Orange Crescent School

Orange Crescent School does not use a standardized entrance exam; admission uses an on-campus assessment or visit day.

The school publishes the following application details. The process listed on the school website’s Admissions page: submit an inquiry to schedule a campus visit, submit the application in the RenWeb/FACTS system, have the school review it and email to schedule an entrance test, take the entrance test, submit grades and conduct and attendance records from the previous school, and interview with the Director as a student together with the parents. The school website states that a student’s test results must be within one grade level above or below the student’s current grade to be eligible for admission. The school website gives no application opening or closing dates for a specific school year; admission is rolling.

This school does not use a standardized entrance test. It assesses applicants on campus, so preparation centers on the visit day and the parent interview rather than test registration. Application dates are set by the school each year; ask the admissions office for the current calendar and plan backward from it.

Orange Crescent School tuition for 2026-27 is $10,900 to $14,500.

Annual tuition listed on the school website for the 2026-27 school year: Kindergarten $12,300; grades 1-5 $10,900; grades 6-8 $11,100; grades 9-10 $12,350 for returning students and $14,500 for new students; grades 11-12 are Hybrid, at $7,100 for returning students and $8,150 for new students. The preschool levels, Toddler and Preschool, are priced by the number of days, ranging from $11,000 to $14,700. Tuition is spread over 10 months, and the school website also gives the monthly amounts, for example $1,090 per month for grades 1-5. (school website, Tuition and Fees page)

A registration and materials package is charged on top: $1,275 for preschool, $1,500 for grades 1-5, $1,600 for grades 6-8 and $1,625 for grades 9-12, which covers a $350 registration fee, a $550-750 materials fee, a $25 entrance test fee for new students, $125 in PTO dues, a $125 safety fee and a $25 earthquake emergency kit, among other items (school website, Tuition and Fees page). Three payment options: pay in full in June for a 5% discount; pay in two installments on June 1 and November 1 for a 3% discount; or pay in 10 installments from June through the following March. Extended after-school care is $250 per month or $20 per hour. International tuition is not listed on the school website.

Academics and programs described on the Orange Crescent School website include:

• Islamic Studies, Qur’an and Arabic Language are three religion and language courses taught from preschool through grade 12 alongside the core subjects; in the elementary school each runs 30 minutes a day, for a total of 1.5 hours daily (school website, Academics page, Curriculum and Schedule sections)
• A Montessori preschool division, from Toddler through Kindergarten, with Montessori-trained teachers (school website, Academics page)
• The Upper School offers AVID and other electives, using project-based learning and lab courses (school website, Academics page, Upper School page)
• The high school (OCHS) offers dual enrollment courses in partnership with a local community college (school website, Upper School page)
• Middle school academic competitions: Debate Team, Academic Pentathlon, the Orange County and California science fairs, and the Spelling Bee (school website, Upper School page)
• The curriculum is written to California Common Core standards using state-adopted textbooks; math moved to Common Core materials in the 2014-15 school year and English language arts in 2015-16 (school website, Academics page)

These are the schools nearest to Orange Crescent 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
Orange Crescent School	K-12	$10,900	On-campus assessment	—
Bethel Baptist School	K-12	$5,400	On-campus assessment	2.0 mi
Orangewood Academy	K-12	$8,087	—	2.8 mi
Liberty Christian School	K-12	$8,525	On-campus assessment	3.4 mi
Hebrew Academy Community Day School	K-12	$17,895	—	3.5 mi

Orange Crescent School tuition for 2026-27 is tiered by grade or program, from $10,900 to $14,500. Over 13 years covering grades K-12, total tuition falls between $141,700 and $188,500, 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 Orange Crescent 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	12.9 miles
Northwood	11.5 miles
Turtle Rock	11.7 miles
Portola Springs	14.5 miles

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

When you visit Orange Crescent School, confirm these points with the admissions office:

• Enrollment — the About, Academics and Student Life pages all omit the number of enrolled students, leaving only the CDE figure on file of 399; the CDE page does not indicate which school year that figure covers, …
• Financial aid — neither the Admissions page nor the Tuition and Fees page has a financial aid or scholarship section, and no application channel or amounts were found
• Prayer and dress details under the religious requirements — the Religious Studies page covers only the content of the religion courses and the leveled Arabic instruction, with nothing about daily prayer times, Friday congregational prayer or a Ramadan schedul…
• The grade range given for the religion courses is inconsistent — the Academics page says the core subjects for both the Lower School (grades 1-5) and the Upper School (grades 6-12) include Islamic studies, Quran and Arabic, while the Religious Studies page says “Q…
• Registration, technology, uniform and activity fees beyond tuition