Woodside Priory School

Portola Valley · San Mateo County · Private (Other religious)

Private San Mateo County ~74 seniors

Data Year

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

403 (2020) → 436 (2025)

+8.2%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

65 (2020) → 74 (2025)

+13.8%

If this trend holds (+1.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At tuition of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Tuition impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~443	+7	$0
3 yr (2028)	~457	+21	$0
5 yr (2030)	~472	+36	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Edit the figure to match your school.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

★ Top 5% UC Reach

UC Reach ⓘ

70%

52 admits / 74 seniors
+18.8 pp above peer median (51.5%) · Ranked #3 of 9 similar schools

5-year trend

2021 · 55.4% 2025 · 70.3%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.5%

Peer median
51.5%

Top 10%
53.3%

This school
70.3%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 70.3%

Higher than 96% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Woodside Priory School's UC Reach of 70.3% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53.3%) — meaning roughly 70 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.

In San Mateo County — a competitive market where the median is already 29.6% — this still clears the county top-10% bar (65.8%).

Against similar schools, Woodside Priory School stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 51.5%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 32 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Woodside Priory School's UC Reach is higher than 96% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

337.8%

250 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% · San Mateo Co. Top 10% ≥ 339.9% · higher than 97% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

20.8%

52 / 250 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 19% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

None enrolled of 52 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 / 74 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) ⓘ

58.1

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 97% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

12.2

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 92% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

Private School Affidavit

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

436

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.

Woodside Priory School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Private · Other religious · Portola Valley · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Woodside Priory School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #3 of 9): 70% vs. a peer median of 52%.
▸Its UC Reach has slipped 19 points since 2020 — worth watching.
▸Senior-class enrollment is up 14% (65→74 from 2020 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of -16%.
▸Enrollment has been growing (+1.6%/yr); projects to ~457 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

436 students (2025)

→

~457 projected (2028)

at +1.6%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
Woodside Priory School	Private · Other religious	436	70.3%	+14%
Peer-group median			51.5%	-16%
Granada Islamic School	Private · Other religious	456	—	+450%
Fremont Christian High School	Private · Other religious	406	34.5%	-42%
Castilleja School	Private · secular	416	113.7%	-15%
Notre Dame High School	Private · Catholic	356	69.0%	-34%
Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit Hs	Private · Catholic	435	35.2%	-14%
California Crosspoint High School	Private · Other religious	536	83.3%	-36%
Pinewood School	Private · secular	612	60.4%	+0%
Mercy High School	Private · Catholic	354	24.7%	-19%
Presentation High School	Private · Catholic	545	42.7%	-17%
Kehillah Jewish High School	Private · Other religious	185	—	+17%

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 ⓘ

4.10

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.23

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	4.10	16.7%	16.8%	-0.1pp	On target
UCLA	4.10	11.1%	9.5%	+1.6pp	On target
UC San Diego	4.10	34.3%	17.1%	+17.2pp	Over
UC Santa Barbara	4.09	34.3%	36.3%	-2.0pp	On target
UC Irvine	4.11	33.3%	25.5%	+7.8pp	Over
UC Davis	4.09	32.0%	32.6%	-0.6pp	On target

"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 Woodside Priory School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (26.5% actual vs. 22.4% 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	41	5	—	12.2%	6.8%	—	4.10	4.22
UCLA → Elite	46	4	—	8.7%	5.4%	—	4.10	—
UC San Diego → Selective	43	10	—	23.3%	13.5%	—	4.10	4.24
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	48	18	—	37.5%	24.3%	—	4.09	4.24
UC Irvine → Selective	39	6	—	15.4%	8.1%	—	4.11	4.22
UC Davis →	33	9	—	27.3%	12.2%	—	4.09	4.21

⚠ 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 70% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.

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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