Private high schools

Best private high schools in the East Bay, ranked by college outcomes

28 private high schools in Alameda and Contra Costa counties have a profile page on Reach, and 20 of them have a UC Reach Score for 2025. The highest score is 212, at BASIS Independent Fremont Upper School, from 102 UC admits counted at each campus for 48 seniors. Tuition runs from $14,994 to $62,900 among the 16 that publish it. 8 publish a college list with counts.

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Which private high schools in the East Bay have the best college outcomes?

Among the 20 private high schools in Alameda and Contra Costa counties with a 2025 UC Reach Score, BASIS Independent Fremont Upper School ranks first at 212, followed by Quarry Lane School (113) and California Crosspoint High School (83).

# School City Grades Tuition Entrance exam Application deadline UC Reach Score UC admits 2025 Seniors Publishes a counted college list Top 3 named colleges
1 BASIS Independent Fremont Upper School Fremont 9–12 $39,275
2026-27
 ISEE or SSAT Jan 27, 2027 212 102 48 No —
2 Quarry Lane School Dublin Preschool–12 $52,384
2026-27
 ISEE or SSAT — 113 88 78 Yes University of California Davis, Purdue University - West Lafayette, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (acceptances)
3 California Crosspoint High School Alameda -1–12 — None posted — 83 40 48 Yes CSU, San Jose, UC Berkeley, CSU, East Bay
4 Bishop O'Dowd High School Oakland 9–12 $28,380
2026-27
 HSPT Jan 5, 2027 81 247 304 No —
5 College Preparatory School Oakland 9–12 $62,760
2026-27
 ISEE or SSAT Jan 5, 2027 77 70 91 Yes University of Chicago, Swarthmore College, University of California, Berkeley
6 Bentley School Lafayette K–12 — ISEE or SSAT Jan 7, 2027 76 59 78 Yes University of California – Berkeley, University of California – Santa Cruz, University of California – Santa Barbara
7 The Head-Royce School Oakland K–12 $62,900
2026-27
 ISEE Dec 4, 2026 60 60 100 Yes University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Chicago
8 Carondelet High School Concord 9–12 $26,565
2026-27
 HSPT Dec 11, 2026 55 114 207 No —
9 Athenian School Danville 6–12 — ISEE or SSAT Jan 8, 2027 53 49 93 Yes University of California, Berkeley, Boston University, Occidental College
10 Saint Joseph-Notre Dame High School Alameda 9–12 $26,130
2026-27
 HSPT Jan 6, 2027 49 40 82 Yes University of California, Santa Cruz, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University
11 Berean Christian High School Walnut Creek 9–12 $16,500
2026-27
 HSPT — 48 46 96 No —
12 Saint Mary's College High School Berkeley 9–12 $25,950
2026-27
 HSPT Jan 5, 2027 46 69 151 No —
13 Salesian College Preparatory Richmond 9–12 $24,550
2026-27
 HSPT Dec 7, 2026 45 43 96 No —
14 Moreau Catholic High School Hayward 9–12 $27,070
2026-27
 HSPT Jan 5, 2027 44 72 164 No —
15 Fremont Christian High School Fremont 9–12 $22,765
2026-27
 School's own test — 34 10 29 No —
16 Maybeck High School Berkeley 9–12 $51,150
2026-27
 None posted — 30 9 30 No —
17 Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay High School Oakland 9–12 — School's own test — 27 21 77 No —
18 De La Salle High School Concord 9–12 $27,050
2026-27
 HSPT Dec 11, 2026 23 58 252 No —
19 Tilden Preparatory School Albany 6–12 — None posted — 12 6 52 No —
20 Holy Names High School Oakland 9–12 $26,015
2026-27
 HSPT Jan 5, 2027 10 3 30 No —

Also in the East Bay

8 more private high schools have a page here but no 2025 UC Reach Score, listed alphabetically.

School City Grades Tuition Entrance exam Application deadline UC Reach Score UC admits 2025 Seniors Publishes a counted college list Top 3 named colleges
Alsion Montessori Middle/High Fremont 7–12 — None posted — — 18 — Yes UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA
Averroes High School Berkeley 9–12 — School's own test Mar 31, 2027 — — — No —
Contra Costa Christian High School Walnut Creek Preschool–12 $14,994
2027-28
 School's own test — — — — No —
Fusion Academy Pleasanton Pleasanton — — — — — — — No —
Orinda Academy Orinda 9–12 — — — — — — No —
Orion Academy Moraga 9–12 — — — — — — No —
Redwood Christian Jr-Sr High School San Lorenzo — — — — — — — No —
Squaw Valley Academy - Bay Are Livermore — — — — — — — No —

What does tuition cost at private high schools in the East Bay?

16 of the 28 private high schools publish tuition: the lowest is $14,994 at Contra Costa Christian High School and the highest is $62,900 at The Head-Royce School, with a median of $26,807.

The five lowest and five highest of 16 published tuitions; every school's figure is in the table above.

Which entrance exam do private high schools in the East Bay require?

23 of the 28 private high schools have an entrance-exam entry on file; by exam: HSPT, 9; ISEE or SSAT, 5; None posted, 4; School's own test, 4; ISEE, 1. Each school's exam, test dates and source page are on the entrance exams in the East Bay page.

When are applications due at private high schools in the East Bay?

14 of the 28 private high schools have an upcoming application deadline on file: the earliest is The Head-Royce School on Dec 4, 2026 and the latest is Averroes High School on Mar 31, 2027.

The earliest 10 of 14 upcoming deadlines.

Other metros are on the private high schools by metro index, and every California private school's tuition is ranked on the tuition page. For public and charter schools too, use the county index or the California high school rankings. To compare private and public schools, see Alameda County, Contra Costa County, or is a private school worth the tuition?

UC Reach Score is top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in 2025, counted at each campus, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each; a dash means the University of California published no admit counts for that school. Tuition, entrance exam, grades and application deadline come from each school's own admissions pages and are shown only where the school publishes them; deadlines already past are omitted. A school "publishes a counted college list" when its own published list carries a count beside each college; the three colleges shown are the three with the largest counts on that list. The list excludes nonclassroom-based online schools and schools the California Department of Education records with no 12th grade.