Best California Private High Schools with Special Program Emphasis (2025-26)

For the 2025-26 school year, there are 69 private high schools with special program emphasis serving 17,680 students in California.

The top ranked with special program emphasis private high schools in California include The Nueva Middle School, Besant Hill School, and Marlborough School.

The average tuition cost is $28,836, which is higher than the California private high school average tuition cost of $23,205.

25% of private high schools with special program emphasis in California are religiously affiliated (most commonly Christian and Catholic).

Special education schools primarily serve specific student groups such as those that may be hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, health impaired, orthopedically impaired, cognitive delays/impairments, seriously emotionally disturbed, multi-handicapped, visually handicapped, or deaf and blind.