The Geneva School

The Geneva 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 school website’s Admission Requirements page states that the school has no entrance exam: kindergarten applicants must pass a kindergarten entrance screening conducted by the school’s kindergarten teacher, and transfer students may need placement testing. Admission depends on a complete file, including a pastor’s recommendation, a teacher recommendation and a family interview; parents must indicate that they understand the school’s biblical philosophy of education, and at least one parent must be a professing Christian who agrees with the Statement of Faith. Neither the Admission Process page nor the Admission Requirements page lists an application opening date, a deadline or an application fee amount.

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.

The Geneva School tuition for 2026-27 is $12,000 to $22,000.

The school website’s Tuition page publishes annual tuition for the 2026-27 school year: Junior Kindergarten (age 4) half day (8:00-13:00) $12,000 and full day (8:00-15:00) $14,880; Lower School (K through grade 6) $17,200; Middle School (grades 7-8) $18,050; Upper School (grades 9-11) $22,000. The Upper School currently has discounted rates as well: grade 9 $13,200, grade 10 $15,400 and grade 11 $17,600. The school has no separate member and non-member rates, because under the rules on the Admission Requirements page every admitted family already has at least one parent who is a Christian (school website, Tuition page and Admission Requirements page)

Financial aid: The school website’s Tuition page states that “Tuition assistance is handled on a case by case basis” and asks families to contact the school office directly; the school website does not publish award amounts or the share of students receiving aid, and does not mention any third-party application platform such as FACTS or Clarity

Academics and programs described on the The Geneva School website include:

• The classical core curriculum: analytical phonics and reading, literature and writing, chronological history, Latin, formal and informal logic, advanced sciences (biology, earth science, chemistry, physics), art, music and physical education (school website, About Us page and Academics page)
• The Philosophy page lists the subjects taught as Math, History, Language Arts, Latin, Geography, Literature, Theology, Music, Art and Science, with Latin beginning in grade 3 (school website, Academics > Philosophy page)
• The Rhetoric School (the high school years) is built around small Socratic seminars, training students in outlining, argument, proof, research and speaking, with an emphasis on advanced study of ancient languages (the school website’s wording is ancient languages, without naming specific languages) (school website, High School page)
• Dual enrollment (college credit) courses are offered at the high school level (school website, High School page)
• The school website’s High School page provides a College Entrance & graduation requirements document containing a side-by-side comparison of two graduation and college paths, “tgs plan vs uc & private plan” (school website, High School page)
• The Academics section also has The Kindergarten Advantage, a Book List, After School Activities and Summer Packets (school website, Academics section)

These are the schools nearest to The Geneva 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
The Geneva School	K-11	$12,000	On-campus assessment	—
TVT Community Day School	K-12	$37,285	ISEE	8.7 mi
St. Margaret’s Episcopal School	K-12	$37,000	ISEE	8.9 mi
Capistrano Valley Christian Schools	K-12	$19,500	On-campus assessment	9.3 mi
Newport Christian School	K-12	$9,912	ISEE	11.0 mi

The Geneva School tuition for 2026-27 is tiered by grade or program, from $12,000 to $22,000. Over 12 years covering grades K-11, total tuition falls between $144,000 and $264,000, 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 The Geneva 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	6.1 miles
Northwood	7.4 miles
Turtle Rock	7.9 miles
Portola Springs	5.4 miles

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

When you visit The Geneva School, confirm these points with the admissions office:

• Fee detail — the school website’s Tuition page lists only annual tuition by division and the Upper School discount, and publishes no application fee, registration fee, deposit, payment plan or international stude…
• AP count — the school website’s High School page mentions only small Socratic seminars, classical languages and dual enrollment, and gives no list of AP or honors courses, so the number cannot be confirmed
• F-1 students — none of the admissions pages on the school website mention international students, the I-20 or the F-1 visa
• Enrollment — the school website’s Why Geneva and History pages say only that the school was founded by 24 families and that families come from more than 37 churches, and do not publish enrollment; this page uses …
• Registration, technology, uniform and activity fees beyond tuition