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The Branson School

  • Private
  • Marin
  • 86 seniors
  • 417 students

The Branson School is a private high school in Marin County (Tamalpais Union High) with 86 seniors. In fall 2025, 59% of its 59 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 70%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Berkeley (Cal).

Year

UC admit rate

59%

35 of 59 applicants, fall 2025

County median 70%

Seniors admitted to a UC

41%

35 of 86 seniors

County median 33%

Seniors who applied to UC

69%

59 of 86 seniors

County median 47%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

13%

7 of 55 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

8.2%

4 of 49 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

The Branson School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 6 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 4.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    13%

    7 of 55 admitted

    This school13%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 4.18)

  • Berkeley5 pts lower

    8%

    4 of 49 admitted

    This school8%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.18)

  • San Diego9 pts lower

    16%

    7 of 45 admitted

    This school16%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.15)

  • Santa Barbara4 pts higher

    37%

    19 of 52 admitted

    This school37%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.15)

  • Davis8 pts lower

    29%

    7 of 24 admitted

    This school29%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.14)

  • Santa Cruz14 pts lower

    58%

    15 of 26 admitted

    This school58%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 4.08)

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report22 applied

  • Riverside

    too few applicants to report7 applied

  • Merced

    too few applicants to report5 applied

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

The Branson School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 1 campus.

  • San Luis Obispo25 pts higher

    55%

    17 of 31 admitted

    This school55%Overall30%

  • San Jose

    too few applicants to report3 applied

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.