St. Bonaventure Catholic School

St. Bonaventure Catholic School does not publish entrance exam requirements; contact admissions.

The school publishes the following application details. Applications for the 2026-27 school year are open. The school website provides step-by-step application instructions, campus tours can be scheduled online, and admissions questions go to vfrei@stbonaventureschool.org or 714-846-2472 extension 102. Events for prospective families include individual campus tours, an Info Night on March 25, and Preschool Playdates for children ages 3-5. The school website does not publish an application deadline or entrance testing arrangements (school website, Admissions page).

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.

St. Bonaventure Catholic School tuition for 2026-27 is $9,700 to $10,200.

Tuition for the 2026-27 school year has two rates depending on whether the family is a registered parishioner of St. Bonaventure: In-Parish is $9,700 per student, and Out-of-Parish adds $500 to that, for $10,200. The basic condition for the in-parish rate is having been formally registered in the St. Bonaventure parish for at least a year and holding a parish number, but the school website notes two exceptions: families who are registered and active in another Catholic parish that has no school of its own may also qualify for the in-parish rate, and families who have recently moved to the Huntington Beach area and have registered at St. Bonaventure may qualify even if they have not been registered a full year. The out-of-parish rate applies to non-Catholic families and to families registered in a Catholic parish that does have its own school. The school states that the price is the same whether payment is made by ACH, cash or credit card, and that tuition does not include the registration fee or individual student fees (school website, Tuition page).

The school website states that the registration fee and individual student fees are charged separately from tuition, but it does not list the amounts. Families with more than one child receive a sibling discount, the amount of which is not published. Applying for financial aid requires a FACTS processing fee of $32 (school website, Tuition page).

Financial aid: Applications are made through the FACTS platform and are open to families with financial need; the school states that the assistance available is limited. For the 2026-27 school year applications close April 20, 2026, families must reapply each year and must submit recent tax returns, W-2s, 1099s and pay stubs, and the school may request an interview; the FACTS application processing fee is $32 (school website, Tuition page).

Academics and programs described on the St. Bonaventure Catholic School website include:

• There are six scholarly enrichment offerings during the school day: music, STEM, physical education, Spanish, art and a weekly library class (school website, Curriculum page)
• Spanish begins in Kindergarten and continues through grade 8, and is the school’s only world language (school website, Curriculum page)
• Grades 6-8 have had an Advanced Mathematics Program, an accelerated math track, since 2000 (school website, Curriculum page)
• STEM is offered in partnership with BrainStorm Education, integrating hands-on projects into TK-8 science; there is also a Tech Crew and a LEGO Club (school website, Curriculum page and Academics page)
• Faith formation runs through the whole day: daily prayer, religion class, weekly Mass and Christian Service Projects at each grade level (school website, Spirituality page)
• The library holds more than 11,000 volumes (school website, Curriculum page)

These are the schools nearest to St. Bonaventure Catholic 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
St. Bonaventure Catholic School	K-8	$9,700	—	—
Carden Conservatory	K-8	Not published	On-campus assessment	0.3 mi
Grace Lutheran School	K-8	$8,300	—	1.2 mi
Blessed Sacrament School	K-8	$6,400	On-campus assessment	2.6 mi
Bethany Christian Academy	K-8	$8,275	On-campus assessment	2.9 mi

St. Bonaventure Catholic School publishes the following on where its graduates go.

The Academics > High School Preparation page on the school website publishes a list of the high schools graduates commonly attend, introduced as “The following list includes the high schools our students typically attend upon graduation,” 12 in all: the public schools Edison High School, Huntington Beach High School, Marina High School and Ocean View High School; and the Catholic high schools JSerra Catholic High School, Loyola High School, Mater Dei High School, Rosary High School, Santa Margarita Catholic High School, Servite High School, St. John Bosco High School and St. Joseph High School. The page provides a Shadow Request link for arranging a day of shadowing at a school on the list. The school website does not publish the number admitted to each school or percentages (school website, High School Preparation page).

Schools in our guide library that appear on this list: Mater Dei High School, Santa Margarita Catholic High School, JSerra Catholic High School, Servite High School, Rosary Academy.

Which entrance test a student sits and when applications close depend on the target high school: some Orange County private high schools require the ISEE, some the HSPT, and some no test at all. EDUBUS works backward from each target high school’s requirements to plan grades, activities and test preparation across the K-8 years.

St. Bonaventure Catholic School tuition for 2026-27 is tiered by grade or program, from $9,700 to $10,200. Over 9 years covering grades K-8, total tuition falls between $87,300 and $91,800, 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 St. Bonaventure Catholic 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	16.2 miles
Northwood	14.9 miles
Turtle Rock	13.6 miles
Portola Springs	17.9 miles

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

When you visit St. Bonaventure Catholic School, confirm these points with the admissions office:

• opened, the founding year, is null — the home page, About and Visit pages were all checked, and the school website says only that the school was founded by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, without giving a year
• enrollment is missing from the school website — the home page, About and Visit pages do not publish an enrollment count, so the CDE filing figure of 536 has to be used
• avgClassSize is null — neither the About page nor the Academics page on the school website gives a class size or a student-teacher ratio
• entranceExam is null — the Admissions page does not mention entrance testing or assessment arrangements
• Registration, technology, uniform and activity fees beyond tuition

EDUBUS counselors in Irvine work in both Chinese and English with families applying to St. Bonaventure Catholic School. We track St. Bonaventure Catholic 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.