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Calvary Baptist Schools → Saint Lucys Priory High School → Armenian Mesrobian High School → City Of Knowledge → Rio Hondo Prep School → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+2.4%/yr, Total enrollment)
At tuition of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Tuition impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~264 | +6 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~277 | +19 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~291 | +33 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.
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.
South Hills Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Private · Other religious · West Covina · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, South Hills Academy sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 8): 17% vs. a peer median of 34%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 36 points since 2020 — worth watching.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, South Hills Academy is admitting at roughly +42 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.948) alone would predict (69% 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 52% (21→10 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of -13%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+2.4%/yr); projects to ~277 by 2028.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Hills Academy | Private · Other religious | 258 | 16.7% | -52% |
| Peer-group median | 34.3% | -13% | ||
| Calvary Baptist Schools | Private · Other religious | 287 | — | +91% |
| Saint Lucys Priory High School | Private · Catholic | 240 | 50.6% | -15% |
| Armenian Mesrobian High School | Private · Other religious | 235 | 30.8% | +59% |
| City Of Knowledge | Private · Other religious | 190 | — | -11% |
| Rio Hondo Prep School | Private · Other religious | 183 | — | -18% |
| San Gabriel Academy | Private · Other religious | 320 | 28.6% | -44% |
| Ramona Convent Secondary Sch | Private · Catholic | 296 | 44.0% | +31% |
| Whittier Christian High School | Private · Other religious | 410 | 6.4% | -30% |
| Don Bosco Technical Institute | Private · Catholic | 351 | 34.3% | -30% |
| Mayfield Senior School | Private · Catholic | 310 | 61.4% | +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, and religious orientation. Methodology →
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 San Diego | 3.94 | 58.3% | 21.2% | +37.1pp | Over |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.95 | 90.9% | 30.4% | +60.5pp | Over |
| UC Irvine | 3.94 | 53.8% | 24.4% | +29.5pp | Over |
| UC Davis | 3.95 | 75.0% | 32.5% | +42.5pp | Over |
Where South Hills Academy sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 41.7 points above what their GPAs predict (68.8% actual vs. 27.0% expected).
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
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 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.04 | 4.27 |
| UCLA → Elite | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.04 | 4.27 |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 12 | 7 | — | 58.3% | — | — | 3.94 | 4.28 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 11 | 10 | — | 90.9% | — | — | 3.95 | 4.27 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 13 | 7 | — | 53.8% | — | — | 3.94 | 4.24 |
| UC Davis → | 12 | 9 | — | 75.0% | — | — | 3.95 | 4.19 |