Mission Viejo Christian School

Overview

Mission Viejo Christian School is a Christian K-8 private school in Mission Viejo, California, serving grades K-8, founded in 1993, with about 516 students. The school does not publish tuition; ask for current figures when you book a visit. Religion classes are required, so confirm your family is comfortable with that before applying. The school does not issue I-20s, so students who need an F-1 visa are not eligible.

Admissions

No 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 open December 1, 2025; Early Notification closes at 5:00 p.m. on December 31, 2025, with decisions on February 23, 2026, after which admission is rolling through the rest of the year (school website, Application Process page). The process: submit the application and supporting materials online; applicants to grades 1-8 may be asked to come to campus for an academic assessment, generally in mid-January; the family may be asked to meet with the principal for about 30 minutes; and the Admissions Committee reviews the file and notifies the family.

The main entry points at a K-8 school are kindergarten and grade 6. Younger applicants are usually evaluated through an on-campus visit, while most applicants above grade 5 need an ISEE score. Start in the fall of the year before entry: visit first to confirm the school is a fit, then decide whether to register for testing.

Tuition and fees

The Tuition & Fees page on the school website posts the tuition schedule as an image, and the body text of the page carries no tuition figures at all; this site does not capture images from school websites, so no figures are recorded and the current year’s tuition schedule must be requested from the school, through admissions at 949-465-1950 or the business office at kbell@mvcschool.org. What the body text does confirm are the discount and fee rules: the oldest child counts as the first child, and each sibling after that receives 10% off; verified members of Mission Viejo Christian Church receive 10% off; MVC Preschool families with a sibling enrolled at the main San Doval Lane campus receive 10% off; and there are further discounts for full-time pastors, who must be the family’s primary earner and are verified each year with a letter from the church, and for active-duty military. Families who qualify for more than one receive the larger

The application fee is $125 and non-refundable, the same for K and for grades 1-8; returning families pay an enrollment fee of $400, which holds the student’s place after acceptance (school website, Application Process page, Tuition & Fees page, FAQs page)

Academics and programs

• The junior high is departmentalized, with students rotating between classrooms for six subjects: Math, English, History, Science, Bible and Spanish (school website, Junior High Academics page)
• Junior high Spanish meets five days a week, and grades 7 and 8 together cover high school Spanish Level I, so graduates can place directly into Spanish Level II in high school (school website, Junior High Academics page)
• A 1:1 Chromebook program in junior high, with devices used in class and at home (school website, Junior High Academics page)
• There is a STEM Lab on campus where junior high students do hands-on projects (school website, Junior High Academics page)
• All teachers hold a state teaching credential and/or ACSI certification (school website, Elementary Academics page)
• Crusader Club before- and after-school care: 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. (school website, FAQs page)

How this school compares

These are the nearest schools at the same level and a comparable price. Select a name to open that school’s admissions guide:

School	City	Grades	Tuition	Entrance test	Class size	Distance
Mission Viejo Christian School	Mission Viejo	K-8	Not published	On-campus assessment	—	—
Abiding Savior Lutheran School	Lake Forest	K-8	$10,500	On-campus assessment	—	2.0 mi
LePort Montessori Irvine Spectrum North	Irvine	K-8	Not published	On-campus assessment	—	4.8 mi
Heritage Christian School (Elementary Campus)	Mission Viejo	K-6	$11,515	On-campus assessment	20	2.6 mi
Stratford School – Mission Viejo	Mission Viejo	K-8	$21,080	On-campus assessment	—	0.3 mi

Where students go next

The Junior High Academics page on the school website says graduates go on to a number of local public and private high schools and claims a 100% acceptance rate at private high schools, but it names no specific high school (school website, Junior High Academics page).

Applying to high school from here usually begins in the spring of grade 7: sit the ISEE or HSPT in the fall of grade 8, then submit materials between November and January. EDUBUS works backward from each target high school’s requirements to plan grades, activities and test preparation across the K-8 years.

Getting there from Irvine

These are straight-line distances from neighborhoods where many Irvine families live. Actual drive times will be longer, and a morning rush-hour trip typically takes 1.5 to 2 times as long as an off-peak one:

Neighborhood	Straight-line distance
Woodbury	7.8 miles
Northwood	10.5 miles
Turtle Rock	8.6 miles
Portola Springs	7.7 miles

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

Questions to ask on a campus visit

• Tuition — the tuition schedule on the Tuition & Fees page of the school website is published as an image, and the page text and the full HTML were retrieved with curl and checked, confirming that they contain …
• Financial aid — the Tuition & Fees, FAQs and Application Process pages on the school website make no mention of need-based aid or FACTS Grant & Aid, listing only the fixed-percentage discounts described above
• Average class size — the Elementary Academics, Junior High Academics and FAQs pages on the school website publish no class size or student-teacher ratio
• Enrollment — the school website says only “more than 500 students” and gives no exact figure, so the CDE filing figure of 516 is used
• Registration, technology, uniform and activity fees beyond tuition

How EDUBUS helps

Our Irvine-based counselors work in both Chinese and English. We track Mission 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.