Santa Clarita Christian School

Santa Clarita · Los Angeles County · Private (Other religious)
Private Los Angeles County ~34 seniors
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
389 (2020)538 (2025)
+38.3%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
34 (2020)28 (2025)
-17.6%

If this trend holds (+6.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~574 +36 $0
3 yr (2028) ~654 +116 $0
5 yr (2030) ~744 +206 $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, FY2016

From 5 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
$0.1M
FY2016
Net assets (endowment + property)
Tuition revenue (program)
Gifts & grants
fundraising
Total revenue by year ($M)
Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 201391235). 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 2020
UC Reach
9%
3 admits / 34 seniors
-34.6 pp vs. peer median (43.4%) · Ranked #10 of 10 similar schools
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
16.2%
Peer median
43.4%
Top 10%
54.0%
This school
8.8%
0%50%100%
CA median 16.2% Top 10% ≥ 54.0% This school 8.8%

Higher than 20% of California high schools (1060 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Santa Clarita Christian School's UC Reach of 8.8% is below the California median (16.2%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 54.0% or higher.

Against similar schools, Santa Clarita Christian School trails the peer-group median (43.4%) — even though it looks strong vs. the state average.

Overall, Santa Clarita Christian School's UC Reach is higher than 20% of California high schools (1060 ranked).

UC Application Reach
82.4%
28 applications
In context: CA median 63.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 186.3% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 203.0% · higher than 61% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
10.7%
3 / 28 applications
In context: CA median 29.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.9% · higher than 0% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of 3 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 / 34 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)
8.8
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 13.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 43.1 · higher than 28% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
34
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
389
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.

Santa Clarita Christian School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · Santa Clarita · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Santa Clarita Christian School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #10 of 10): 9% vs. a peer median of 43%.
  • Senior-class enrollment is down 18% (34→28 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of -1%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+6.7%/yr); projects to ~654 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

538 students (2025)
~654 projected (2028)
at +6.7%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Santa Clarita Christian School Private · Other religious 538 8.8% -18%
Peer-group median 43.4% -1%
Saint Genevieve High School Private · Catholic 547 19.0% +25%
Heritage Christian School Private · Other religious 745 +7%
Bishop Alemany High School Private · Catholic 810 13.2% -32%
Maranatha High School Private · Other religious 554 55.6% +2%
Cathedral High School Private · Other religious 583 13.7% -20%
Paraclete High School Private · Catholic 561 43.4% -4%
Agbu Manoogian-Demirdjian Sch Private · Other religious 809 64.3% +17%
Crespi Carmelite High School Private · Catholic 428 60.8% -16%
Milken Community School Private · Other religious 778 68.2% +6%
Grace Brethren High School Private · Other religious 339 36.4% -54%

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
3.97

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 Santa Barbara 4.04 50.0% 44.2% +5.8pp Over
"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.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2020

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 — 2020

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UCLA → Elite 5 4.03
UC San Diego → Selective 6 3.89
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 6 3 50.0% 8.8% 4.04
UC Irvine → Selective 6 4.02
UC Davis → 5 3.88
⚠ 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.
Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.
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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