Private high schools

Best private high schools in San Diego County, ranked by college outcomes

36 private high schools in San Diego County have a profile page on Reach, and 17 of them have a UC Reach Score for 2025. The highest score is 68, at The Bishop's School, from 87 UC admits counted at each campus for 127 seniors. Tuition runs from $16,964 to $62,000 among the 14 that publish it. 5 publish a college list with counts.

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Which private high schools in San Diego County have the best college outcomes?

Among the 17 private high schools in San Diego County with a 2025 UC Reach Score, The Bishop's School ranks first at 68, followed by Cambridge School (52) and Francis W Parker School (49).

# 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 The Bishop's School La Jolla 6–12 $52,500
2026-27
 ISEE or SSAT Feb 1, 2027 68 87 127 Yes Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Chicago
2 Cambridge School San Diego 9–12 $31,980 ISEE — 52 14 27 Yes UC Los Angeles, Baylor University, Honors College, Hillsdale College
3 Francis W Parker School San Diego JK–12 $49,100
2026-27
 ISEE Feb 1, 2027 49 69 141 Yes UC, Berkeley, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, San Diego State University
4 La Jolla Country Day School La Jolla — $48,900
2026-27
 ISEE or SSAT — 49 58 119 Yes University of San Diego*, University of Southern California*, New York University*
5 Pacific Ridge School Carlsbad 6–12 $47,250
2026-27
 Other Feb 1, 2027 38 46 120 No —
6 Mater Dei Catholic High School Chula Vista 9–12 $21,750
2026-27
 HSPT — 35 104 294 No —
7 Santa Fe Christian School Solana Beach K–12 $28,680
2026-27
 ISEE — 33 38 114 No —
8 Academy Our Lady of Peace San Diego 9–12 $26,250
2026-27
 None posted Jan 5, 2027 33 60 181 No —
9 Cathedral Catholic High School San Diego 9–12 $22,137
2026-27
 School's own test Jan 9, 2027 33 131 399 No —
10 Grauer School Encinitas 7–12 — None posted Feb 1, 2027 30 7 23 No —
11 Tri City Christian School Vista Preschool–12 $16,964
2026-27
 School's own test — 29 18 63 No —
12 Army and Navy Academy Carlsbad 7–12 $62,000
2026-27
 None posted — 23 14 60 No —
13 Maranatha Christian Schools San Diego K–12 $19,275
2026-27
 School's own test — 22 14 63 No —
14 Saint Augustine High School San Diego 9–12 — HSPT — 14 24 167 Yes San Diego State University, University of San Diego, San Diego Mesa College
15 Rock Academy San Diego — — — — 8 3 37 No —
16 Cristo Rey San Diego High School San Diego 9–12 — None posted — 6 3 47 No —
17 Christian High School El Cajon 9–12 — School's own test — 2 3 122 No —

Also in San Diego County

19 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
Balboa School Escondido — — — — — — — No —
Bright Horizon Academy Allied Gd San Diego — — — — — — — No —
Cal Coast Academy San Diego 6–12 — — — — — — No —
Calvary Christian Academy Chula Vista — — — — — — — No —
Calvin Christian High School Escondido — — — — — — — No —
Escondido Adventist Academy Escondido — — — — — — — No —
Faithful Ambassadors Bible Bap National City — — — — — — — No —
Foothills Christian High School El Cajon 9–12 — — — — — 65 No —
Fusion Academy Solana Beach — — — — — — — No —
High Bluff Academy San Diego 7–12 $28,000 None posted — — 8 — No —
Horizon Prep Rancho Santa Fe — — — — — — — No —
Ocean View Christian Academy San Diego — — — — — — 28 No —
Pacific Academy Encinitas — — — — — — — No —
San Diego Academy National City — — — — — — — No —
San Diego Jewish Academy San Diego 9–12 $39,550
2026-27
 ISEE — — 3 — No —
Southern California Yeshiva High School San Diego — — — — — — — No —
Torah High School of San Diego San Diego 9–12 — — — — — — No —
Victory Christian Academy Chula Vista — — — — — — 50 No —
Waldorf School of San Diego High School San Diego — — — — — — — No —

What does tuition cost at San Diego County private high schools?

14 of the 36 private high schools publish tuition: the lowest is $16,964 at Tri City Christian School and the highest is $62,000 at Army and Navy Academy, with a median of $30,330.

The five lowest and five highest of 14 published tuitions; every school's figure is in the table above.

Which entrance exam do San Diego County private high schools require?

18 of the 36 private high schools have an entrance-exam entry on file; by exam: None posted, 5; ISEE, 4; School's own test, 4; HSPT, 2; ISEE or SSAT, 2; Other, 1. Each school's exam, test dates and source page are on the entrance exams in San Diego County page.

When are applications due at San Diego County private high schools?

6 of the 36 private high schools have an upcoming application deadline on file: the earliest is Academy Our Lady of Peace on Jan 5, 2027 and the latest is The Bishop's School on Feb 1, 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 San Diego 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.