Eastside Christian Schools

Eastside Christian Schools does not publish entrance exam requirements; contact admissions.

The school publishes the following application details. The school website lists five steps for new domestic students: complete the online Interest Form, schedule a campus tour, submit the formal application with the required documents, interview with the principal (New Student Interview), and wait for the admission decision. For the 2026-27 school year there is an early bird offer: the $150 application fee is waived for families who complete the interview before February 28, 2026. The school website gives no application deadline and does not state whether a standardized entrance exam is required. International students apply through a separate International Student Application.

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.

Eastside Christian Schools tuition for 2026-27 is $7,725 to $9,200.

Annual tuition for the 2026-27 school year: $7,725 for grades K-5, $8,450 for grades 6-8 and $9,200 for grades 9-12 (the 2025-26 figures were $7,500, $8,200 and $8,900 respectively, and the same table on the school website projects a further 3% increase for 2027-28). Church and status-based discounts are given as a percentage rather than as a separate member price list: members of GMI (Grace Ministries International), full-time pastors outside GMI (a letter from the church is required) and veteran or active-duty military families all receive 30% off, which the school website lists as $2,317.50 for K-5, $2,535 for grades 6-8 and $2,760 for grades 9-12. Sibling discounts: 10% off for the second child and 50% off for the third and any later child, applied to the child with the higher tuition. (2026-27 Tuition + Fee Information document posted on the school website’s Tuition & Fees page)

New students: a $150 application fee (paid on the interview day, and waived for interviews completed before February 28, 2026) and a $500 registration fee (due before July 1, 2026). Re-enrollment fee for current students: $150 before February 28, 2026 and $300 before April 30. Student fees (due before July 15) are $440 for elementary and $250 for Bridge and middle and high school, covering textbooks and supplies, ACSI and WASC dues, standardized testing, the yearbook, class shirts and transportation for field trips. Athletic fees are $200 per season for elementary and middle school and $300 for high school. After-school care is $5 per hour (open until 6:00 pm, with an additional $5 per minute past closing), and after-school enrichment classes are $5-15 per session. Hot lunch is $5 per meal for grades K-2 and $6.50 for grade 3 and above. Middle school experiential learning trips and high school short-term mission trips each cost roughly $1,500-2,500. Students who withdraw after April 30 are charged tuition by the quarter.

Financial aid: The school has two in-house channels. The first is financial aid, open to any family with need and assessed against the 2025 federal poverty guidelines; the contact is finance@eastsidechristian.org. The second is a Merit-Based Scholarship for current students in grades 1-12, judged on academic performance and contribution to the school community; for the 2026-27 school year, applications closed March 1 and results were emailed by May 1 (that round has now closed). The school website does not publish the share of students receiving aid or the average award.

Academics and programs described on the Eastside Christian Schools website include:

• The high school offers AP courses; the school website lists AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP European History, AP US History, AP US Government, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, AP Economics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science Principles + A and AP Art, and notes “and more” (school website, Jr High & High School page)
• Bridge Program: a distinct level between elementary and middle school, with student fees at the same rate as middle and high school (school website, Academics navigation and the 2026-27 tuition table)
• Comprehensive college and career counseling: the school website states that its counselor has more than 15 years of college and career counseling experience, and there is a separate social-emotional and spiritual counseling track (school website, Jr High & High School page)
• Elementary Student Success Team: led by a resource teacher, it provides individualized academic support for students who need extra help (school website, Elementary & Kindergarten page)
• Weekly elementary enrichment activities: STEM Club, Ukulele Club, Worship Team, the Eagles E-News campus newscast and a soccer clinic; paid tutoring by the school’s own teachers is available after school four days a week (school website, Elementary & Kindergarten page)
• Teams: basketball, volleyball and badminton (school website, Athletics navigation)

These are the schools nearest to Eastside Christian Schools 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
Eastside Christian Schools	K-12	$7,725	—	—
Veritas Classical Academy	K-12	Not published	On-campus assessment	0.7 mi
Acaciawood Preparatory Academy	K-12	$7,570	On-campus assessment	1.7 mi
Anaheim Discovery Christian School	K-12	$10,490	On-campus assessment	4.0 mi
Orangewood Academy	K-12	$8,087	—	7.7 mi

Eastside Christian Schools tuition for 2026-27 is tiered by grade or program, from $7,725 to $9,200. Over 13 years covering grades K-12, total tuition falls between $100,425 and $119,600, 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 Eastside Christian Schools 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	16.9 miles
Northwood	15.5 miles
Turtle Rock	18.1 miles
Portola Springs	18.1 miles

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

When you visit Eastside Christian Schools, confirm these points with the admissions office:

• Entrance exam — the school website’s Admissions - New US Student page describes a five-step process (Interest Form, tour, application, principal interview, admission decision) and never mentions a written test or st…
• Chinese program — the school website’s Course Offering page has only a link to a 2026-2027 course list in a Google document, which requires a login to open (export?format=txt returns a 401). In the publicly readable 2…
• AP count — the school website’s Jr High & High School page names 14 AP courses but ends with “And more!”, so the number actually offered cannot be determined
• Average class size — the school website does not publish class sizes or a student-teacher ratio. CDE records show 16 full-time teachers, 4 part-time teachers and 140 enrolled students, but class size cannot be derived fr…
• Registration, technology, uniform and activity fees beyond tuition

EDUBUS counselors in Irvine work in both Chinese and English with families applying to Eastside Christian Schools. We track Eastside Christian Schools’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.