Newport Christian School

The Newport Christian School entrance test is the ISEE, but not every grade takes it; see the application details on this page for which grades do (the ISEE has Primary, Lower, Middle and Upper levels by entry grade).

The school publishes the following application details. A five-step process (school website, Apply page): complete the Newport Christian School inquiry form; take the entrance assessment, which for grades K-5 is an in-house NCS assessment scheduled by calling the school and for all new students in grades 6-12 is the ISEE (Independent School Entrance Examination); interview, for grades 6-12, with an administrator, the parents and the student together; receive a formal acceptance or denial by email shortly after the interview; and, for admitted families, complete registration using the enrollment checklist and pay the registration fee, with payment instructions given in the notification.

This school uses the ISEE. Confirm whether the entry grade requires it and which test level applies, then plan preparation backward from the application deadline. Application dates are set by the school each year; ask the admissions office for the current calendar and plan backward from it.

Newport Christian School tuition for 2026-27 is $9,912 to $10,437.

Annual tuition for the 2026-27 school year (school website, Tuition page): Transitional Kindergarten $10,437, grades K-5 $9,912, and grades 6-12 $10,437, plus a $300 security fee. Payment in full is due August 1, 2026; families on the monthly plan pay from August through the following May. The school website also notes an LBC Active Member Tuition Rate for active registered members of Liberty Baptist Church, but says only to contact the business office and lists no amount, so the figures given here are the two published standard rates, not the member rate

The registration fee rises with the enrollment window, from $400 in January and February to $700 for July through December. Book fees: for grades TK-5, $600 if enrolled by April 30 and $800 from May 1; for grades 6-12, $750 and $900 respectively. The technology fee is $50 and the security fee is $300. Uniforms are purchased through Vicki Marsha, with polo shirts at $25 each or 4 for $90. Multi-child discounts: $500 off for two children, $2,000 for three and $5,000 for four. International student tuition for TK-12 is $21,000 a year, plus a $500 registration fee, a $100 technology fee, a $300 security fee and book fees of $600 to $900 (school website, International Students page)

Academics and programs described on the Newport Christian School website include:

• Core subjects: Bible, English, Math, Social Studies, Science, STEAM, Music, Visual Arts, PE, Penmanship and World Languages (school website home page, At a Glance section)
• Curriculum materials come mainly from A Beka Book and Bob Jones University Press (school website, Curriculum page)
• Electives include Drama, Photography, Yearbook/Publishing, Choir, Student Government, Foreign Language, Computer Science, Computer Applications, Health and Fitness, Coding, Robotics and Forensic Science (school website, Curriculum page)
• After-school programs: world languages, interest clubs, athletics, computer science and chess (school website home page, At a Glance section)
• Athletics: basketball, volleyball, football, soccer, track and field, and cheer (school website home page, At a Glance section)
• New students entering grades 6-12 must take the ISEE (school website, Apply page)

These are the schools nearest to Newport 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
Newport Christian School	K-12	$9,912	ISEE	—
TVT Community Day School	K-12	$37,285	ISEE	2.3 mi
Waldorf School Orange County	K-12	$20,390	—	4.4 mi
Calvary Chapel Schools	K-12	Not published	—	4.7 mi
Bethel Baptist School	K-12	$5,400	On-campus assessment	7.5 mi

Newport Christian School tuition for 2026-27 is tiered by grade or program, from $9,912 to $10,437. Over 13 years covering grades K-12, total tuition falls between $128,856 and $135,681, 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 Newport 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	8.3 miles
Northwood	7.6 miles
Turtle Rock	3.1 miles
Portola Springs	9.9 miles

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

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

• F-1 students — the International Students page on the school website has a complete international tuition schedule but nowhere states that the school itself is SEVP-certified to issue the I-20; the I-20 comes up on…
• Chinese program — the At a Glance section of the home page lists only World Languages and the Curriculum page lists only Foreign Language, neither naming specific languages, and the Graduation Requirements page lists …
• Number of AP courses — neither the Curriculum page nor the Graduation Requirements page on the school website mentions AP or Honors courses, so whether the high school offers AP cannot be confirmed
• College matriculation — the school website has no School Profile or College Acceptances page, and the Graduation Requirements page says only that high school students must meet minimum grade and credit requirements, with no…
• Registration, technology, uniform and activity fees beyond tuition