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  • For the 2020 school year, there are 52 top private schools in Pasadena, California, serving 10,582 students.
  • The average private school tuition is $13,315 for elementary schools and $29,423 for high schools (view national tuition averages).
  • The average acceptance rate is 81% (view national acceptance rates).
  • Minority enrollment is 39% of the student body, and the student:teacher ratio is 9:1.
  • 42% of schools are religiously affiliated (most commonly Christian and Roman Catholic).

Top Pasadena, CA Private Schools (2020)

  • School Location Grades Students
  • Futures Academy - Pasadena
    Futures Academy - Pasadena Photo - At Futures, learn at your pace and on your schedule with one student to one teacher class sizes.
    Alternative School
     35 N. Lake Ave., Ste. 160
    Pasadena, CA 91101
    (866)402-1699
    Grades: 6-12 | n/a students
  • Maranatha High School
    Maranatha High School Photo - Our complete Weight Room and Athletic Training Center is used year round by all our sports.
    (Christian)
     169 South Saint John Avenue
    Pasadena, CA 91105
    (626)817-4000
    Grades: 9-12 | 565 students
  • Westridge School
    Westridge School Photo - Westridge is more than a school. It's a community where academic achievement goes hand in hand with becoming imaginative, independent thinkers - where students discover themselves and the world around them - where they learn what it means to make a difference.
    All-girls
    (1)
     324 Madeline Dr
    Pasadena, CA 91105
    (626)799-1153
    Grades: 4-12 | 500 students
  • Abundant Life Academy-other
    Alternative School (Christian)
     1530 Elizabeth St
    Pasadena, CA 91104
    (626)398-2418
    Grades: 1-12 | 42 students
  • Agbu Vatche & Tamar Manoukian High
    (Presbyterian)
     2495 E Mountain St
    Pasadena, CA 91104
    Grades: 9-12 | 168 students
  • Agbu Vatche And Tamar Manoukian High School
     2495 E Mountain St
    Pasadena, CA 91104
    (626)794-0363
    Grades: 9-12 | 168 students
  • Aria Montessori School
    Montessori School
     693 S Euclid Ave
    Pasadena, CA 91106
    (626)793-3741
    Grades: K | 72 students
  • Assumption Of The Bvm Elementary School
    Assumption Of The Bvm Elementary School Photo - May all who enter be reminded that God is the sole reason for our existence. That in all things we give glory to God. AMDG!
    (Roman Catholic)
     2660 East Orange Grove
    Pasadena, CA 91107
    (626)793-2089
    Grades: NS-8 | 312 students
  • Chaim Weizmann Community Day School
    (Jewish)
     1434 N. Altadena Drive
    Pasadena, CA 91107
    (626)797-0204
    Grades: K-8 | 28 students
  • Chandler School
    Chandler School Photo - All school photo
    (2)
     1005 Armada Drive
    Pasadena, CA 91103
    (626)795-9314
    Grades: K-8 | n/a students
  • EF Academy Pasadena
    EF Academy Pasadena Photo - Our campus is located in the cozy Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena, California.
    (1)
     1539 E Howard St.
    Pasadena, CA 91104
    (914)495-6028
    Grades: 9-12 | 250 students
  • Friends Western School
    Friends Western School Photo - On the first day of school all the children were connected with yarn after they made their personal goals for the year, we cut the yarn to make bracelets.
    (Friends)
    (2)
     524 E Orange Grove Blvd.
    Pasadena, CA 91104
    (626)817-2481
    Grades: K-5 | 46 students
  • Frostig School
    Frostig School Photo - Arts education is a core value at Frostig School.
