Santa Cruz Alternative

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Programs & features
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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 Santa Cruz Alternative compares for families

What families should know about Santa Cruz Alternative.

  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Costanoa Continuation High, Alternative Family Education, Harbor High School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
University of California outcomes · Class of 2024
UC Reach
N/A
(class size est.)
UC Application Reach
N/A
None applications
UC Admit Rate
N/A
None / None applications
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of None 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 / None 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)
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
N/A
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Total School Enrollment
N/A
All grades · CDE Census Day
Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
3.79

GPA figures reflect 2023 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2024.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2019–2023

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 — 2024

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) '23 Avg GPA (Adm) '23
UC Berkeley → Elite 3.75
UCLA → Elite
UC San Diego → Selective
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 3.82
UC Irvine → Selective 3.82
UC Davis →
= 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 →

Santa Cruz Alternative — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Santa Cruz · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • We don't yet have enough UC-outcome or enrollment history for Santa Cruz Alternative to build a full trend — but its similar-school comparison is below.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Santa Cruz Alternative Public
Peer-group median 36.5% -5%
Costanoa Continuation High Public 67 +0%
Alternative Family Education Public 123 -62%
Harbor High School Public 994 28.3% +2%
Santa Cruz High School Public 1060 45.2% +2%
Tierra Pacifica Charter Public 181
Pacific Collegiate School Public
Pacific Collegiate Charter Public 551 -14%
Soquel High School Public 1055 27.7% +7%
Delta Charter Public 114 -29%
Scotts Valley High School Public 592 44.7% -10%

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

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.
Senior class size is estimated from CDE grade 12 enrollment data. Reach percentages should be interpreted as approximate.
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