Private high schools

Best private high schools in the Inland Empire, ranked by college outcomes

29 private high schools in Riverside and San Bernardino counties have a profile page on Reach, and 13 of them have a UC Reach Score for 2025. The highest score is 75, at Saint Jeanne De Lestonnac C High School, from 21 UC admits counted at each campus for 28 seniors. Tuition runs from $8,950 to $18,750 among the 11 that publish it. 0 publish a college list with counts.

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Which private high schools in the Inland Empire have the best college outcomes?

Among the 13 private high schools in Riverside and San Bernardino counties with a 2025 UC Reach Score, Saint Jeanne De Lestonnac C High School ranks first at 75, followed by Orion International Academy (67) and Xavier College Preparatory High School (53).

# 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 Saint Jeanne De Lestonnac C High School Temecula 9–12 $14,600 HSPT — 75 21 28 No —
2 Orion International Academy Chino K–12 $18,000 School's own test — 67 16 24 No —
3 Xavier College Preparatory High School Palm Desert 9–12 $18,750
2026-27
 None posted Mar 19, 2027 53 86 161 No —
4 Notre Dame High School Riverside 9–12 $10,100
2026-27
 None posted — 44 34 78 No —
5 Linfield Christian School Temecula TK–12 $16,320
2026-27
 School's own test Feb 1, 2027 35 39 111 No —
6 Aquinas High School San Bernardino 9–12 $8,950
2026-27
 HSPT — 26 36 137 No —
7 Idyllwild Arts Academy Idyllwild 9–12 — None posted Nov 10, 2026 22 20 89 No —
8 United Christian Academy Rancho Cucamonga K–12 $15,400
2026-27
 School's own test — 14 6 43 No —
9 Ontario Christian High School Ontario Preschool–12 $16,358
2026-27
 School's own test Jan 29, 2027 10 12 117 No —
10 Rancho Christian High School Temecula 9–12 — None required — 10 9 88 No —
11 Woodcrest Christian School Riverside TK–12 $14,640
2026-27
 School's own test — 8 7 89 No —
12 Arrowhead Christian Academy Redlands 9–12 — None posted — 6 6 106 No —
13 Loma Linda Academy Loma Linda TK–12 — None required — 4 4 96 No —

Also in the Inland Empire

16 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
Bethel Christian High School Riverside — — — — — — — No —
Bloomington Christian High School Bloomington — — — — — — — No —
California Lutheran High School Wildomar 9–12 — — — — — — No —
Calvary Murrieta Christian School Murrieta — — — — — — — No —
Carnegie Schools Riverside Riverside — — — — — — — No —
Cornerstone Christian School Wildomar — — — — — — — No —
Crossroads Christian School Corona — — — — — — — No —
Desert Christian Academy Bermuda Dunes — — — — — — 40 No —
LA Sierra Academy Riverside 9–12 $11,270 — — — — 27 No —
Mesa Grande Academy Calimesa — — — — — — 26 No —
Noli Indian School San Jacinto — — — — — — — No —
Palm Valley School Rancho Mirage 9–12 — — — — 27 — No —
Redlands Adventist Academy Redlands — — — — — — 34 No —
Upland Christian Schools Upland — — — — — — — No —
Wesley College Preparatory School Ontario — — — — — — — No —
Western Christian Schools Upland Preschool–12 $16,838
2026-27
 School's own test — — — — No —

What does tuition cost at private high schools in the Inland Empire?

11 of the 29 private high schools publish tuition: the lowest is $8,950 at Aquinas High School and the highest is $18,750 at Xavier College Preparatory High School, with a median of $15,400.

The five lowest and five highest of 11 published tuitions; every school's figure is in the table above.

Which entrance exam do private high schools in the Inland Empire require?

14 of the 29 private high schools have an entrance-exam entry on file; by exam: School's own test, 6; None posted, 4; HSPT, 2; None required, 2. Each school's exam, test dates and source page are on the entrance exams in the Inland Empire page.

When are applications due at private high schools in the Inland Empire?

4 of the 29 private high schools have an upcoming application deadline on file: the earliest is Idyllwild Arts Academy on Nov 10, 2026 and the latest is Xavier College Preparatory High School on Mar 19, 2027.

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 Riverside County, San Bernardino 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.