Valley Christian High School

San Jose · Santa Clara County · Private (Other religious)
Private Santa Clara County ~415 seniors CDS 4369427…
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
1,624 (2020)1,637 (2025)
+0.8%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
403 (2020)415 (2025)
+3.0%

If this trend holds (+0.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~1,640 +3 $0
3 yr (2028) ~1,645 +8 $0
5 yr (2030) ~1,650 +13 $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, FY2023

From 13 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
$82.3M
FY2023
Net assets (endowment + property)
$69.7M
+82.6% since FY2011
Tuition revenue (program)
$79.3M
≈ $48465/student avg
Gifts & grants
$2.5M
fundraising
Total revenue by year ($M)
Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 941495182). 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 2025
★ Top 5% UC Reach
UC Reach
96%
397 admits / 415 seniors
5-year trend
2021 · 48.9% 2025 · 95.7%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
95.7%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 95.7%

Higher than 99% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Valley Christian High School's UC Reach of 95.7% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53.3%) — meaning roughly 95 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

In Santa Clara County — a competitive market where the median is already 33.1% — this still clears the county top-10% bar (79.3%).

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 7 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Valley Christian High School's UC Reach is higher than 99% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
349.6%
1451 applications
Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 3 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.
In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Santa Clara Co. Top 10% ≥ 359.1% · higher than 98% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
27.4%
397 / 1451 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 58% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
19.1%
76 enrolled of 397 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
18.3%
76 enrollees / 415 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.
UC 6-Yr Grad Rate
87%
78% finished in 4 yrs · N=46 entered 2019
In context: CA median 88.6% · -1.6 pp vs. median.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
75.9
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 99% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
15.4
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 96% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
415
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
1,637
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.

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
4.06
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.22

GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.

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? Based on 2024 (latest GPA available).

Campus Applicant GPA (avg) Actual admit rate CA peer avg Δ Verdict
UC Berkeley 4.07 15.2% 16.2% -1.1pp On target
UCLA 4.07 9.6% 9.4% +0.2pp On target
UC San Diego 4.06 25.2% 18.4% +6.8pp Over
UC Santa Barbara 4.05 39.5% 34.1% +5.4pp Over
UC Davis 4.06 37.3% 32.1% +5.3pp 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.

Where Valley Christian High School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (25.3% actual vs. 21.8% expected), based on 2024 data.

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) '24 Avg GPA (Adm) '24
UC Berkeley → Elite 223 37 28 16.6% 8.9% 75.7% 4.07 4.22
UCLA → Elite 250 27 14 10.8% 6.5% 51.9% 4.07 4.26
UC San Diego → Selective 251 76 12 30.3% 18.3% 15.8% 4.06 4.24
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 240 114 7 47.5% 27.5% 6.1% 4.05 4.23
UC Irvine → Selective 252 61 11 24.2% 14.7% 18.0%
UC Davis → 235 82 4 34.9% 19.8% 4.9% 4.06 4.17
⚠ 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.
UC Reach is very strong — more than 96% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.
Strong UC Reach paired with low yield: students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere. The pattern is characteristic of competitive college-preparatory schools where many students choose more selective private colleges or out-of-state flagships over UC — UC functions as a strong backup option rather than a first choice.
Berkeley and UCLA admit volume is strong — a clear high-end signal for this school's academic preparation.
UC Reach has improved meaningfully compared to the prior year — a positive trajectory worth monitoring and reinforcing.
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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