Private school
Tri-City Christian School
Vista · Pre-K–12 · 642 students, not counting pre-K (2021-22) · 14 students per teacher (2021-22)
A Pre-K–12 private school in Vista. The College Board's 2025–26 course audit lists 11 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.
Life at school
What the federal survey records, what students can study and where graduates go.
What would my child’s experience be like?
- Survey classification
- Conservative Christian NCES survey 2021-22
- Affiliation
- Baptist 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 4
- Calculus AB
- Calculus BC
- Precalculus
- Statistics
English 2
- English Language and Composition
- English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 4
- European History
- U.S. Government and Politics
- United States History
- World History: Modern
Arts 1
- 2-D Art and Design
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
- 22
- Admitted
- 14
- Enrolled
- 8
By campus · fall 2025
- UC San DiegoApplied 18 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled under 3
- UCLAApplied 16 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
- UC Santa BarbaraApplied 15 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 3
- UC IrvineApplied 12 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled under 3
- UC BerkeleyApplied 11 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
- UC DavisApplied 9 · Admitted 4 · Enrolled under 3
- UC RiversideApplied 8 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled under 3
- UC Santa CruzApplied 8 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled under 3
Each fall since 2016
- Fall 2025Applied 22 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled 8
- Fall 2024Applied 11 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled under 3
- Fall 2023Applied 11 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 3
- Fall 2022Applied 12 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 3
- Fall 2021Applied 20 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled 8
- Fall 2020Applied 9 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled under 3
- Fall 2019Applied 23 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled 5
- Fall 2018Applied 15 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled 4
- Fall 2017Applied 20 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled 8
- Fall 2016Applied 12 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled 4
Questions & evidence
Admissions questions, public schools nearby and the record behind this page.
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.
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Location and visiting
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Public schools nearby
Public schools carry their own ratings; we don’t rank this private school against them.
- Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology0.2 mi
- Bella Mente Montessori Academy0.2 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
- Grapevine Elementary0.7 mi
- Calavera Hills Middle1.5 mi
- Madison Middle1.8 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle2.4 mi
- Rancho Buena Vista High2.7 mi
- El Camino High2.9 mi
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
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 Tri-City Christian School have a Scope Score?
Private schools don't take California's state tests (CAASPP), so there is no state testing data for Tri-City Christian School to score. SchoolScope gives private schools no Scope Score, performance band, or rank.
Where do Tri-City Christian 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 Tri-City Christian School?
Tri-City Christian School had own-school AP authorizations for 11 of the 40 subjects in the College Board's 2025–26 AP program: 2-D Art and Design, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, European History, Precalculus, 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