Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Steele Canyon High School
Public · Spring Valley · San Diego County · 2,237 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
15%
Higher than 40% of California high schools
-6.9 pp vs. peer median (21.6%)
· Ranked #7 of 9 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 21.2%
2025 · 14.7%
-2%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+6.3 pp
vs. San Diego County baseline (-8%)
~2253
5-yr projected enrollment (+0.2%/yr)
- ▸On UC Reach, Steele Canyon High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 9): 15% vs. a peer median of 22%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 2 points since 2018 — worth watching.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 2% (520→512 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -11%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. San Diego County's senior population shrank 8% over the same window — Steele Canyon High School only shrank 2%. So Steele Canyon High School picked up about 6 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+0.2%/yr); projects to ~2253 by 2029.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grossmont High School | Public | 9.1% | -9% |
| Literacy First Charter | Public | — | -14% |
| Granite Hills High | Public | 8.8% | +7% |
| Valhalla High School | Public | 17.5% | -18% |
| Olympian High School | Public | 30.3% | -18% |
| Bonita Vista High School | Public | 29.4% | -23% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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