Aliso Viejo Christian School

Aliso Viejo Christian School is a Christian private K-8 school in Aliso Viejo, California, serving grades K-8, founded in 1999, with about 353 students. Tuition for 2026-27 is $12,296 to $15,370. Religion classes are required, so confirm your family is comfortable with that before applying. Average class size is about 22. The school accepts F-1 international students and issues the I-20 needed for a student visa.

Aliso Viejo Christian School does not use a standardized entrance exam; admission uses an on-campus assessment or visit day.

The school publishes the following application details. Applications for the 2026-27 school year are open; the school website gives no single deadline and admits on a rolling basis as space allows. The process has four steps: (1) apply online and pay the $125 application fee; (2) student assessment - JK applicants are not assessed, but must turn 4 before spring 2026; K applicants take a 15-20 minute readiness assessment; and applicants in grades 1-8 take a roughly 45-minute assessment in math, reading and writing; (3) a 15-20 minute family interview with the school; (4) submit the enrollment packet, with a birth certificate and immunization records, and the $600 registration fee. Applicants in grades 2-8 must also provide transcripts, standardized test results and a recommendation from their current teacher (school website, Apply Now page).

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.

Aliso Viejo Christian School tuition for 2026-27 is $12,296 to $15,370.

For the 2026-27 school year, tuition for the first child is $15,370 per year for full-day JK through grade 8, and $12,296 per year for half-day JK plus Lunch Bunch. Sibling rates step down: $13,833 for the second child, $13,065 for the third and $12,296 for the fourth, at the full-day rate. Tuition already includes textbooks, technology, lab and library resources, campus security and PSEO parent organization dues. The same rate applies across JK-8, with no variation by grade (school website, Tuition and Fees page).

Application fee $125 per student, one-time and nonrefundable; registration fee $600 per student for JK-8, nonrefundable. The school website gives only the monthly amounts for the 11-month plan (July through the following May) and the annual total; it lists no pay-in-full discount. The ARK after-school care annual contract is $325 per student, or $275 for siblings; drop-in care without a contract is $15 per hour; and pickup after 6:00 costs $5 per five minutes. International tuition is covered in a separate document; the school website’s International Students page offers only a download link and does not list amounts in the page text.

Financial aid: In-house financial aid is applied for through FACTS; applications for the 2026-27 school year open January 1, 2026 and require uploading the 2025 federal tax return, W-2s and recent bank statements, with a $45 processing fee. Families must have toured the campus and submitted an admission application before applying, and students must maintain a GPA above 2.0 with no outstanding balance on the account. The school website states that funds are limited, that applications are processed in the order received and that current families have priority; it does not publish the share of awards or the average amount (school website, Financial Aid page).

Academics and programs described on the Aliso Viejo Christian School website include:

• Middle school (grades 6-8) electives include computing options such as Digital Animation, Introduction to Coding, Podcasting and Robotics, as well as Lego Robotics and STEM (school website, Middle School page)
• The middle school world language elective is Spanish, taught with TPRS materials; the course list on the school website includes no Chinese or Mandarin (school website, Middle School page)
• Arts offerings include Band, Orchestra, Choir, Musical Theatre and Art/Home Economics (school website, Middle School page)
• ARK before- and after-school care: 7:00-8:30 am and 3:00-6:00 pm, with minimum days and full-day care days both included in the annual contract (school website, Tuition and Fees page)
• The school has enrolled international students since 2007 and has a dedicated Director of International Students; it can process SEVIS/I-20 enrollment documents (school website, International Students page, Staff Directory page)
• A daily classroom Bible course plus a schoolwide chapel every Friday, with Bible curricula tiered by level (Purposeful Design, Deep Roots Bible and others, per the curriculum section of the 2025-26 parent handbook)

These are the schools nearest to Aliso Viejo Christian 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
Aliso Viejo Christian School	K-8	$12,296	On-campus assessment	—
VanDamme Academy	K-8	$18,000	—	0.2 mi
St. Mary’s School	K-8	$31,300	ISEE	0.3 mi
Anneliese Schools – Willowbrook Campus	K-6	$18,350	On-campus assessment	2.5 mi
Stoneybrooke Christian School	K-8	$12,167	On-campus assessment	3.4 mi

Aliso Viejo Christian School tuition for 2026-27 is tiered by grade or program, from $12,296 to $15,370. Over 9 years covering grades K-8, total tuition falls between $110,664 and $138,330, 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 Aliso Viejo Christian 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	9.8 miles
Northwood	10.7 miles
Turtle Rock	7.3 miles
Portola Springs	10.1 miles

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

When you visit Aliso Viejo Christian School, confirm these points with the admissions office:

• Enrollment — the only figure on the school website is the vague “close to 400 students” in the FAQ, with no precise number, so enrollment uses the CDE filing of 353, with the source noted
• Transportation — the school website’s sitemap has no Transportation or Bus page, and a full-text search of the home page, FAQ, Contact Us, Tuition and Fees and the 2026-2027 Parent Handbook PDF turns up the word bus …
• International tuition — the school website’s International Students page offers only a download link for the 2026-27 Tuition Information and lists no amounts in the page text, so no specific figure was obtained
• Share and average amount of financial aid — the school website’s Financial Aid page explains only the application process and priorities, publishing no amounts or coverage rates
• Registration, technology, uniform and activity fees beyond tuition

EDUBUS counselors in Irvine work in both Chinese and English with families applying to Aliso Viejo Christian School. We track Aliso Viejo Christian 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.