Hebrew Academy Community Day School

Hebrew Academy Community Day School does not publish entrance exam requirements; contact admissions.

The school publishes the following application details. The school website Admissions and Apply Now pages provide separate entry points by division: preschool/TK, kindergarten, Lower School, Middle School, and High School. Families can schedule a visit or submit an inquiry first and then apply online. The school website does not list application opening or closing dates for a specific school year, nor any interview or entrance testing 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.

Hebrew Academy Community Day School tuition for 2026-27 is $17,895 to $22,220.

Annual tuition for the 2026-2027 school year: kindergarten $17,895; grade 1 $18,895; grades 2-5 $20,380; grades 6-8 $21,480; grades 9-12 $22,220. (school website, Fee Schedule page)

The registration fee is $1,100, or $850 if paid by the priority registration deadline. Three ways to pay: in full on August 1; in three installments (August 1, December 1, and April 1); or in 10 monthly installments from August through the following May, by post-dated check or credit card. Preschool tuition is charged separately and is not listed on this page of the school website. International student tuition is not published on the school website.

Financial aid: The school’s own HACDS Flexible Financial Aid program; the school website says the school awards more than $1.5 million in grants and scholarships each year. Families may also apply for the Jewish Education Initiative New Student Grant and for scholarships from Jewish Long Beach. The school website does not publish the application platform, deadlines, or award ranges, and directs families to the admissions director or the Registrar’s Office. (school website, HACDS Flexible Financial Aid and Affordability pages)

Academics and programs described on the Hebrew Academy Community Day School website include:

• A dual curriculum of General Studies and Judaic Studies, which the school website calls Integrated Judaic Studies in grades K-8 (school website, Grades K-8 page)
• The high school division, Bais Rochel Leah High School (BRLHS, established in 1975), offers coursework approved by the University of California (a-g) and Advanced Placement (AP) courses (school website, About page)
• BRLHS maintains a dormitory in Long Beach for students who need to board (school website, About page)
• The BRLHS Bnos Program: older student leaders serve as mentors and organize farbrengens, Shabbatons, Rosh Chodesh events, and similar gatherings (school website, Bnos Program page)
• Grades K-8 use English language arts and math materials the school website describes as “award-winning,” and the school has a STEAM lab (school website, Grades K-8 page)
• The school sits on the 11-acre Norton and Sylvia Alevy campus, with extracurricular activities and athletics programs (school website, Grades K-8 page)

These are the schools nearest to Hebrew Academy Community Day 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
Hebrew Academy Community Day School	K-12	$17,895	—	—
Liberty Christian School	K-12	$8,525	On-campus assessment	2.9 mi
Orange Crescent School	K-12	$10,900	On-campus assessment	3.5 mi
Bethel Baptist School	K-12	$5,400	On-campus assessment	4.9 mi
Orangewood Academy	K-12	$8,087	—	6.2 mi

Hebrew Academy Community Day School tuition for 2026-27 is tiered by grade or program, from $17,895 to $22,220. Over 13 years covering grades K-12, total tuition falls between $232,635 and $288,860, 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 Hebrew Academy Community Day 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	16.3 miles
Northwood	14.9 miles
Turtle Rock	14.3 miles
Portola Springs	17.9 miles

The school runs bus service, covering Irvine, Long Beach, Yorba Linda.

When you visit Hebrew Academy Community Day School, confirm these points with the admissions office:

• Year opened — the school website WELCOME page says only “For over fifty years,” and the Discover Hebrew Academy page has a “50 Years 50 Stories” feature, but neither gives a founding year. The 1975 date for Bais R…
• Enrollment — the school website WELCOME, Discover Hebrew Academy, and Grades K-8 pages contain no enrollment figure, so the CDE filing figure of 182 is used; the CDE page does not state which school year it covers
• Whether the high school is single-sex — none of the three High School pages (About, Academics, and Bnos Program) contains a sentence describing which students it admits by gender, so this could not be verified and no claim is made
• Daily schedule detail behind the religious requirements — the school website Grades K-8 page describes only the “Integrated Judaic Studies” curriculum along with STEAM and social-emotional learning, and says nothing about daily prayer times, early Friday di…
• Registration, technology, uniform and activity fees beyond tuition

EDUBUS counselors in Irvine work in both Chinese and English with families applying to Hebrew Academy Community Day School. We track Hebrew Academy Community Day 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.