Veritas Classical Academy

Overview

Veritas Classical Academy is a Christian K-12 private school in Fullerton, California, serving grades K-12, founded in 2012, with about 53 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. The school offers 2 AP courses.

Admissions

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

The school publishes the following application details. The Steps to Enroll page on the school website lists six steps: (1) schedule a free consultation with the Academic Principal; (2) submit the application online through TADS; (3) schedule an assessment with an admissions counselor; (4) interview, having first read Christopher Perrin’s An Introduction to Classical Education; (5) a Student Visit Day, required for grades 5-10, in which the student attends classes for half a day or a full day; and (6) submit administrator, teacher and pastor recommendations. The school website gives no application opening date, no deadline and no application fee amount.

The main entry points at a K-12 school are kindergarten, grade 6 and grade 9; seats in other grades open only when a family leaves. Plan on a 12-month runway: visit in the fall, submit materials and test in the winter, and receive decisions in the spring. Applications for mid-year grades can be filed at any time, but availability depends on that year’s openings.

Tuition and fees

The Tuition and Fees page on the school website publishes no amounts at all; the entire page consists of a heading, the line “Call now for more information!”, the school’s phone number, 949-557-1311, and an APPLY NOW button. Tuition must be requested by calling the school directly (school website, Tuition and Fees page)

Academics and programs

• A classical trivium structure in three stages, Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric, with course overview PDFs on the school website for each grade from K through 12 (school website, Grade Level Overview page)
• Latin is a core requirement: the school uses Lingua Latina, Familia Romana, reaching Latin III in grade 9 and Latin IV in grade 10 and reading original texts such as Caesar’s De Bello Gallico; students in grades 8-10 who have never studied Latin must take a zero period Latin class that compresses Latin I and II into a single course to catch up (school website, grade 9 and grade 10 course overview PDFs)
• Math follows an accelerated AP track: AP Calculus AB in grade 11 and AP Calculus AB/BC in grade 12, with students sitting the AP exams in May (school website, grade 11 and grade 12 course overview PDFs)
• Grade 12 uses self-regulating socratic seminar teaching (school website, grade 12 course overview PDF)
• A House Life house system, the Pietas Program for character formation, a Space Program and a uniform policy (school website, House Life, Pietas, Space and Uniform Policy pages)
• Afterschool Child Care is available on campus (school website, After School Care 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
Veritas Classical Academy	Fullerton	K-12	Not published	On-campus assessment	—	—
Eastside Christian Schools	Fullerton	K-12	$7,725	—	—	0.7 mi
Acaciawood Preparatory Academy	Anaheim	K-12	$7,570	On-campus assessment	—	2.5 mi
Anaheim Discovery Christian School	Anaheim	K-12	$10,490	On-campus assessment	—	4.0 mi
Adelphia Classical Christian Academy	Orange	K-12	Not published	On-campus assessment	16	9.2 mi

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	17.1 miles
Northwood	14.3 miles
Turtle Rock	18.4 miles
Portola Springs	18.3 miles

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

Questions to ask on a campus visit

• Tuition and financial aid — the Tuition and Fees page on the school website lists no amounts at all and leaves only a phone number; the Steps to Enroll page gives no application or registration fee amounts either; and the site …
• AP course count — the school website has no full course catalog, only the course overview PDFs for each grade; the grade 11 and grade 12 PDFs mention AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus AB/BC, which is the basis for a coun…
• F-1 students — the school website makes no mention of international students, I-20s or F-1 visas
• Average class size — the school website publishes no class size or student-teacher ratio
• Registration, technology, uniform and activity fees beyond tuition

How EDUBUS helps

Our Irvine-based counselors work in both Chinese and English. We track Veritas Classical Academy’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.