Christ Lutheran School

Christ Lutheran School does not publish entrance exam requirements; contact admissions.

The school publishes the following application details. The school website New Enrollment page shows that new student enrollment for the 2026-2027 school year is open, with an online enrollment link. Tours are arranged by calling the school office at 714-529-0892. The school website does not publish an application deadline or any entrance testing or interview requirements.

The website does not state an entrance test requirement, so ask the admissions office whether a test is needed, and which one, before you start preparing. Application dates are set by the school each year; ask the admissions office for the current calendar and plan backward from it.

Christ Lutheran School tuition for 2026-27 is $6,750.

Tuition for JK through grade 8 in the 2026-2027 school year is a flat $6,750, paid in full and due August 16. The school website fee schedule does not set separate member and non-member rates. Installment plans: 10 payments of $675 per month (August through the following May) or 12 payments of $562.50 per month (August through the following July). All tuition is drafted automatically through FACTS (school website, the fee schedule PDF on the K-8 Tuition and Fees page).

The registration fee is $550 per family and the materials fee is $150 per student. Before- and after-school care runs from 7:00 to 8:00 in the morning and from 3:15 to 6:00 in the afternoon, billed monthly at $7 per hour. Athletics cost $45 per sport (school website, fee schedule PDF, Q&A page).

Academics and programs described on the Christ Lutheran School website include:

• One class per grade, averaging about 24 students per grade (school website, Q&A page)
• Interscholastic athletics in grades 5 through 8: flag football, basketball, and track for boys, and volleyball, basketball, and track for girls, at $45 per sport (school website, Q&A page)
• A K-5 choir and an all-school musical (school website, sidebar of the K-8 Tuition and Fees page)
• Grade-level trips: Sacramento in grade 4, outdoor education camp in grade 5, Catalina in grade 7, and a spring East Coast trip in grade 8 covering Washington, D.C., New York, Philadelphia, and Boston (school website, Q&A page, sidebar of the tuition page)
• The school has a resource teacher and instructional aides, and offers lunch ordering through Cater Tots and a school-wide uniform policy (school website, Faculty and Staff page, Q&A page)

These are the schools nearest to Christ 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
Christ Lutheran School	K-8	$6,750	—	—
St. Angela Merici Parish School	K-8	Not published	—	0.5 mi
Heights Christian Schools - Brea Campus	K-4	$11,069	On-campus assessment	1.9 mi
IvyCrest Montessori Private School — Fullerton Campus	K-6	Not published	—	3.0 mi
St. Joseph Catholic School	K-8	$8,495	On-campus assessment	3.5 mi

Christ Lutheran School publishes the following on where its graduates go.

Question 8 on the school website Q&A page, “Where do most kids go to high school after they graduate 8th grade?”, answers that most graduates go on to their district’s home high school and that some attend private high schools, with Orange Lutheran named as the example. The school website gives no year, number of students, or complete list.

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.

These are straight-line distances to Christ 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	17.8 miles
Northwood	16.5 miles
Turtle Rock	20.2 miles
Portola Springs	18.6 miles

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

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

• Year opened — neither the school website nor the church website (christbrea.org) gives a founding year
• Lutheran synod — the About and What We Believe pages on christbrea.org do not say whether the church belongs to the LCMS, the ELCA, or the NALC, so this listing says only Lutheran
• Religious requirements — the school website has no Faith or Spiritual Life page and does not describe how often religion classes and chapel are held, or whether enrollment is limited to Christian families
• Financial aid — the school website has no financial aid page, and the fee schedule PDF mentions no assistance or discount channel
• Registration, technology, uniform and activity fees beyond tuition