Servite High School

Overview

Servite High School is a Catholic high private school in Anaheim, California, serving grades 9-12, founded in 1958, with about 731 students. Tuition for 2026-27 is $20,710 to $21,710, which puts it in the lower range among Orange County private schools at this level. Religion classes are required, so confirm your family is comfortable with that before applying. The school offers 27 AP courses. Mandarin is offered, and students can continue through AP Chinese. The school accepts F-1 international students and issues the I-20 needed for a student visa. Bus service is available, covering Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Orange, Fullerton, Hacienda Heights, Whittier, La Habra, Corona, Los Alamitos, Huntington Beach, Garden Grove, Chino Hills.

Admissions

The HSPT (Catholic high school placement test, offered once each January) is required.

Applications typically open in the fall and close in January or February; check the school website for the current year’s dates.

For schools whose main entry point is grade 9, the target list should be settled before the fall of grade 8: attend open houses and shadow days in the fall, submit applications and sit the entrance test between November and January, and expect decisions in March. The summer after grade 7 is a realistic time to start ISEE or HSPT preparation.

Tuition and fees

$21,710 per year (2026-27 base tuition, school website, Tuition & Financial Information page; registered Catholic families receive $1,000 off)

Academics and programs

• 27 AP courses, including AP Chinese Language & Culture, AP Cybersecurity, AP Business, AP Music Theory and AP Research/Seminar (school website, Academics page, AP Courses Offered list)
• The world languages department offers Spanish, Mandarin and Latin; the school website states that all three are multi-year immersion sequences with Honors and AP tracks (school website, Academics page, World Languages department)
• A classical guitar program, which the school describes as among the nation’s best for the past twenty years; the Trinitas Arts Conservatory; and theater produced jointly with sister school Rosary (school website, Academics page, Fine Arts department)
• The Priory Leadership Program and a robotics team (school website, Student Life navigation)
• 13 CIF sports plus 2 club sports; a member of the Trinity League (school website, Athletics navigation)
• International Student Program (ISP): a three-year English development course sequence including TOEFL and SAT preparation, a full-time director of international students, a partner homestay company, and a cap of 5% of the student body from any single country (school website, International Students 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
Servite High School	Anaheim	9-12	$20,710	HSPT	—	—
Fairmont Preparatory Academy	Anaheim	9-12	$34,435	None	—	0.3 mi
Rosary Academy	Fullerton	9-12	$21,990	HSPT	17	4.3 mi
Whittier Christian High School	La Habra	9-12	$19,193	On-campus assessment	—	6.1 mi
Orange Lutheran High School (Lutheran High School of Orange County)	Orange	9-12	$20,800	None	—	7.4 mi

Where graduates go

The school website’s Academics - College Acceptances page publishes the full list of colleges that admitted the Class of 2026, under the heading “Class of 2026 Outcomes,” 194 institutions in all, filterable by All Institutions, Catholic & Christian Colleges, and Out-of-State & International. California public institutions include UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside, UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly Pomona and a number of CSU campuses; private institutions include USC, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Harvey Mudd, Washington University in St.

For college applications from this school, EDUBUS can begin with course selection in grade 9.

Total tuition through graduation

At the 2026-27 rate of $20,710, 4 years covering grades 9-12 come to roughly $82,840 in tuition alone. Assuming the 4% annual increase common at private schools, the figure is closer to $88,000. Neither number includes registration fees, deposits, uniforms or activity fees. A California 529 plan can cover up to $10,000 per child per year of K-12 tuition.

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	15.9 miles
Northwood	13.0 miles
Turtle Rock	16.8 miles
Portola Springs	17.4 miles

The school runs bus service, covering Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Orange, Fullerton, Hacienda Heights, Whittier, La Habra, Corona, Los Alamitos, Huntington Beach, Garden Grove, Chino Hills.

Questions to ask on a campus visit

• Whether religion classes and chapel are required, and how many families are not members of the faith
• Whether the ISEE is required above grade 5, and roughly where the score bar sits
• How many mid-year openings come up in a typical year, and how the waitlist works
• Registration, technology, uniform and activity fees beyond tuition

How EDUBUS helps

Our Irvine-based counselors work in both Chinese and English. We track Servite High School’s admissions calendar, prepare students for the HSPT, and review application materials before they are submitted. Book a school-selection consultation or read the Chinese version of this page.