Our post about tuition is one of the most popular on the blog. So, I thought a piece highlighting some of the most affordable private schools would be useful. I selected private elementary schools with tuition lower than $15K per year. There’s nothing magical about tuition under $15K except that less expensive schools can be hard to find. I also know families at most of these schools and I’ve great things about them all. Tuition is usually listed in the “admissions” section of school websites. Please note that tuition listed is for 2014-15 and does not include additional one-time fees, If you’re looking for a budget-conscious private elementary school, you should definitely check out these schools!
In alphabetical order:
1. Cathedral Chapel, Miracle Mile, $4,830/year (non-Catholic students) $4,200/year (Catholic students)
2. Ergemont School, Chatsworth. $13,209/year (Preschool & K)
3. Good Shepard Catholic School, Beverly Hills $8,100/year
4. High Point Academy, Pasadena, $12,650/year
5. Laurel Hall, North Hollywood, $10,000/year
6. Lycée International de Los Angeles (LILA), $14,900/year
7. Notre Dame Academy, West L.A., $8,100/year
8. St. Bede’s Catholic School, La Canada-Flintridge $6,000/year or $4,800/year for qualifying parishioners
9. Saint Francis De Sales, Sherman Oaks $8,540/year or $7,000/year for qualifying parishioners
10. St. Paul’s, Westwood, $12,500/year of $8,300/year for qualifying parishioners
11. St. Phillip The Apostle, Pasadena. $9,970/year or $7,850 for qualifying parishioners
12. St. Timothy, Rancho Park, $8,700/year or $7000 /year for qualifying parishioners
13. The Valley School, $9,300/year
14. Venice Lutheran, $7,450/year
15. Westside Lutheran School, Westchester, $9,570/year
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Woodcrest School, K-5th is a fabulous private elementary in Tarzana. Class sizes are small, fantastic dedicated teachers, they offer speciality classes like Robotics, Dance, swim, sports, art, technology, Gifted, just to name a few. They are a academic school with high test scores. Next year they are adding a 6th grade to gradually increase to 8th. I would highly suggest you add them to your list as the tuition is approx $10k.
Thank you!
My son attends the Valley School in Van Nuys which included on this list. The campus isn’t the prettiest, but the philosophy and education are excellent and you can’t find a smaller class size (average 14, caps at 16). We’ve been here for 3 years and couldn’t give it a high enough recommendation.
Oasis Trilingual Community School, a new K-6 school with instruction in Mandarin, Spanish and English, currently has tuition of about $10,000/year.
Small class sizes (below 18), thematic and project-based learning, a focus on social-emotional learning, individualized learning plans, science, art, music, gardening, yoga are all included. Although the school is in a temporary location in Temple City this year, they are planning to move to Pasadena in the near future. Families come from the Pasadena/Arcadia area to Silverlake and Glassell Park.
They also just started Saturday classes (including trilingual “Parent and Me” classes for toddlers) and will have fun, project-based trilingual camp sessions this summer.