Sage Hill School

Newport Coast · Orange County · Private

Private Orange County ~148 seniors

Data Year

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

548 (2020) → 590 (2025)

+7.7%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

134 (2020) → 148 (2025)

+10.4%

If this trend holds (+1.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~599	+9	$0
3 yr (2028)	~617	+27	$0
5 yr (2030)	~635	+45	$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

$29.7M

FY2023

Net assets (endowment + property)

$92.5M

+80.4% since FY2011

Tuition revenue (program)

$27.8M

≈ $47116/student avg

Gifts & grants

$1.7M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 330729698). 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

★ Elite — Top 1% 🏆 #1 in California

UC Reach ⓘ

151%

223 admits / 148 seniors
+121.6 pp above peer median (29.1%) · Ranked #1 of 7 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 103.7% 2025 · 150.7%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.5%

Peer median
29.1%

Top 10%
53.3%

This school
150.7%

0%50%100% →

CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 150.7%

Higher than 99% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

150.7% is exceptional and very rare. For every 100 seniors at Sage Hill School, the school is generating roughly 151 admissions to California's six most selective UCs (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD). The typical strong senior here is winning admission at multiple top campuses — a result fewer than 1% of California high schools achieve.

In Orange County — a competitive market where the median is already 25.0% — this still clears the county top-10% bar (71.2%).

Against similar schools, Sage Hill School stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 29.1%.

This places Sage Hill School in the elite tier statewide — the top-1% threshold is 102.7%.

Overall, Sage Hill School's UC Reach is higher than 99% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

Why is this over 100%? Out of every 100 seniors at this school, the class is generating more than 100 admissions to California's six most selective UCs. The typical strong senior here is being admitted at multiple top-6 campuses — UCLA + UCSD, or Berkeley + UCSB + UC Irvine, for example. It's a rare achievement; fewer than 1% of California high schools clear 100% UC Reach.

UC Application Reach ⓘ

446.6%

661 applications

Exceptionally ambitious student body. The typical senior is applying to about 4 of the 6 most selective UCs — a culture of pursuing every major UC option.

In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Orange Co. Top 10% ≥ 294.1% · higher than 99% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

33.7%

223 / 661 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 79% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

6.3%

14 enrolled of 223 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 ⓘ

9.5%

14 enrollees / 148 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.

UC 6-Yr Grad Rate ⓘ

96%

88% finished in 4 yrs · N=24 entered 2019

In context: CA median 88.6% · +7.2 pp above.

Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD) ⓘ

125.7

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 99% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

25.7

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 ⓘ

148

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

590

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.

Sage Hill School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · Newport Coast · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Sage Hill School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 7): 151% vs. a peer median of 29%.
▸Its UC Reach has risen 30 points since 2020.
▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Sage Hill School is admitting at roughly +8 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (4.135) alone would predict (31% actual vs. 23% 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 up 10% (134→148 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of +5%.
▸Enrollment has been growing (+1.5%/yr); projects to ~617 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

590 students (2025)

→

~617 projected (2028)

at +1.5%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
Sage Hill School	Private · secular	590	150.7%	+10%
Peer-group median			29.1%	+5%
Fairmont Preparatory Academy	Private · secular	619	101.3%	+11%
Newport Christian School	Private · Other religious	458	—	+140%
Fairmont San Juan Capistrano	Private · secular	374	—	+0%
Calvary Chapel High School	Private · Other religious	839	27.6%	+0%
Servite High School	Private · Catholic	767	24.6%	-2%
Saint Joseph High School	Private · Catholic	557	30.3%	-10%
Rosary Academy	Private · Catholic	462	28.0%	+34%
Crean Lutheran High School	Private · Other religious	1126	94.4%	+40%
Calvary Chapel Christian School	Private · Other religious	619	—	-4%
Crossroads Christian School	Private · Other religious	733	—	+36%

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 ⓘ

4.13

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.25

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	4.15	18.9%	18.1%	+0.8pp	On target
UCLA	4.13	14.3%	9.6%	+4.6pp	On target
UC San Diego	4.14	19.8%	15.9%	+3.9pp	On target
UC Santa Barbara	4.13	51.0%	38.6%	+12.4pp	Over
UC Irvine	4.13	54.0%	25.9%	+28.2pp	Over
UC Davis	4.11	32.4%	33.3%	-0.9pp	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 Sage Hill School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 8.2 points above what their GPAs predict (31.2% actual vs. 23.0% 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	115	21	—	18.3%	14.2%	—	4.15	4.25
UCLA → Elite	123	17	5	13.8%	11.5%	29.4%	4.13	4.26
UC San Diego → Selective	122	26	3	21.3%	17.6%	11.5%	4.14	4.26
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	115	64	—	55.7%	43.2%	—	4.13	4.26
UC Irvine → Selective	107	58	6	54.2%	39.2%	10.3%	4.13	4.25
UC Davis →	79	37	—	46.8%	25.0%	—	4.11	4.24

⚠ 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 151% 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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