87

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). 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 →

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

842 (2018) → 594 (2026)

-29.5%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

125 (2018) → 115 (2026)

-8.0%

If this trend holds (-4.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~569	-25	$0
3 yr (2029)	~521	-73	$0
5 yr (2031)	~478	-116	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

Rancho Dominguez Prep School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Long Beach · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Rancho Dominguez Prep School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 7): 19% vs. a peer median of 40%.
▸Its UC Reach has risen 9 points since 2018.
▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Rancho Dominguez Prep School is admitting at roughly +26 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.767) alone would predict (54% actual vs. 27% 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 8% (125→115 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -2%.
▸At its recent rate (-4.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~521 by 2029 — about 73 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

594 students (2026)

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~521 projected (2029)

at -4.3%/yr

That's about 73 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. 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
Rancho Dominguez Prep School	Public	594	18.8%	-8%
Peer-group median			40.0%	-2%
California Academy Of Mathematics And Science	Public	662	—	-4%
Compton Early College High Sch	Public	539	54.9%	+85%
Eunice Sato Academy Of Math & Science	Public	576	—	+15%
Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy	Public	550	—	-4%
Academies Of Education And Empowerment At Carson High	Public	476	—	-21%
Lifeline Education Charter Sch	Public	720	21.3%	+33%
Ernest S Mcbride Sr High Schl	Public	649	51.4%	-1%
Academy of Medical Arts at Carson	Public	466	28.6%	+4%
Abraham Lincoln High School	Public	501	110.0%	-4%
Theodore Roosevelt Senior High	Public	527	21.3%	-3%

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. 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.

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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