    Special Education School
     971 N Altadena Dr
    Pasadena, CA 91107
    (626)791-1255
    Grades: 1-12 | 121 students
  • Happy Sunshine Kids
    Daycare / Preschool
     169 N Halstead St
    Pasadena, CA 91107
    (626)744-9111
    Grades: NS-PK | 95 students
  • Harambee Preparatory School
    (Christian)
     1609 Navarro Ave
    Pasadena, CA 91103
    (626)798-7431
    Grades: PK-6 | 58 students
  • High Point Academy
    High Point Academy Photo
    1720 Kinneloa Canyon Rd
    Pasadena, CA 91107
    (626)798-8989
    Grades: K-8 | 347 students
  • Hillsides Education Center
    Special Education School
     940 Avenue 64
    Pasadena, CA 91105
    (323)254-2274
    Grades: 2-12 | 81 students
  • International Montessori Academy
    All-girls | Montessori School
     355 W Green St
    Pasadena, CA 91105
    (626)792-4505
    Grades: K | 64 students
  • Joy Christian Pre School
    Joy Christian Pre School Photo - Gods Little Children
    Daycare / Preschool (Church of God)
     425 Sierra Madre Villa Avenue
    Pasadena, CA 91107
    (626)795-4608
    Grades: NS-PK | 28 students
  • Judson International School
    (Christian)
     1610 E Elizabeth Ave
    Pasadena, CA 91104
    Grades: K-12 | 175 students
  • La Salle College Preparatory
    (Roman Catholic)
    (1)
     3880 E Sierra Madre Blvd
    Pasadena, CA 91107
    (626)696-4300
    Grades: 9-12 | 632 students
  • Lake Avenue Church School
    Daycare / Preschool (Christian)
    (1)
     393 N Lake Ave
    Pasadena, CA 91101
    (626)844-4755
    Grades: PK-K | 171 students
  • Levon & Hasmig Tavlian Armenian Preschool & Kdgn
    Daycare / Preschool
     1694 E Washington Blvd
    Pasadena, CA 91104
    (626)398-8199
    Grades: PK-K | 39 students
  • Lycee International De Los Angeles
    Special Program Emphasis
     30 Marion Ave
    Pasadena, CA 91106
    (626)793-0943
    Grades: PK-12 | 953 students
  • Lycee International de Los Angeles (LILA) - PASADENA CAMPUS
    Lycee International de Los Angeles (LILA) - PASADENA CAMPUS Photo - Besides the scientifically proven benefits of bilingualism, LILA aims to gift students with the value of a constructivist education where students are actively involved in a process of meaning and knowledge construction. The aim is to instill the love of learning in all students.
    Special Program Emphasis
    (13)
     30 N. Marion Ave.
    Pasadena, CA 91106
    (626)695-5159
    Grades: NS-5 | 147 students
  • Mayfield Junior School
    Mayfield Junior School Photo
    (Roman Catholic)
     405 S Euclid Ave
    Pasadena, CA 91101
    (626)796-2774
    Grades: K-8 | 516 students
  • Mayfield Senior School
    All-girls (Roman Catholic)
     500 Bellefontaine St
    Pasadena, CA 91105
    (626)499-9121
    Grades: 9-12 | 332 students
  • Montessori School Of Pasadena
    Montessori School
     280 S Los Robles Ave
    Pasadena, CA 91101
    (626)570-1514
    Grades: PK-K | 125 students
  • New Horizon School
    New Horizon School Photo - Reptile Family visit
    (Islamic)
     651 N. Orange Grove Blvd
    Pasadena, CA 91103
    (626)795-5186
    Grades: NS-8 | 191 students
  • Oak Knoll Montessori School
    Montessori School
     1200 N Lake Ave
    Pasadena, CA 91104
    (626)345-9929
    Grades: NS-9 | 84 students
  • Oasis Trilingual Community School
    Special Program Emphasis
     530 S Lake Ave # 523
    Pasadena, CA 91101
    Grades: K-4 | 19 students
  • Our School
    Daycare / Preschool
     1800 E Mountain St
    Pasadena, CA 91104
    (626)798-0911
    Grades: PK-K | 48 students
  • Pacific Oaks Children's School
    Daycare / Preschool
     714 W California Blvd
    Pasadena, CA 91105
    (626)397-1372
    Grades: PK-K | 176 students
  • Pasadena Christian School
    Pasadena Christian School Photo - The annual Jogothan is a healthy way for students and families to support PCS. Finding sponsors and participating in an hour on walking, jogging or running is a healthy and fun way to socialize. The other events that provide a fundraising opportunity as well as a time of socializing as a school family are the annual: Magazine Drive, Grandparents' Day, and Golf Tournament events. Participation in any of the events is voluntary.
    (Christian)
    (1)
     1515 N Los Robles Avenue
    Pasadena, CA 91104
    (626)791-1214
    Grades: NS-8 | 458 students
  • Pasadena First United Methodist Preschool
    Daycare / Preschool (Methodist)
     500 E Colorado Blvd
    Pasadena, CA 91101
    (626)568-9502
    Grades: NS-PK | 50 students
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