Whittier Christian High School

La Habra · Orange County · Private (Other religious)
Private Orange County ~94 seniors
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
443 (2020)410 (2025)
-7.4%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
134 (2020)94 (2025)
-29.9%

If this trend holds (-1.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~404 -6 $0
3 yr (2028) ~391 -19 $0
5 yr (2030) ~379 -31 $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
$9.1M
FY2023
Net assets (endowment + property)
$10.2M
+215.5% since FY2011
Tuition revenue (program)
$8.4M
≈ $20378/student avg
Gifts & grants
$0.7M
fundraising
Total revenue by year ($M)
Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 952002095). 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
6%
6 admits / 94 seniors
-22.2 pp vs. peer median (28.6%) · Ranked #10 of 10 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 24.6% 2025 · 6.4%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Peer median
28.6%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
6.4%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 6.4%

Higher than 7% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Whittier Christian High School's UC Reach of 6.4% is below the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.

But in Orange County, where the local median is 25.0% and the top-10% bar is 71.2%, this score is mid-pack rather than exceptional — typical of its market rather than a standout.

Against similar schools, Whittier Christian High School trails the peer-group median (28.6%) — even though it looks strong vs. the state average.

Overall, Whittier Christian High School's UC Reach is higher than 7% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
67.0%
63 applications
In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Orange Co. Top 10% ≥ 294.1% · higher than 42% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
9.5%
6 / 63 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 0% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of 6 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 / 94 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
81%
67% finished in 4 yrs · N=21 entered 2008
In context: CA median 86.2% · -5.2 pp vs. median.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
6.4
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 8% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
94
Private School Affidavit
Total School Enrollment
410
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.

Whittier Christian High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · La Habra · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Whittier Christian High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #10 of 10): 6% vs. a peer median of 29%.
  • Its UC Reach has slipped 29 points since 2020 — worth watching.
  • Senior-class enrollment is down 30% (134→94 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of -7%.
  • At its recent rate (-1.5%/yr), enrollment projects to ~391 by 2028 — about 19 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

410 students (2025)
~391 projected (2028)
at -1.5%/yr

That's about 19 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
Whittier Christian High School Private · Other religious 410 6.4% -30%
Peer-group median 28.6% -7%
Saint Paul High School Private · Catholic 405 38.1% -25%
Rosary Academy Private · Catholic 462 28.0% +34%
Cantwell/Sacred Heart Mary Hs Private · Catholic 378 40.3% -4%
Don Bosco Technical Institute Private · Catholic 351 34.3% -30%
Calvary Chapel Christian School Private · Other religious 619 -4%
San Gabriel Academy Private · Other religious 320 28.6% -44%
Saint Anthony High School Private · Catholic 422 12.9% -15%
Valley Christian High School Private · Other religious 527 16.1% +29%
Saint Joseph High School Private · Catholic 557 30.3% -10%
Ontario Christian High School Private · Other religious 469 10.3% +22%

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
3.83
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 Santa Barbara 3.84 26.3% 27.6% -1.3pp On target
UC Irvine 3.78 12.0% 21.5% -9.5pp Under
UC Davis 3.66 40.0% 33.3% +6.7pp 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 Whittier Christian High School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (22.2% actual vs. 25.8% 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 5 3.97
UCLA → Elite 13 3.90
UC San Diego → Selective 12 3 25.0% 3.2% 3.82
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 9 3 33.3% 3.2% 3.84 4.22
UC Irvine → Selective 16 3.78
UC Davis → 8 3.66
⚠ 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.
Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.
UC Reach has declined meaningfully year-over-year. This should be reviewed in context of applicant volume, GPA trends, course rigor changes, and peer-school performance before drawing conclusions.
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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