Abiding Savior Lutheran School

Abiding Savior Lutheran School does not use a standardized entrance exam; admission uses an on-campus assessment or visit day.

The school publishes the following application details. The 2026-2027 Admissions Requirements Checklist on the school website sets out the process: apply online at enroll.asls.school; pay the non-refundable registration fee to hold a place; submit a birth certificate, immunization records and, for grades 5-8, a sports physical form; all new students from K through grade 8 take a placement assessment arranged by the school’s own teachers, with an assessment fee of $89 for Kindergarten and $50 for grades 1-8; submit the last two years of report cards, standardized test scores and a teacher recommendation form; and the admissions office schedules a family interview with the parents and the principal. The admissions director is Yesi Naber, at 949-830-1461, ext. 2113.

This school does not use a standardized entrance test. It assesses applicants on campus, so preparation centers on the visit day and the parent interview rather than test registration. Application dates are set by the school each year; ask the admissions office for the current calendar and plan backward from it.

Abiding Savior Lutheran School tuition for 2026-27 is $10,500 to $11,100.

For the 2026-2027 school year (school website tuition PDF): full-day Kindergarten is $10,500 and grades 1 through 8 are $11,100; half-day TK and half-day Kindergarten are both $7,200. All of these are cash prices. Tuition is billed annually and may be paid through FACTS in 12 installments, from June 2026 through May 2027, or in 10 installments, beginning June 2026 and continuing from September 2026 through May 2027. The school website does not publish the amount of the reduction for members of the congregation.

Registration fees, which are non-refundable and non-transferable: $475 for TK, $550 for Kindergarten and $700 for grades 1-8, plus a materials fee of $125 per student. The registration and materials fees cover textbooks, student supplies, emergency supplies, student insurance, Field Day, a spirit shirt, Art Masters, locker fees for grades 5-8 and the yearbook. Credit card payments carry an additional processing fee. A family may take only one of the three forms of assistance: the Active Member Church Grant, for active members of the congregation, by application; the Multi-Student Discount; or the LCMS Full-Time Worker Grant, for LCMS full-time church workers, by application. The school website does not publish the amounts. Students entering after September 16 are charged tuition prorated by days enrolled, while the registration and materials fees are not prorated.

Financial aid: Need is assessed through FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment, with a $45 application fee that is non-refundable and paid by credit card at submission. The timeline for the 2026-2027 school year: applications open February 1, 2026, close March 31, 2026, and results are emailed by April 30, 2026. Awards are made one year at a time and must be reapplied for annually, and financial aid cannot be combined with the school’s other discounts (school website, Tuition & Fees page).

Academics and programs described on the Abiding Savior Lutheran School website include:

• Spanish is taught twice a week from TK through grade 5 by a dedicated Spanish teacher, and the curriculum PDF also shows American Sign Language taught alongside music (school website, 2026-2027 curriculum PDF, Staff Directory)
• Grades 7 and 8 have an electives system; the music track includes band, choir and handbells, and there are also scouts, athletics, chess, dance and after-school care (school website, FAQ)
• The Student Success Center is run by a resource teacher placed by Lutheran Special Education Ministries, who provides individualized support for students who need curriculum accommodations; the school website states plainly that it cannot serve students with severe learning or behavioral disabilities (school website, FAQ, Staff Directory)
• Grades 3 through 8 take the NWEA MAP assessment three times a year (school website, FAQ)
• An upper-grade field study tradition: a gold rush camp in grade 4, colonial life at Riley’s Farm in grade 5, a week of outdoor education at Arrowhead Lutheran Camp in grade 6, marine science in grade 7 and Washington, D.C. in grade 8 (school website, FAQ)
• International student program: the school is authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant students and to issue I-20s. Applicants take an English proficiency test at entry, and those who do not meet the standard must take ESL. The number of international students in each class is deliberately limited, and students must enroll for at least one school year (school website, International Students page)

These are the schools nearest to Abiding Savior Lutheran School at the same level, with the basic facts each school publishes. Select a name to open that school’s admissions guide:

School	Grades	Tuition	Entrance test	Distance
Abiding Savior Lutheran School	K-8	$10,500	On-campus assessment	—
Montessori on the Lake	K-8	$20,000	On-campus assessment	0.7 mi
The Camino School	K-8	$13,900	On-campus assessment	1.8 mi
Stratford School – Mission Viejo	K-8	$21,080	On-campus assessment	1.8 mi
New Horizon School, Irvine — Upper Campus	3-8	$25,580	On-campus assessment	1.9 mi

Abiding Savior Lutheran School publishes the following on where its graduates go.

The FAQ on the Admissions page of the school website, under “How do your students do in high school and in life?”, states that about half of graduates go on to local public high schools and the other half to Lutheran high schools in Orange County, either Orange Lutheran High School in Orange or Crean Lutheran High School in Irvine. The same page says graduates tend to do well on the Lutheran high schools’ placement tests, with many entering honors and AP courses. The school website does not publish year-by-year or school-by-school numbers.

Schools in our guide library that appear on this list: Crean Lutheran High School.

Which entrance test a student sits and when applications close depend on the target high school: some Orange County private high schools require the ISEE, some the HSPT, and some no test at all. EDUBUS works backward from each target high school’s requirements to plan grades, activities and test preparation across the K-8 years.

Abiding Savior Lutheran School tuition for 2026-27 is tiered by grade or program, from $10,500 to $11,100. Over 9 years covering grades K-8, total tuition falls between $94,500 and $99,900, depending on which tier each grade falls in; ask the school for its grade-by-grade tuition table. This uses current-year rates and excludes registration fees, deposits, uniforms and activity fees; the school sets tuition for later years annually.

These are straight-line distances to Abiding Savior Lutheran School from neighborhoods where many Irvine families live. Actual drive times will be longer; time the drive once during school hours:

Neighborhood	Straight-line distance
Woodbury	5.9 miles
Northwood	7.2 miles
Turtle Rock	6.9 miles
Portola Springs	5.6 miles

The website does not describe bus service; confirm this during your visit.

When you visit Abiding Savior Lutheran School, confirm these points with the admissions office:

• Founding year — the About Us page, the School home page and the FAQ on the school website do not give the year the school was founded
• Amount of the member grant — the 2026-2027 tuition PDF on the school website lists only the Active Member Church Grant, by application, without publishing the amount of the reduction, so the low tuition figure is the full-day Ki…
• Average class size — the FAQ on the school website gives a ceiling and a range, no more than 20 in TK and K, no more than 25 in grades 1-8, and typically 18 to just over 20, rather than an average
• Transportation — the School home page, About Us, Admissions and Student Life pages and the TK-8 curriculum PDF on the school website have no Transportation, Bus or Carpool page or description, and the fee schedule ca…
• Registration, technology, uniform and activity fees beyond tuition

EDUBUS counselors in Irvine work in both Chinese and English with families applying to Abiding Savior Lutheran School. We track Abiding Savior Lutheran School’s admissions calendar, prepare students for the campus visit and interview, and review application materials before they are submitted. Book a school-selection consultation or read the Chinese version of this page.