Vistamar School

El Segundo · Los Angeles County · Private

Private Los Angeles County ~68 seniors

Data Year

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

269 (2020) → 222 (2025)

-17.5%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

67 (2020) → 68 (2025)

+1.5%

If this trend holds (-3.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~214	-8	$0
3 yr (2028)	~198	-24	$0
5 yr (2030)	~183	-39	$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

$13.1M

FY2023

Net assets (endowment + property)

$14.8M

+33.7% since FY2011

Tuition revenue (program)

$10.8M

≈ $48712/student avg

Gifts & grants

$1.8M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 141841085). 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

UC Reach ⓘ

35%

24 admits / 68 seniors
+7.5 pp above peer median (27.8%) · Ranked #5 of 10 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 39.7% 2025 · 35.3%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.5%

Peer median
27.8%

Top 10%
53.3%

This school
35.3%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 35.3%

Higher than 78% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Vistamar School's UC Reach of 35.3% is in the top quartile statewide (median 18.5%; top 25% bar 32.0%) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 53.3%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 67 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Vistamar School's UC Reach is higher than 78% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

245.6%

167 applications

Strong UC pursuit. The typical senior is applying to about 2 top-6 UC campuses — a signal of a college-driven student body.

In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252.7% · higher than 90% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

14.4%

24 / 167 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 1% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

12.5%

3 enrolled of 24 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 ⓘ

4.4%

3 enrollees / 68 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) ⓘ

25.0

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 73% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

222

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.

Vistamar School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · secular · El Segundo · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Vistamar School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #5 of 10): 35% vs. a peer median of 28%.
▸Its UC Reach has slipped 24 points since 2020 — worth watching.
▸Senior-class enrollment is up 2% (67→68 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of -1%.
▸At its recent rate (-3.8%/yr), enrollment projects to ~198 by 2028 — about 24 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

222 students (2025)

→

~198 projected (2028)

at -3.8%/yr

That's about 24 fewer students. At a tuition of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual tuition revenue at risk.

Default derived from this school's own IRS Form 990 (FY2023): program-service revenue ÷ enrollment, rounded to the nearest $1k — an authoritative average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service). Your published tuition may differ; adjust if needed. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
Vistamar School	Private · secular	222	35.3%	+2%
Peer-group median			27.8%	-1%
Saint Marys Academy	Private	237	86.0%	+14%
Lycee Francais De Los Angeles	Private · secular	153	40.6%	-20%
Westmark School	Private · secular	215	—	+53%
Rolling Hills Prep School	Private · secular	145	27.3%	-43%
Pilgrim School	Private · secular	320	27.8%	+90%
Shalhevet High School	Private · Other religious	237	20.6%	-53%
Saint Bernard High School	Private · Catholic	162	15.4%	-12%
Pacifica Christian Hs	Private · Other religious	259	57.6%	+29%
Verbum Dei High School	Private · Catholic	298	21.1%	-20%
Bishop Conaty Our Lady Loretto	Private · Catholic	284	35.8%	+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, and religious orientation. Methodology →

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.90

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.95

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 Irvine	3.92	20.0%	23.0%	-3.0pp	On target
UC Davis	3.85	20.0%	30.7%	-10.7pp	Under

"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 — 2018–2025

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	25	—	—	—	—	—	4.01	—
UCLA → Elite	31	—	—	—	—	—	3.89	—
UC San Diego → Selective	29	6	3	20.7%	8.8%	50.0%	3.86	—
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	31	6	—	19.4%	8.8%	—	3.88	—
UC Irvine → Selective	26	5	—	19.2%	7.4%	—	3.92	3.95
UC Davis →	25	7	—	28.0%	10.3%	—	3.85	—

⚠ 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 solid. A meaningful share of the senior class is achieving UC admission, and there is likely room to grow both application volume and admission outcomes.

Students are earning UC admission but enrolling elsewhere at a notable rate. This may reflect competition from private colleges, out-of-state flagships, cost considerations, or UC campus fit. Student outcome surveys can clarify.

The school generates broad UC access, but fewer students are reaching the most selective UC campuses (UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCI). Targeted academic enrichment and campus-fit advising may help.

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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