Anaheim Discovery Christian School

Anaheim Discovery Christian School is a Christian private K-12 school in Anaheim, California, serving grades K-12, founded in 1986, with about 189 students. Tuition for 2026-27 is $10,490. Religion classes are required, so confirm your family is comfortable with that before applying. Mandarin is offered. The school accepts F-1 international students and issues the I-20 needed for a student visa.

Anaheim Discovery 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. Rolling admissions year-round. The school website states that it accepts students throughout the year and that families may apply in any month, and that they may call or email to schedule an on-campus or Zoom interview. All students, domestic and international, complete the same ADCS Registration Form; students on an F-1 student visa or changing status within the United States also complete the International Student (I-20) Application, and the school says it can issue an I-20 within 24 hours of receiving a complete file. The office page on the school website notes that interpreters who speak several Asian languages are available so parents can communicate in their own language. The school offers homestay placements that have been reviewed by the school and by the state (school website, Home page, Admission & Tuition page, Prospective Students page and Contact 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.

Anaheim Discovery Christian School tuition for 2026-27 is $10,490.

Under the note that it is enrolling for the 2026-2027 school year, the school website’s Admission & Tuition page lists a single rate for grades 6-12: $10,490 paid in full for the year, or $10,990 in two installments, the first due with registration in September and the second by February 1. Tuition, once paid, is nonrefundable for any reason. Tuition for the preschool division, which starts at age 2, and for the elementary division, grades 1-5, is not published on the school website and must be requested from the school directly (school website, Admission & Tuition page and Preschool/Elementary page).

The registration fee has two tiers by grade and bundles in a number of other charges: $1,050 for grades 6-7 and 9-11, covering registration, books, the yearbook, field trips and school dances, and $1,100 for grades 8 and 12, covering those items plus the cap and gown. The international student application fee is $350. One point to note: the school website states that the enrollment contract is a two-year contract by default (1 year contracts are available upon special request only), so a one-year term requires a special request.

Academics and programs described on the Anaheim Discovery Christian School website include:

• Math in grades 9-12 goes up to Calculus, and the sciences include Physics, Biology and Chemistry as well as EP, meaning college-level, Biology, Chemistry and Physics (school website, Academics page)
• The Language Lab offers Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean and German (school website, Academics page)
• Four levels of ESL, ESL 1 through ESL 4, although the school states explicitly that it does not offer a standalone ESL program and does not issue I-20s for language study alone; ESL must be taken alongside regular coursework, and international students must attend a six-week summer ESL course on campus in their first year (school website, Academics page)
• The grade 6-8 schedule consists of Bible, Pre-Algebra/Algebra, history, science, English, PE, music and worship, art and crafts, and ESL (school website, Academics page)
• Art and Graphic Design courses are also offered, and Biology is taught by a physician (school website, Academics page and About page)
• Magi athletics compete in CIF, with golf, boys and girls basketball, track and field, and cross country (school website, Home page and Magi Athletics page)

These are the schools nearest to Anaheim Discovery 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
Anaheim Discovery Christian School	K-12	$10,490	On-campus assessment	—
Eastside Christian Schools	K-12	$7,725	—	4.0 mi
Veritas Classical Academy	K-12	Not published	On-campus assessment	4.0 mi
Acaciawood Preparatory Academy	K-12	$7,570	On-campus assessment	4.3 mi
Orangewood Academy	K-12	$8,087	—	5.2 mi

Anaheim Discovery Christian School publishes the following on where its graduates go.

The school website’s Home page says that over the past 18 years the school has graduated more than a thousand students and that colleges attended in the most recent year include UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Irvine, NYU, University of Texas, Penn State and California Baptist University; the About page quotes the principal as saying that 100% of students who apply to four-year universities are admitted. All of this is the school’s own account; the school website posts no class-by-class matriculation list or School Profile, so none of it can be verified.

Families planning to move to a different high school in grade 9 should plan backward from the target school’s entrance test and application deadline.

These are straight-line distances to Anaheim Discovery 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	13.0 miles
Northwood	11.7 miles
Turtle Rock	14.8 miles
Portola Springs	14.1 miles

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

When you visit Anaheim Discovery Christian School, confirm these points with the admissions office:

• School name — the CDE listing spells the name “Anaheim Discovery Christian SChool” with a capitalization error; it has been corrected to Anaheim Discovery Christian School, the official spelling in the header of t…
• Accreditation — the school website’s homepage and its About, Academics, Admission & Tuition, Contact and Prospective Students pages contain no accreditation name at all, no WASC, ACSI, NCPSA or Cognia, and nothing h…
• Preschool and grade 1-5 tuition — the Preschool/Elementary page gives only contact information, and the rate table on the Admission & Tuition page covers only grades 6-12
• Tuition year labeling — the body text of the Admission & Tuition page says the school is enrolling students for the 2026-2027 school year, but the rate table itself carries no school year label; this entry records it as 202…
• Registration, technology, uniform and activity fees beyond tuition

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