St. Anne Parish School

Overview

St. Anne Parish School is a Catholic K-8 private school in Santa Ana, California, serving grades K-8, founded in 1945, with about 211 students. The school does not publish tuition; ask for current figures when you book a visit. Religion classes are required, so confirm your family is comfortable with that before applying.

Admissions

No standardized entrance exam; admission uses an on-campus assessment or visit day.

The school publishes the following application details. The school website Admissions page states that admission decisions are based on a review of grade-level assessments, academic records, and letters of recommendation. The process has four steps: first, call (714) 542-9328 to schedule a tour; second, submit the application online; third, the admissions team reviews the application and verifies documents, including immunization records; fourth, the school notifies the family of admission and explains the next steps. Age cutoffs: preschool applicants must turn 3 by September 1 and be toilet trained, TK applicants must turn 4 and be toilet trained, and kindergarten applicants must turn 5. New first graders must submit a physical examination report from within the previous 18 months within 90 days of enrolling. The school website does not list an application deadline or open house dates.

The main entry points at a K-8 school are kindergarten and grade 6. Younger applicants are usually evaluated through an on-campus visit, while most applicants above grade 5 need an ISEE score. Start in the fall of the year before entry: visit first to confirm the school is a fit, then decide whether to register for testing.

Tuition and fees

The school website does not publish tuition. The Tuition + Scholarships page says only that every family’s financial situation is different and asks families to call the school office at (714) 542-9328 for information about tuition and scholarship options, listing no amounts and no school year (school website, Tuition + Scholarships page). Current-year rates must be requested from the school directly.

Financial aid: The school website states that tuition scholarships and aid are offered and that spaces remain available during the new family admission period, but it does not publish how to apply, including whether it uses FACTS, nor the share of families receiving aid or the amounts awarded, giving only the phone number (714) 542-9328 (school website, Tuition + Scholarships page, Overview page).

Academics and programs

• The Station Rotation Model is the core instructional approach: a single lesson combines direct instruction, collaborative activity, teacher-led small groups by skill level, and technology-supported learning (school website, Academics page)
• The iReady Diagnostic and STAR Benchmark assessments are used to map an individual learning path for each student (school website, Academics page)
• Advanced coursework in partnership with Arizona State University Preparatory: high-achieving eighth graders may take high-school-level math and reading, and sixth and seventh graders may take accelerated classes (school website, Academics page)
• A member of the Pax Christi Academies network, which shares resources and instructional practices; the network was founded in 2024 and includes five preschool-8 parish schools in Orange County (school website, Overview page)
• Graduate placement: the school website High School Acceptance page states that graduates are accepted to every Catholic high school of their choice, with some earning academic merit scholarships (school website, High School Acceptance page)
• Three extracurricular tracks: athletics, visual and performing arts, and leadership and enrichment (school website, Student Life pages)

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
St. Anne Parish School	Santa Ana	K-8	Not published	On-campus assessment	—	—
Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac Catholic School – Tustin	Tustin	K-8	Not published	—	—	2.0 mi
Frontiers Academy	Costa Mesa	K-8	Not published	—	—	3.5 mi
St. Cecilia Catholic School	Tustin	K-8	$9,200	—	—	2.5 mi
Village Montessori School of Irvine	Irvine	K-3	Not published	—	—	5.5 mi

Where students go next

The school website High School Acceptance page says “Graduates of St. Anne Parish School are accepted to all Catholic high schools of their choice” and notes that some students receive academic merit scholarships. Lower on the page, four high school crests link to materdei.org (Mater Dei High School, Santa Ana), cristoreyoc.org (Cristo Rey Orange County, Santa Ana), servitehs.org (Servite High School, Anaheim, all-boys), and rosaryacademy.org (Rosary Academy, Fullerton, all-girls). One caution: La Purisima and St. Barbara, which belong to the same Pax Christi Academies network, have nearly identical text and crest arrangements on their own High School Acceptance pages, with St. Barbara adding Don Bosco, so this reads more like a shared network template than a record of where this year’s class actually went. The page gives no year, number of students, or percentage (school website, High School Acceptance page)

Schools in our guide library that appear on this list: Mater Dei High School, Servite High School, Rosary Academy, Cristo Rey Orange County High School.

Applying to high school from here usually begins in the spring of grade 7: sit the ISEE or HSPT in the fall of grade 8, then submit materials between November and January. EDUBUS works backward from each target high school’s requirements to plan grades, activities and test preparation across the K-8 years.

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	7.5 miles
Northwood	4.5 miles
Turtle Rock	7.2 miles
Portola Springs	9.7 miles

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

Questions to ask on a campus visit

• Major gap, tuition and fee detail — no tuition figures, tuition year, or fee detail are available. The school website Tuition + Scholarships page explicitly does not publish amounts and says only to call the school office, the Admissio…
• Chinese language program — the school website Academics page covers only instructional methods and assessment tools, with no subject course list and no information about foreign language classes, so there is no way to tell whe…
• Financial aid detail — the school website says only that tuition scholarships and aid are offered, without stating whether it uses FACTS or Clarity and without publishing the share of families served or the amounts awarded
• Enrollment — this listing uses the CDE 2025-26 filing figure of 211. The “BY THE NUMBERS” block on the school website Academics page is empty, and enrollment is not published
• Registration, technology, uniform and activity fees beyond tuition

How EDUBUS helps

Our Irvine-based counselors work in both Chinese and English. We track St. Anne Parish 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.