Private school
Excelsior School
Arcadia · 9–12 · 81 students, not counting pre-K (2021-22) · 10 students per teacher (2021-22)
A 9–12 private school in Arcadia. The College Board's 2025–26 course audit lists 21 AP subjects here.
California private schools don’t take the state tests, so there are no results we can fairly compare. We don’t score or rank private schools.
School fit
What would my child’s experience be like?
- Survey classification
- Nonsectarian (Regular) NCES survey 2021-22
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian NCES survey 2021-22
- Reported school day
- 7.0 hours NCES survey 2021-22 · confirm current hours
Use the dated record as a starting point, then ask the school about the grades your child would attend.
- Which courses and career pathways are running this year, and who can enroll?
- How do counselors help students plan for college, training or work?
What could my child study here?
AP course authorizations
Math & Computer Science 6
- Calculus AB
- Calculus BC
- Computer Science A
- Computer Science Principles
- Precalculus
- Statistics
Sciences 7
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Environmental Science
- Physics 1
- Physics 2
- Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
- Physics C: Mechanics
English 1
- English Language and Composition
History & Social Science 6
- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomics
- Psychology
- U.S. Government and Politics
- United States History
- World History: Modern
World Languages & Cultures 1
- Chinese Language and Culture
Which courses will run when my child attends, what prerequisites apply, and how do students get support entering advanced or career pathways?
Do students finish prepared, and where do they go?
A closer look · UC’s own records
University of California
- Applied
- 5
- Admitted
- 5
- Enrolled
- 3
By campus · fall 2024
- UC DavisApplied 5 · Admitted 4 · Enrolled under 3
- UC IrvineApplied 5 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled under 3
- UC San DiegoApplied 5 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
- UC Santa BarbaraApplied 5 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
Each fall since 2015
- Fall 2024Applied 5 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled 3
- Fall 2022Applied 11 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled 3
- Fall 2021Applied 5 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled under 3
- Fall 2020Applied 6 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled 4
- Fall 2019Applied 13 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled 8
- Fall 2018Applied 16 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled 11
- Fall 2017Applied 20 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled 9
- Fall 2016Applied 20 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled 7
- Fall 2015Applied 21 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled 6
Admissions and cost
Could this school work for our family?
- Approach and support
- How would teaching, student support and school expectations work for my child?
- Tuition and financial aid
- What is the total annual cost, including fees, and how does financial aid work?
- Admissions and availability
- Which grades have openings, and what are the application steps and dates?
More questions for admissions
- Which tests do students take, and how do they do?Private schools don’t take California’s state tests. Ask which tests they give and for the school’s overall results.
- How do you teach students at different levels?Ask how they challenge students who are ahead and help students who need more support.
- How many students leave each year, and why?If many families leave, ask what they told the school.
- Where do students go after they finish here?Ask for the list of schools or colleges recent graduates went on to.
- What is the full cost, and what financial aid is there?Ask about every fee on top of tuition, and how aid is decided.
- Who accredits the school?Accreditation means an outside group reviewed the school. Ask which group, and when it last visited.
Location and visiting
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Call (626) 623-6339 to ask about a visit.
Public schools nearby
Public schools carry their own ratings; we don’t rank this private school against them.
- Holly Avenue Elementary1.2 mi
- Highland Oaks Elementary1.3 mi
- Camino Grove Elementary1.5 mi
- First Avenue Middle0.5 mi
- Foothills Middle0.8 mi
- Richard Henry Dana Middle1.3 mi
- Arcadia High0.9 mi
- Monrovia High1.0 mi
- Temple City High2.5 mi
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
The record
From the federal private-school survey
We have no state test results, attendance, discipline, tuition or admissions figures for this school.
Common questions
Why doesn't Excelsior School have a Scope Score?
Private schools don't take California's state tests (CAASPP), so there is no state testing data for Excelsior School to score. SchoolScope gives private schools no Scope Score, performance band, or rank.
Where do Excelsior School's directory facts come from?
The enrollment, grade-span, and student–teacher figures shown here, when present, come from the NCES Private School Universe Survey 2021-22. That survey-period record is not a current enrollment or inspection report.
What AP courses are offered at Excelsior School?
Excelsior School had own-school AP authorizations for 21 of the 40 subjects in the College Board's 2025–26 AP program: Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Chinese Language and Culture, Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, English Language and Composition, Environmental Science, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Physics 1, Physics 2, Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, Physics C: Mechanics, Precalculus, Psychology, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History, World History: Modern. The audit does not establish that a section ran that year or how students performed on AP exams.
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Data source: NCES Private School Universe Survey · Explore all schools