San Ramon Valley High School

Danville · Contra Costa County · San Ramon Valley Unified
Public Contra Costa County 🏛 San Ramon Valley Unified → ~510 seniors CDS 0761804…
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
2,077 (2018)2,128 (2026)
+2.5%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
515 (2018)569 (2026)
+10.5%

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

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~2,134 +6 $0
3 yr (2029) ~2,147 +19 $0
5 yr (2031) ~2,161 +33 $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.

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Contra Costa County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Healthy
Best in class — winning on demand and retention.

San Ramon Valley High School outperformed Contra Costa County on enrollment (school +10.5% vs. county -3.2%) AND maintains 96.3% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.

+10.5%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-3.2%  Contra Costa County baseline
+13.7pp  gap vs. county
96.3%  retention (county median 89.5%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
96.3%
1,986 of 2,062 students

76 of 2,062 students who enrolled at San Ramon Valley High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (3.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Contra Costa County median
89.5% · school is in the 82nd percentile of 45 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 95th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

White (1,301) 96.2%
Students w/ disabilities (337) 91.7%
Asian (245) 96.7%
Hispanic / Latino (245) 94.7%
Two or more races (201) 98.5%
Socio. disadvantaged (143) 90.2%

Nearest peer high schools

Monte Vista High School 97.1% Dublin High School 96.5% Clayton Valley Charter High 94.8% Foothill High 96.3% College Park High School 91.1%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

Chronic absent
13.5%
277 of 2,048 students

Absenteeism is up 6.5 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Contra Costa County median
22.1% · school is better than 76% of 45 HS
Statewide median
22.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

ELA — met or exceeded
n = 480
82.1%
incl. 46.5% exceeded
★ Top 10% CA
+30.3 pts above Contra Costa County median (51.8%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 472
51.3%
incl. 24.4% exceeded
+28.3 pts above Contra Costa County median (23.0%) · CA median 21.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

White 62% -4.1
Hispanic / Latino 12% +2.0
Asian 12%
Two or more 11% +1.3
Filipino 2%
Black / African Am. 1%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 16%
Students w/ disabilities 6%
English learners 1%

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

District financial profile — San Ramon Valley Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$443.4M
+11.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$14,431
30,726 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 35.1%
Local: 60.2%
Federal: 4.7%
Instruction share
59.9%
of current spending · $7,747/pupil
Long-term debt
$426.6M
-1.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the San Ramon Valley Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
26%
135 admits / 510 seniors
-18.8 pp vs. peer median (45.3%) · Ranked #9 of 11 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 23.9% 2025 · 26.5%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Peer median
45.3%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
26.5%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 26.5%

Higher than 66% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

San Ramon Valley High School's UC Reach of 26.5% is above the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.

Against similar schools, San Ramon Valley High School trails the peer-group median (45.3%) — even though it looks strong vs. the state average.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 76 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, San Ramon Valley High School's UC Reach is higher than 66% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
137.3%
700 applications
Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).
In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Contra Costa Co. Top 10% ≥ 323.6% · higher than 74% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
19.3%
135 / 700 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 12% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
33.3%
45 enrolled of 135 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
8.8%
45 enrollees / 510 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.
Student-Counselor Ratio
343:1
6.2 FTE counselors · 2,128 students
In context: CA median 338:1 · ASCA target 250:1.
A-G Completion
70%
307 of 439 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · +14.0 pp above.
UC 6-Yr Grad Rate
88%
78% finished in 4 yrs · N=41 entered 2019
In context: CA median 88.6%.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
19.6
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 61% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
7.3
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 77% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
510
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
2,036
All grades · CDE Census Day
Economic Connectedness
1.79
97th percentile in CA · cross‑class friendships

San Ramon Valley High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Danville · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, San Ramon Valley High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #9 of 11): 26% vs. a peer median of 45%.
  • Its UC Reach has risen 3 points since 2018.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 10% (515→569 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -1%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.3%/yr); projects to ~2147 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

2128 students (2026)
~2147 projected (2029)
at +0.3%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
San Ramon Valley High School Public 2128 26.5% +10%
Peer-group median 45.3% -1%
Monte Vista High School Public 1999 47.1% -7%
Dublin High School Public 2365 53.5% +62%
Clayton Valley Charter High Public 2368 25.6% +24%
Foothill High Public 2156 53.0% +5%
College Park High School Public 1953 29.8% -4%
Northgate High School Public 1578 41.4% -14%
California High School Public 2796 46.5% +14%
Las Lomas High School Public 1509 44.1% +2%
Dougherty Valley High School Public 2872 63.1% -8%
San Leandro High School Public 2542 25.2% -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. Methodology →

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
3.93
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.17

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?

Campus Applicant GPA (avg) Actual admit rate CA peer avg Δ Verdict
UC Berkeley 3.95 21.9% 12.0% +9.9pp Over
UCLA 3.95 10.7% 9.1% +1.6pp On target
UC San Diego 3.94 21.4% 21.4% +0.1pp On target
UC Santa Barbara 3.93 18.7% 29.7% -11.0pp Under
UC Irvine 3.89 12.9% 22.5% -9.7pp Under
UC Davis 3.89 31.2% 32.2% -1.0pp 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 San Ramon Valley High School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (19.3% actual vs. 21.2% 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 105 23 14 21.9% 4.5% 60.9% 3.95 4.20
UCLA → Elite 131 14 8 10.7% 2.7% 57.1% 3.95 4.21
UC San Diego → Selective 112 24 7 21.4% 4.7% 29.2% 3.94 4.20
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 139 26 5 18.7% 5.1% 19.2% 3.93 4.23
UC Irvine → Selective 101 13 3 12.9% 2.5% 23.1% 3.89 4.16
UC Davis → 112 35 8 31.2% 6.9% 22.9% 3.89 4.09
⚠ 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.
Students are earning UC admission but enrolling elsewhere at a notable rate. This may reflect competition from private colleges, out-of-state flagships, cost considerations, or UC campus fit. Student outcome surveys can clarify.
The school generates broad UC access, but fewer students are reaching the most selective UC campuses (UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCI). Targeted academic enrichment and campus-fit advising may help.
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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